Lucero Carballo Madrigal
Room ZB 156
Innstrasse 29
Phone: +49 851 509-5316
Fax: +49(0)851/509-37 5316
lucero.carballomadrigal@uni-passau.de
Office Hours: Thursday, 2 - 3 pm
Lucero Carballo is a PhD student at the Chair of Development Economics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm. She holds a Master's degree in Development Economics from the University of Göttingen and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.
During her Master's studies, she worked as a student assistant at the Chair of Development Economics at the University of Göttingen, where she was mainly involved in the quantitative analysis for the project "Coming to America: Immigration, Political Campaigning, and Polarization". She has also worked as a student assistant at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, where she conducted geographic analysis using survey data from Mali.
Her research interests lie in the field of development economics with a focus on political economy, conflict and crime research, using secondary survey data, spatial analysis and causal inference methods.
Teaching
Winter term 2024/25
Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods for Development, Tutorial (MA)
Former terms
Evaluation of Development Policies, Tutorial (MA)