Economist - Researcher - Financial Analyst
Applied Econometrics
Public Investment Projects
SQL: Database Creation
Power BI & Business Intelligence
Machine Learning
Bachelor’s Degree in Economic Sciences, Summa Cum Laude (1st Place).
Research Fellow at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Institutional recognition for outstanding performance and academic excellence awarded by the National University of the Peruvian Amazon (UNAP) through Rectoral Resolution No. 0351-2021.
1st Place in the course "Recursive Methods for Macroeconomics" at the Summer School in Economics and Finance UNI 2020 (Graduate Level).
EXPERIENCE
Economist Advisor at the “Congress of the Republic of Peru” – 09/2023 – Present.
Financial Analyst at "Europa Partners" – 01/2022 – 09/2023.
Researcher at the “Institute of the Future” – 01/2022 – 09/2023.
Researcher at the “Institute for the Society of Information and Fourth Industrial Revolution, La Salle University” – 03/2021 – Present. You can verify it at: https://www.isicri.edu.pe/miembros
Researcher at the “College of Economists of Loreto” – 03/2021 – 12/2022.
Research Assistant at the Research Institute in Economics and Finance – 03/2021 – Present. You can verify it at: https://rief.com/research-assistant/
Data Scientist at “Consultoría A&V” – 01/2021 – 12/2022.
Assistant Professor at the Summer School in Economics and Finance 2022, The Research Institute in Economics and Finance – 12/2021 – 03/2022.
Teaching Assistant for the course “Heterogeneous Agents in MacroFinance” at the “Summer School in Economics and Finance 2021,” National University of Engineering (UNI) – 01/2021 – 04/2021.
Instructor for the specialized course “Econometrics with R and Python,” organized by the College of Economists of La Libertad – 09/2020 – 12/2020.
Instructor for the specialized course “Econometrics with R,” organized by the College of Economists of Loreto – 10/2020 – 12/2020.
Instructor for the specialized course “Python for Economists,” organized by the College of Economists of Loreto – 10/2020 – 12/2020.
Instructor for the workshop “RStudio Applied to Finance,” organized by the College of Economists of Loreto – 02/2019.
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree in Economics, University of Buenos Aires (2022 – 2023).
Master’s Degree in Finance, University of Buenos Aires (2022 – 2024).
Research Fellow in the "Advanced Studies Program on Latin American Economies" (ECLAC), (2022).
Bachelor’s Degree in Economic Sciences, National University of the Peruvian Amazon (UNAP).
Graduate of the Specialization Program "Public Investment Projects: Invierte.pe" (Escuela Global) – 2021.
Graduate of the Specialization Program "Applied Econometrics" (Escuela Global) – 2021.
Graduate of the Summer School in Economics and Finance UNI 2020 (Graduate Level).
Graduate of the Economics Students’ Refresher Course, Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP), 2019.
Student Exchange Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) – 2019.
RESEARCH
Author : Jose Rodney Menezes De la Cruz.
Year: 2024
Journal: Journal of Research in Financial Models.
"Monetary Policy and Wealth Redistribution in Peru Through a Heterogeneous Agents Model, 2002–2019"
Author: Jose Rodney Menezes De la Cruz
Year: 2024
Journal: National University of the Peruvian Amazon.
"Effects of monetary policy on the investment dynamics of emerging economies through a model with heterogeneous firms".
Author: Jose Rodney Menezes De la Cruz.
Year: 2025
Journal: University of Buenos Aires - [Master’s Thesis] - (In the process of publication).
"The Effects of Oil Price Increases on Long-Term Growth Rates in Latin America".
Author: Jose Rodney Menezes De la Cruz.
Year: 2025
Journal: Journal of Research in Financial Models - (In the process of publication).
"Analysis of Non-Primary Economic Activity and Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes in Loreto"
Authors: Jose Rodney Menezes De la Cruz; Mario Andre Lopez Rojas; Fritz Gian Pierre Alva Da Silva.
Year: 2025
Journal: University of the Pacific - (In the process of publication).