Rodríguez Mora, José Vicente

Economics

PhD: Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts- MIT

BIO

Born in Barcelona in 1965, Professor Rodríguez Mora earned a BA from UAB and then, a PhD from MIT. He teaches Economics at CUNEF Universidad and at the University of Edinburgh. He has worked in UPF and the University of Southampton. He visited the IIES (Stockholm University) in 1998–99 and 2000–01, the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Fed in 2013–14, and EIEF (Rome) in 2020–21.

Currently, he is trying to think productively about the following issues:

- Using banking transaction data in economics

- Intergenerational mobility

- Consumption and income inequalities

He has supervised 15 PhD dissertations in UPF, UAB and Edinburgh, and is currently supervising three more.

He enjoys writing LaTeX packages and reading tons of serious history and amateur biology. Not much fiction, except some economics papers. He also loves skiing, trying to play the piano, and spending time with his two children.

Publications in Scientific Journals

Carvalho, Vasco M.; García, Juan R.; Hansen, Stephen; Ortiz, Álvaro; Rodrigo, Tomasa; Rodríguez-Mora, José V.; Ruiz, José: “Tracking the COVID-19 Crisis with High-Resolution Transaction Data”, Royal Society Open Science, 8, Art.210218, 2021.

Güell, Maia; Pellizzari, Michele; Pica, Giovanni; Rodríguez-Mora, José V.: “Correlating Social Mobility and Economic Outcomes”, The Economic Journal, Feature on New Directions in Measuring Intergenerational Mobility, 128 (612), F353-F403,2018.

Güell, Maia, Rodríguez-Mora, José V.; Telmer, Christopher: “The Informational Content of Surnames, the Evolution of Intergenerational Mobility and Assortative Mating”, The Review of Economic Studies, 82(2), 693-735, 2015.

Hassler, John; Rodríguez-Mora, José V.; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio: “The Survival of the Welfare State”, The American Economic Review, 93(1), 1-26, 2003.

Hassler, John; Rodríguez-Mora, José V.: “Intelligence, Social Mobility and Growth”, The American Economic Review, 90(4), 888-908, 2000.

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