Jesus M. Carro


Department of Economics

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

C./ Madrid, 126

28903 – GETAFE (MadridSpain)

Phone: +34 916249586

     Fax: +34 91624 9875

E-mail: jcarro@eco.uc3m.es


Academic Positions:

2004-present: Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.

2008-2009:     Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

2003-2004:     Post-doc. as Visiting Assistant Research Professor at CAM-Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Economics: CEMFI. Supervisor: Manuel Arellano
  • MSc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics: LSE, London, UK.
  • Postgraduate Studies in Economics and Finance: CEMFI, Madrid, Spain.
  • B.A. in Economics: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

 

Research Interests:

  • Micro-econometrics
  • dynamic stochastic discrete choice models
  • non-linear panel data econometrics
  • labor and demographic economics

 

Research Works:

Publications

§  “Heterogeneity in dynamic discrete choice models”, joint with Martin Browning, The Econometrics Journal, forthcoming.

§  “Estimating dynamic panel data discrete choice models with fixed effects”. Journal of Econometrics 140:503-528, 2007.

§  “Heterogeneity and microeconomic modeling”, joint with Martin Browning; in Advances in Economics and Econometrics, Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress, Volume 3, edited by R. Blundell, W. Newey, and T. Persson. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

§  “A Dynamic Model of Contraceptive Choice of Spanish Couples”, joint with Pedro Mira. Journal of Applied Econometrics 21: 955-980, 2006.

Working Papers and unpublished manuscripts

§  Dynamic binary outcome models with maximal heterogeneity”, joint with Martin Browing. Working Paper 09-17, Economic Series (10), Departamento de Economía, UC3M. 2009.

§  Correcting the bias in the estimation of a dynamic ordered probit with fixed effects of self-assessed health status”, joint with Alejandra Traferri. Working Paper 09-40, Economic Series (21), Departamento de Economía, UC3M. 2009.

§  “Intertemporal Female Labor Force Participation With Non-Exogenous Children”, 2007. mimeo.


Updated: 24 – January - 2010