Jesus M. Carro

C./ Madrid, 126

28903 – GETAFE (Madrid – Spain)

Phone: +34 916249586

Fax: +34 91624 9875

Academic Positions:

2011-present: Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.

2004-2011:      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, 13: 1-39, 2010.

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

§ “Heterogeneity and microeconometrics 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Working Papers and unpublished manuscripts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. Updated version. (Revise and Resubmit Journal of Econometrics)

§ “State dependence and heterogeneity in health using a bias corrected fixed effects estimator.”, joint with Alejandra Traferri. Revised version of the paper previously circulated with the title “Correcting the bias in the estimation of a dynamic ordered probit with fixed effects of self-assessed health status” (Revise and Resubmit Journal of Applied Econometrics)

§ “The identification of a mixture of first order binary Markov Chains”, joint with Martin Browing. (Revise and Resubmit Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics)

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

Updated: June - 2011