José V. Rodríguez Mora was born in Barcelona in 1965. He studied Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, got a Ph.D. from MIT in 1995, and moved to Universitat Pompeu Fabra upon graduation. He has been visiting researcher at the IIES (Stockholm University) in 1998-99 and 2000-01. He is currently a Professor in Economics at the University of Southampton, and has accepted a Professorship at the University of Edinburgh.
As a macroeconomist his research is centered in (a) the allocation of human resources (particularly its relationship with (a1) the level of inter-generational economic and social mobility, (a2) accumulation of factors and (a3) general economic efficiency) and (b) political economy (specifically: (b1) time inconsistency issues with and without heterogeneous agents, (b2) rationality of voters and irrationality of institutions; and aspects related to (b3) the labor market and (b5) the welfare state). It has published on these subjects in the American Economic Review, the International Economic Review and the European Economic Review. He has also published in specialized journals like the Journal of Public Economics or the Journal of Economic Growth.
Personal Interests
Outside the profession, he likes to read and write on Nation, State, and its relationship. He was one of the co-authors of the "Manifiesto for a new political party in Catalonia" in 2005, and one of the founders of the association (and political party) "Ciutadans de Catalunya". He also enjoys witting packages for LaTeX, and to read serious history and pop-biology. When he has the time, he enjoys being 35 meters under sea level. |
