Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis  [.pdf ]

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Economics

University of Pennsylvania

160 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

Philadelphia PA-19104

TEL (cell): 1-215-760-1666 

E-mail me to: rauls[at]econ.upenn.edu

Homepage: http://www.econ.upenn.edu/~rauls

 

 

Education

 

             Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania (expected 2008).  Thesis Advisor: Prof. José-Víctor Ríos-Rull

                        

             M.Sc. in Economics, University College London, 2002.

                        

             B.A. in Economics, Universitat de Valencia, 2000.

 

 

Research Papers

 

1. “Aggregate Effects of AIDS on Development”, [Job Market Paper]. [.pdf ]

                        

2. “Redistributive Shocks and Productivity Shocks”, with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull. [.pdf ]

                        

3. “Methods versus Substance: Measuring the Effect of Technology Shocks on Hours”, with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, Frank Schorfheide, Cristina Fuentes-Albero and Max Kryshko. [.pdf ]

 

 

Work in Progress

                        

 

1. “AIDS Shocks, Families and Development” [ Extended Abstract ]

                        

2. “Small Fluctuations and Jobless Recoveries”, with Jay Hong.

 

 

Research Interests

 

             Quantitative Macroeconomics Theory, Aggregate Fluctuations, Growth and Development, Economics of the Family.

 

 

Awards and Honors

 

1. Max Weber Programme Fellowship, European University Institute, Florence (declined), 2008-2009.

                        

2. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/Population Reference Bureau Dissertation Fellowship, 2007-2009.                           

                        

3. La Caixa Fellowship, 2002-2004.                

                        

4. Fundacion Española de Cajas de Ahorro Fellowship, 2001-2002.

                        

5. EEC grant for ERASMUS project at Aarhus Universitet, Denmark, 1998-1999.

 

 

Professional Activities

 

Presentations:

 

2008: Population American Association Annual Meeting, (Apr 08).

                                                 

2007: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Dec 07); Population Studies Center, UPenn (Nov 07); Money-Macro Workshop, UPenn (Oct 07); and, Family Econ Lunch Seminar, UPenn (May 07).

                                                 

2006: IEI-UV (Sep 06); and, CEMFI (Jul 06).

 

Referee for Review of Economic Dynamics.

 

 

Working Experience

 

Research Assistant:

                                       Professor John Knowles, Fall 2004, Fall 2005.

                                       Professor Urban Jermann, Summer 2005.

Teaching Assistant:

                                       Introductory Macroeconomics (UND), Dr. Gwen Eudey Spring 2005, Spring 2007.

                                       Family Economics (UND), Dr. Rebecca Stein, Spring 2006.

                                       Public Policy Analysis (UND), Prof. Nicola Persico, Spring 2006.

                                       Macroeconomics (PhD - Wharton), Prof. Skander Van den Heuvel, Spring 2005.

                                       Introductory Microeconomics (UND), Prof. Uri Spiegel, Fall 2004, Fall 2005.

                                       International Finance (UND/MBA - Wharton), Prof. Urban Jermann, Fall 2004, Fall 2005.

 

Additional Skills

            

             Languages: Catalan (Native), Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), German (Beginner)

 

             Programming Experience in: Fortran, Message Passing Interface (MPI), Stata, Matlab and Mathematica.

 

 

Employment Interests                                        Date of Availability

 

             Academic, Government and Private Sector                                                 June 2008

 

 

References

 

 

     Professor José-Víctor Ríos-Rull

             Department of Economics

             University of Minnesota

             1130 Heller Hall, 271 - 19th Avenue South

             Minneapolis, MN-55455

             Telephone : 1-(612)-204-5528

             E-mail : vj0r[at]umn.edu

             Homepage : www.econ.upenn.edu/~vr0j

 

 

     Professor Urban Jermann

             Finance Department

             The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

             3620 Locust Walk

             Philadelphia, PA-19104

             Telephone : 1-(215)-898-4184

             E-mail : jermann[at]wharton.upenn.edu

             Homepage : http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/~jermann

                         

                                 

 

     Professor Frank Schorfheide

             Department of Economics

             University of Pennsylvania

             160 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

             Philadelphia, PA-19104

             Telephone : 1-(215)-898-8486

             E-mail : schorf[at]ssc.upenn.edu

             Homepage : http://www.econ.upenn.edu/~schorf

 

                                      

     Professor Dirk Krueger

             Department of Economics

             University of Pennsylvania

             160 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

             Philadelphia, PA-19104

             Telephone : 1-(215)-898-6691

             E-mail : dkrueger[at]econ.upenn.edu

             Homepage : http://www.econ.upenn.edu/~dkrueger

 

 

                                                  

 

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Visa Status: F-1

Citizenship: Spanish

Nov/10/1978, Algemesí (València), Spain

For Additional Information Contact:

 

    Professor Randall D. Wright

             Telephone : 1-(215)-898-7194

             E-mail : rwright[at]econ.upenn.edu

 

    Professor Steven Matthews

             Telephone : 1-(215)-898-7749

             E-mail : stevenma[at]econ.upenn.edu

 

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