Alvaro Angeriz
E-mail:
aa314@cam.ac.uk
Nationality: Spanish and Uruguayan.
Telephones: Home: + 44 (0) 1223 836 835
Address:
5, The Close Babraham
CB22 3AQ
Office: + 44 (0) 1223 337 165
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Mar. 2006 -
Senior Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.
Oct. 2005 -
Teaching Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Responsible for lecturing and examining at undergraduate and post-graduate
courses in basic and advanced Econometrics.
Mar. 2005 -
Research Associate at CCEPP – Department of Land Economy, University
of Cambridge.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2004/Oct.
PhD in Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Title: Human Capital and Incomes in Uruguay.
Description: It consists of a thorough study of income distribution in Uruguay.
As such the rates of returns to human capital are estimated. The screening
hypothesis is tested considering several different approaches, and wage gender
discrimination is measured using alternative assessment techniques.
1998
MPh on Applied Economics (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona).
Thesis: “Business cycles in Uruguay”. Universidad Autónoma Barcelona.
Degree awarded by two-year courses plus a 6 month full-time research Thesis.
Distinction received in 10 out of 12 papers, including those in Applied
Econometrics (I and II), Applied Macroeconometrics, Applied Public
Economics, Public Economics (I and II), and in the Master’s Dissertation.
1994
Degree in Economics.
Faculty of Economics, Universidad de la Republica. Uruguay.
Both in Uruguay and in Spain students are not ranked in a class according to their grades.
There is therefore no ready evaluation of a student’s standing in comparison with others.
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN ECONOMETRICS
Courses organized by CEMMAP - IFS - University College of London:
Discrete Choice Modelling, by Prof. William Greene, 2006.
Econometric Estimation of Frontier Functions and Economic Efficiency, by
Prof. William Greene, 2006.
Policy Evaluation Methods, by Dr. Barbara Sianessi, 2005.
Panel-Time Series, by Prof. Ron Smith, 2005.
Panel Data, by Prof. Frank Weinsmejer, 2005.
Microeconometrics, by Prof. Alan Duncan, University of Nottinham, 2004.
Courses organized by the M.Phil in Economics, Univ. of Cambridge:
Econometrics, by Prof. Andrew Harvey, 2001.
Advanced Econometrics, Time Series, by Prof. Andrew Harvey, 2001.
Advanced Econometrics, Panel Data, by Dr. Donald Robertson, 2001.
Advanced Econometrics, Microeconometrics, by Dr. Melvyn Weeks, 2001.
Advanced Econometrics, Macroeconometrics, Prof H. Pesaran, 2005.
Summer-schools
A Primer in the Estimation of Dynamic Macroeconomic Models, by Dr. Jesus
Fernandez-Villaverde. Madrid, Spain, 2006.
Macroeconomic Modelling with Matlab, Prof. Ulrich Woiteck. Lecce, Italy,
2006.
Quantitative Methods in Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis, Prof. Ellen
McGrattan, Braga, Portugal, 2007
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006/07
Individual supervisions, University of Cambridge.
1993/95
Faculty of Economics, Uruguay.
Teaching Assistant on the subject: "Agricultural Economics".
Last year-undergraduate course of Economics.
1993/94
PIT-CNT (Uruguayan Unique Trade Unions Federation)
Lectured on macroeconomic policy, and wage negotiation. Directed to trade
union members.
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ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Jan 2004-Feb 2005
Pensim2 – A Microsimulation model for pensions in Britain, Benefit
Forecasting and Modelling Department. Department for Work and Pensions
London. Assistant Economist. Contributing to the development of a microsimulation model created to predict pensions in the long-run.
Ap.2003/
Jan. 2004
“Measuring poverty in Great Britain and its regions”, with Prof. Shanti
Chakravarty and Prof. John Treble. University of Swansea – Wales. Research
Officer.
Jan/Sept 2003 “Benchmarking methods in the Railway System”, with Michael Pollit. Dept.
of Applied Economics. University of Cambridge. Research Assistant.
Feb/Mar2003 “Impact of the Euro on European prices”, with Dr. Paul Katuman.
Department of Applied Economics Research Assistant.
Nov 2002
Aug/Sept
2002
“Women’s labour supply in SouthAfrica”, with Dr Sonia Bhalotra,
University of Bristol. Research Assistant.
“Determinants of children’s education and participation in the labour
market. Evidence from Ghana”, with Dr Sonia Bhalotra, University of
Bristol. Research Assistant.
2000/01
“Benchmarking methods in the Railway market”, with Luisa Affuso and
Michael Pollitt. Dept. of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge.
Research Assistant.
1998/99
“Mode choice and demand elasticity in Spanish highways”; with Anna
Matas and José Luis Raymond. Dept. of Applied Economics, Universidad
Autonoma de Barcelona. Research Assistant.
1993/95
Institute of Economics - Faculty of Economics, Montevideo.
Research Assistant in the Agricultural Economics Group.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
“Assessing Inflation Targeting Though Intervention Analysis”, Oxford Economic Papers, forthcoming,
with P. Arestis.
“Some New Estimates of Returns to Scale for EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986-2002”, International
Review of Regional Science, forthcoming, with J. McCombie and M. Roberts.
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“Monetary Policy in the UK”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2007, Vol. 31 pp 863-884, with P.
Arestis.
“Changing patterns of UK poverty, 1997-2004”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2007, Vol. 31, pp. 9951006, with S. Chakravarty.
“Assessing the performance of Inflation Targeting Lite Countries”. World Economy, 2007, Vol.30, 11, pp.
1621-1632, with P. Arestis.
“Macroeconomic performance of the European Regions”, The Manchester School of Economics, 2006,
Vol. 74, 4, pp. 520-525, with J. McCombie and M. Roberts.
“Inflation targeting. An empirical Approach”, Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, 2006, Vol. 18, 4, pp.
559-571, with P. Arestis.
Chapters in edited volumes
“A Non-parametric Analysis of Productivity, Efficiency and Technical Change in EU Regional
Manufacturing, 1986-2002”. In Fingleton, B. (ed.), New Directions in Economic Geography,
(2007),Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, with M. Roberts and J. McCombie.
“Inflation Targeting, Assessing the evidence”, in McCombie, J. and Rodriguez, C. (eds.), Issues in
Finance and Monetary Economics, (2007). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan; with P. Arestis.
“Assessing the Empirical Evidence on Inflation Targeting and Possible Lessons for Brazil”, in P. Arestis
and A. Saad-Filho (eds.), Political Economy of Brazil: Recent Economic Performance, (2007), with P.
Arestis and T. Chakravarty.
Work in progress
“Measuring the Performance of Britain’s Privatised Train Operating Companies”. Invited to re-submit for
publication at Oxford Economic Papers, with L. Affuso and M. Pollitt.
“An Empirical Investigation of Inflation Targeting in Emerging Economies”. Cambridge Centre of
Economic and Public Policy-Dept of Land Economy. University of Cambridge, Invited to re-submit for
publication at Journal of Development Economics, with P. Arestis.
“Does IT Reduce Inflation Persistence?” Cambridge Centre of Economic and Public Policy-Dept of Land
Economy. University of Cambridge, Submitted for publication, with P. Arestis.
“Changing patterns in poverty in Wales, Scotland and England”. Working Paper. Dept of Economics,
University of Swansea-Wales. Presented in the Royal Economic Society, 2004, with J. Treble.
PRESENTATIONS
2006
“Inflation Targeting in Developed Economies”, at the Money, Macro and Finance
Conference, University of York.
2005
“An Empirical Investigation of Inflation Targeting in Emerging Economies”, at
the Conference: Economic Policies in Brazil, 2003-2006. SOAS, University of
London.
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2005
“Inflation targeting. An empirical Approach”, seminar given at Department of
Land Economy, University of Cambridge.
2004
“Pensim2 – A Microsimulation model for pensions in Britain”, Government
Economic Service Conference, University of Oxford.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED BY COMPETITION
1995
Granted by ICI (Spain) to carry out MPhil Studies.
NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1993/94
Cuesta-Duarte Institute, PIT-CNT (Uruguayan Unique Trade Unions
Federation). Member of the Consultant Board of the Economic Department.
1991/92
Proposals for an Alternative Manifesto, FESUR. Team leader of the project.
1990/91
Parliament, Uruguay. Assistant for Economist Alberto Couriel (MP).
OTHER SKILLS
Computing:
Statistic programs:
Courses attended :
- SAS, Stata, Limdep, Eviews, STAMP, MATLAB.
- SPSS , GAUSS and Ox/SSFPACK.
Programming in STATA (Basic and Advanced);
SAS; C (intermediate level).
Languages: Spanish native speaker; English fluent; reading skills in Italian, French and
Portuguese.
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REFERENCES
Name Philip Arestis
Position Professor, Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, in Dept of
Land Economy, University of Cambridge; Senior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Address
Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
19, Silver Street, Cambridge, UK. CB3 9EP
Telephone number 01223 766971
E-mail address pa267@cam.ac.uk
Do we have permission to contact this referee before the interview?
Yes 
No
Name Paul Kattuman
Position Director of the Doctoral Programme
University Senior Lecturer in Econometrics/Statistics
Director of Studies in Economics and Fellow of Corpus Christi College
Address
CBG, Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79, JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-5801, US
Telephone number 00441 617 495 5402
E-mail address P.Kattuman@jbs.cam.ac.uk
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Yes  No
Name Shanti Chakravarty
Position Professor of Economics, University of Bangor
Address Hen Goleg, College Road, Bangor, LL57 2DG
Telephone number 01248 38 2171
E-mail address s.p.chakravarty@bangor.ac.uk
Do we have permission to contact this referee before the interview?
Yes  No
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