Gerardo Gomez-Ruano

34 Babcock St. # 401   

Brookline MA 02446

Cell: (617) 710-7721

Fax: (617) 353-4449

Email: ggomezr@bu.edu           

Web site: http://people.bu.edu/ggomezr/

 

Education

 

Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, Boston MA, May 2009 (expected)

Dissertation Title: Essays on the Political Economy of Immigration and of Language

Dissertation Committee: Kevin Lang, Bart Lipman, Zvika Neeman

 

M.A., Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2006

B.A., Economics (with honors), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, 2002

 

Fields of Interest

 

Labor Economics, Applied Theory and Econometrics  

 

Teaching Experience

 

Instructor, Introductory Macroeconomics, Boston University, Summer 2006 and Summer 2007

Teaching Fellow, Introductory Macroeconomics, Department of Economics, Boston University, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007

Teaching Fellow, Introductory Microeconomics, Department of Economics, Boston University, Fall 2007

Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Microeconomics, Universidad Iberoamericana, Fall 1999

 

Research Experience

 

Research Assistant, Boston University, 2008

Research Assistant, Banco De Mexico (Mexico’s Central Bank), 2001-2003

Research Assistant, Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), 2001-2002

Research Assistant, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), 2001

 

Fellowships, Awards and Distinctions

 

Representative Student, Nobel Laureate Meetings, Germany 2006

Summer Research Grant, Department of Economics, Boston University, USA, 2005

Teaching Fellowship, Boston University, USA, 2004-2007

Postgraduate Studies (merit-based) Fellowship, Conacyt, Mexico, 2003-2008

Postgraduate Studies (merit-based) Fellowship, Banco de Mexico 2003-2005

Fulbright Fellowship for postgraduate studies, US Embassy, 2002 (declined)

 

 

 

Referee for

 

Labour Economics (The Official Journal of the European Association of Labour Economists)

 

Presentations

 

Technological Change and Immigration Policy, Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, Washington D.C., November 23^rd 2008

Freedom of Speech and Discrimination, Microeconomic Theory Workshop, Boston University, Department of Economics, April 10^th 2008

Technological Change and Immigration Patterns, Microeconomics Dissertation Workshop, Boston University, Department of Economics, March 28^th 2008

Non-monotonic Immigration Policy, Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society, San Antonio, Texas, March 8^th 2008

 

Work in Progress

 

“Strategic Timing and TV Stations” joint with Josh Lustig

“Introducing an Estimator for Errors-in-Variables Models”

 

Languages

 

Fluent in English, Spanish and German; conversational French.

 

Computer Skills

 

Stata, Latex, Matlab, Eviews, Mathematica, Gauss, Scientific Workplace.

 

Citizenship: Mexico

 

References

 

Professor Kevin Lang

Department of Economics

Boston University

Phone: (617) 353-5694

Email: lang@bu.edu

 

Professor Bart Lipman

Department of Economics

Boston University

Phone: (617)-496-1740

Email: blipman@bu.edu

 

Professor Zvika Neeman

Department of Economics

Boston University

Phone: (617) 353-4031

Email: zvika@bu.edu