Curriculum Vitae

Address:

Bunche Hall 8283
Department of Economics
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477
Phone: (310) 825-6682
Email: mmazzocc@econ.ucla.edu
Webpage: http://www.econ.ucla.edu/mazzocco/

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, 2001.
M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago, 2001.
B.A. in Economics, "Ca’ Foscari" University, Venice, Italy, 1994.

Academic Experience:

2009-Present Associate Professor, UCLA, Economics Department.
2008-2009 Associate Professor, Duke University, Economics Department.
2006-2008 Assistant Professor, UCLA, Economics Department.
2001-2006 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Economics Department.
March ‘03-June ’03 Visiting Assistant Professor, University College of London.

Papers:

"Household Intertemporal Behavior: a Collective Characterization and a Test of Commitment," Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 74, No. 3 (July 2007): pp. 857-895.

"Testing Efficient Risk Sharing with Heterogeneous Risk Preferences," (joint with Shiv Saini), American Economic Review, forthcoming.

"Individual Rather Than Household Euler Equations: Identification and Estimation of Individual Preferences Using Household Data," Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy.

"Labor Supply, Wealth Dynamics, and Marriage Decisions," Department of Economics, CCPR Working Paper (joint with Claudia Ruiz and Shintaro Yamaguchi).

"Explaining the Decline of the U.S. Saving Rate: the Joint Role of Health Expenditure and Employers' Contributions," Department of Economics, CCPR Working Paper (joint with Bela Szemely).

"Intertemporal Behavior and Household Structure," Manuscript.

"Labor Supply Decisions and Intra-household Commitment: The Effect of The Irish Divorce Law, " Working Paper (joint with Pierre Andre’ Chiappori).

"Tied Transfers," Working Paper (joint with Meta Brown, John Karl Scholz, and Ananth Seshadri).

"Wage Dynamics of Single and Married Men," Work in Progress (joint with Malcolm Gold).

"Intra-household Allocation with Limited Commitment: an Empirical Characterization," Work in Progress (joint with Orazio Attanasio).

Grants:

National Institute of Aging, (R01) “Theory and Evidence on Intergenerational Transfers,” with Meta Brown, John Karl Scholz, and Ananth Seshadri, 2003-2005.

National Science Foundation, “Individual Euler Equations and Household Euler Equations: Identification and Estimation Using Household Data,” August 2002-July 2003.

Honors and Awards

Students

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