Jorge M Agüero
Contact Information
4108 Sproul Hall
Office: (951) 827-4108
Fax: (951) 827-5685
E-mail: jorge.aguero@ucr.edu
Personal Homepage: http://faculty.ucr.edu/~jorgea/
Education
- Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2006.
- M.Sc. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Economics, 2000.
- B.A. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Economics, 1996.
Research
- Development economics
- Labor economics
Professor Agüero received his B.A. in economics from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica ( Peru), a Masters in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra ( Spain) and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His main areas of research are development and labor economics. His recent work focuses on testing theories of discrimination and the evaluation of cash transfer programs in South Africa. Jorge takes an innovative approach to policies that could help break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. He is particularly interested in two key areas leading to poverty persistence: discrimination and the lack of accumulation of human capital.