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Curriculum Vitae
Francisco Martinez Mora
(updated 12/7/2007)
Born in August 1975 in Madrid (Spain).
Office Address:
Department of Economics.
University of Leicester
University Road.
Leicester,
LE1 7RH
United Kingdom
fmm14@le.ac.uk
http://www.le.ac.uk/economics/fmm14
Tel. (office): +44 (0)116 252 2789
Fax:
+44 (0)116 252 2908
Mobile:
+44 (0)798 131 4401
1. Position
6/20057/2007-
Lecturer in Economics, University of Leicester.
FEDEA. Research Fellow.
Other professional activities
7/2007-
Contributor to the economic policy analysis web www.sociedadabierta.es.
This web is part of a network of European sites of the same nature. The
network web site is www.voxeu.org. This project is coordinated by the CEPR
and Richard Baldwin.
2. Research interests
Economics of Education, Public Economics, Urban Economics, Social Conflict, Fiscal
Federalism.
3. Past positions
2005
Teaching Fellow. University of Leicester.
2003-2004 Research grantholder. Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces.
1999-2003 Research grantholder of Junta de Andalucía at the Universidad de Granada.
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4. Education
2004
PhD in Economics, awarded with the European Doctor Mention and with
Summa cum laude unanimously. Dissertation title: Topics in Education, Local
Public Goods and Income Segregation. Jury: Richard Romano (University of
Florida), Gianni De Fraja (University of Leicester), Santiago Carbó
(Universidad de Granada), Francisco Mochón (Universidad Nacional de
Educación a Distancia), Ana I. Moro (Universidad de Granada).
Universidad de Granada (Spain).
2000-2001 MSc in Public Economics (awarded with Distinction). University of York.
2001
Research Sufficiency. Universidad de Granada.
1993-1997 BA in Business Direction and Administration. Universidad de Granada.
5. Research
Publications in refereed journals
The Existence of Non-Elite Private Schools, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 90,
Issues 8-9, September 2006, Pages 1505-1518.
Translated to Spanish and published as La Existencia de Escuelas Privadas no Elitistas,
en Cuadernos Economicos del ICE (en prensa).
Papers under review
Land Policy and Urban Growth: an Empirical Research, with Javier Saez. Revise and
resubmit. European Planning Studies.
Research in progress
Categorical-aid to poor schools in a model with childless households: can it be a tide that
lifts all boats?
Ability Tracking, the peer group effect and location choices, with Gianni De Fraja
(University of Leicester).
Social Conflict and the Organisation of the City, with Maria Cubel (Universitat de
Barcelona).
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Immigration and Residential Segregation: an Empirical Research, with Albert Sole
(Universitat de Barcelona).
Working Papers
Opting-out of public education in urban economies. Working Paper E2003/52. Fundación
centrA, 2003. (Working Paper version of The Existence of Non-elite Private Schools)
Opting-out and income mixing in urban economies: the role of neighborhood effects.
Working Paper E2004/67. Fundación centrA, 2004.
The impact of fiscal decentralization on income segregation. Working Paper E2004/68.
Fundación centrA, 2004.
Income stratification across public and private education: the multi-community case.
Discussion Paper in Economics 01/2003. The University of York, 2003.
Seminars
Fundacion centrA (2003)
Universitat de Barcelona (2003 and 2007)
Universidad de Málaga (2004)
Universitat de Girona (2005)
Universitat de Alicante (2005)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2006)
FEDEA (2006)
Universidad del Pais Vasco (2007)
University of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia, 2007)
Other publications
Ordenación del territorio: naturaleza, objetivos e instrumentos, in “El impacto de las
normas urbanísticas sobre la ordenación del territorio de Andalucía”, Consejo Económico
Social (Junta de Andalucía), Sevilla, 2004.
Ordenación del territorio: Situación en Europa y España, in “El impacto de las normas
urbanísticas sobre la ordenación del territorio de Andalucía”, Consejo Económico Social
(Junta de Andalucía), Sevilla, 2004.
Opting-out of public education in urban economies, in “Economía de la Educación. Actas
de las XII Jornadas de la AEDE”, pp. 404-420, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid,
2004.
Fortalezas y debilidades de la economía de la provincia de Granada al finalizar el siglo
XX, in “La economía de Granada en los albores de un nuevo siglo”. Universidad de
Granada, Granada, 2000; with Jose J. Navarro.
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“Rasgos estructurales y evolución reciente de la economía de la provincia de Granada”,
Cámara de Comercio de Granada, Granada, 1998; with Javier Saez and Francisco
Gonzalez.
“Coyuntura Económica de Granada, 1999”, Cámara de Comercio de Granada, Granada,
1999; with Javier Sáez, Francisco González and M. Ángeles Sánchez.
“Informe de coyuntura económica de la provincia de Granada. Primer semestre de 1998”,
Cámara de Comercio de Granada, Granada, 1999; with Javier Saez and Francisco
Gonzalez.
Research projects
2004-2005 Conflicto social y organización de la ciudad (Social conflict and the
organization of the city). Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Main researcher:
María Cubel (University of Barcelona)
Number of researchers: 3
2001
Impacto de las Normas Urbanísticas sobre la Ordenación del Territorio (The
Impact of Town Planning Norms on Territorial Planning). Consejo Económico
y Social de Andalucia. Main researcher: Manuel Martín Rodríguez
(Universidad de Granada).
1998
Estudios Económicos sobre Granada y su provincia (Economic Studies on
Granada and its province). Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de
Granada. Main researcher: Francisco Javier Sáez Fernández (Universidad
de Granada).
1997
Análisis y evaluación de los efectos socioeconómicos derivados de los
regadíos de las zonas regables del Guadalquivir denominadas del Cacín
(Granada), del Viar (Sevilla) y de las Vegas Bajas del Margen Izquierdo del
Guadalquivir (Jaén). INOCSA and Cauces Consultores S.A. Main
researcher: Manuel Martín Rodríguez (Universidad de Granada).
Contributions to Conferences and workshops
Categorical-aid to poor schools: can it be a tide that lifts all boats? Eighth International
Conference on Public Economic Theory, PET 07. Vanderbilt University (Tennessee, US).
June 2007.
Ability tracking, the peer group effect and location choices. (joint with Gianni De Fraja)
CEPR Conference-Economics of Education in Europe (October 2006, Paris).
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Ability tracking, the peer group effect and location choices. (joint with Gianni De Fraja).
Workshop on Fairness and Education (2006 Universidad de Alicante – invited speaker).
The impact of fiscal decentralization on income segregation. Sixth International
Conference on Public Economic Theory, PET 05. Marseille (France). June 2005.
The impact of fiscal decentralization on income segregation. Workshop on Fiscal
Federalism: decentralization, governance and economic growth. Organized by: Fundación
centrA and Institut d’Economia de Barcelona – IEB. Barcelona (Spain). June 2005.
The impact of fiscal decentralization on income segregation. 60th Conference of the
International Institute of Public Finance. Milan (Italy). August 2004.
Income stratification across public and private education: The multi-community case.
Fourth International Conference on Public Economic Theory, PET 03. Duke (US). June
2003.
Local public goods and residential location choices: Evidence from Spanish metropolitan
areas. Fourth International Conference on Public Economic Theory, PET 03. Duke (US).
June 2003.
Local provision of education with opting-out: the role of housing markets and
neighbourhood effects. Third International Conference on Public Economic Theory, PET
02. París (France). July 2002.
Opting-out of public education in urban economies. XII Jornadas de la AEDE. Getafe
(Spain). September 2003.
Local provision of education with opting-out: The role of housing markets and
neighbourhood effects. X Encuentro de Economía Pública. Tenerife (Spain). February
2003.
Estratificación de la población en economías con múltiples comunidades y provisión local
de bienes: consecuencias de eficiencia y equidad. IX Encuentro de Economía Pública.
Vigo (Spain). February 2002.
Ordenación urbana y crecimiento municipal: un modelo explicativo de crecimiento de las
ciudades andaluzas. V Congreso de Economía Aplicada. Oviedo (Spain). June 2002; with
Manuel Martín Rodríguez, Javier Sáez and Francisco González.
Research stays
1999
University of York (United Kingdom). Number of weeks: 12. Predoctoral.
2002
University of York (United Kingdom). Number of weeks: 3. Supervisor:
Professor Gianni De Fraja. Predoctoral.
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Refereeing for journals:
European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, European Planning
Studies. Hacienda Publica Española.
Refereeing for funding bodies:
Research projects refereed for the ESRC (UK).
6. Teaching
A shorth course on the Economics of Education. University of Gondar (Ethiopia). April,
2007. (Member of the research and teaching in capacity building project in Gondar,
Ethiopia, which won a grant of £61,000 to reinforce the link between the University of
Leicester and the University of Gondar -- Ethiopia).
Economics of Human Resources (Economics of Education). Lectures and Tutorials.
Academic years: 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. Degree BA and BSc in
Economics. University of Leicester.
Linear Algebra and Optimisation for Economists. Lectures and Tutorials. Academic years:
2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. Degree BSc in Economics. University of Leicester.
Macroeconomics. Tutorials. Academic year: 2004/2005. Degree BA and BSc in
Economics. University of Leicester.
Macroeconomics (introductory and intermediate). 300 contact hours. Academic years:
1998-1999, 1999/2000 and 2001/2002. Degree: BSc in Economics. University of Granada.
Microeconomics (introductory and intermediate). 60 contact hours. Academic year:
2001/2002. Degree: BSc in Economics, BA in Business Direction and Management.
Universidad de Granada.
7. Experience in organising R+D activities
III Jornadas sobre Cuestiones Clave de la Economía Española (III Conference on Key
Questions of the Spanish Economy). Organised by: Fundación centrA. November 2003.
Workshop on Fiscal Federalism. Organised by: Fundación centrA and Instituto de
Estudios Fiscales – IEF (Institute for Fiscal Studies). 25-26, march 2004.
Workshop on Fiscal Federalism: decentralization, governance and economic growth.
Organized by: Fundación centrA and Institut d’Economia de Barcelona – IEB. 6-7, june
2005.
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8. Languages
Spanish (mother tongue). English. Italian (spoken): Intermediate.
9. Other merits
Discussant: European Science Foundation/StandingCommittee for Social Sciences
(ESF/SCSS) Exploratory Workshop on Local public goods, politics and multi-jurisdictional
economies, París,2-3, July, 2002. Article discussed: Informational neighbourhood effects
and the organization of the city (Moizeau, Troppeano and Vergnaud).
Music Producer: Bajo la piel. Cristina Mora.
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