Jorge Rivero

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About

Dr. Rivero is an applied econometrician currently investigating novel approaches to causal inference while facing challenging settings of unobserved heterogeneity. Examples include household-level consumption data of addictive goods and historical data on larger units such as nations. More generally, he is interested in panel/longitudinal data analysis on economic agent behavior. He is also interested in the joint measurement of inequality of several economic indicators.

As part of his agenda, Dr. Rivero develops techniques towards unsupervised learning and optimal transport theory to estimate causal effects and provide multidimensional rankings/comparisons between joint probability distributions, respectively. 

Education & Training

P.h.D., Economics, University of Washington, Seattle

M.S., Mathematical Sciences, Florida International University

B.A., Economics, Florida International University 

Research

Primary Research Focus
Applied Econometrics, Statistics, Unsupervised/Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Transport Theory, Multidimensional Data

Teaching

I currently teach ECON 6730 Econometrics 1 in the Fall that is intended for PhD students. I also teach ECON 2010 Intermediate Microeconomics in both Fall and Spring for undergraduates.

Intermediate Microeconomics is a course that is designed to broaden skills in economic reasoning and analysis. This course provides the tools to analyze consumer behavior, firm strategy and their interaction in markets. Students who complete this course will have mastered topics that complement their existing expertise, positioning them for success in our increasingly fast-paced and data driven world where an understanding in economics is indispensable.

This course also prepares students for popular coursework in ECON such as ECON 4220 Applied Game Theory, ECON 4270 Behavioral Economics, ECON 4170 Health Economics & Policy,  ECON 4960 Energy Economics & Policy, ECON 4290 Economics of Biotechnology and ECON 4230 Environmental Economics.

If you'd like to learn more, feel free to reach out via email.

Office Hours

If enrolled in one of my courses, see the LMS for office hours.

Current Courses

ECON 2010-04 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (Fall and Spring), ECON 6730 Econometrics 1 (Fall)

Publications

The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Jorge Rivero has 2 indexed publications in the subjects of Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science.

Alessandro Mazzoccoli, Jorge Andres Rivero, Pierluigi Vellucci
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
, 225
, 2024
, pp.165-176
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Jorge Andres Rivero, Pierluigi Vellucci
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
, 116
, 2023
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