Aurora Ortiz Nunez
Room 432
Tel +44 114 22 23310
Fax +44 114 22 23458
email : aurora.ortiz@sheffield.ac.uk
Brief Biography
Aurora graduated in Economics from Carlos III University, Spain in 2003. She gained her MSc in Public Economics at the University of York in 2005. She is currently a Research Assistant and is also studying for her PhD under the supervision of Professor Sarah Brown and Dr Karl Taylor.
Current Research
- Empirical Analysis of Risk Preference
- Self- Employment and Risk Preference
- Risk preference and Education
Other investigators
- Prof. Sarah brown
- Dr. Karl Taylor
Brief description of project
I am currently working on a variety of research projects related to areas such as labour economics, the economics of education and household finances. The focus of the work lies in statistical and econometric analysis of micro data such as the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the U.S. Survey of Consumer Finance.
Teaching
- EC6540 MSc Quantitative Methods
Publications
"Self-Employment and Risk Preference". Sarah Brown, Mike Dietrich, Aurora Ortiz and Karl Taylor. Sheffield Economics Research Papers Series 2007008.
This paper was presented at the WPEG, Annual Conference, July 2007.