Larry Jones

Contact Me

lej@umn.edu
612-625-6353

Economics
4-101 HMH

1925 4th Street South

Affiliations

• Economics

Links

• Personal Website

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D: Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1981.
• M.A.: Statistics, University of California, Davis, 1977.
• M.A.: Economics, University of California, Davis, 1977.
• B.S.: Mathematics, University of California, Davis, 1975.
• B.A.: Economics, University of California, Davis.

Specialties

• growth and development
• macroeconomics
• public finance

Courses Taught

• Economics 8105-8108: Macroeconomic Theory Sequence
• Economics 8801-8803: Public Economics Sequence
• Economics 8391/8392: Workshop in Growth and Development

Publications

• Baby Busts and Baby Booms: The Fertility Response to Shocks in Dynastic Models: Jones, Larry, A. Schoonbroodt, Review of Economic Dynamics, 22 157-178, October 2016.
• Fertility and Social Security: Jones, Larry, Michele Boldrin, Mariacristina De Nardi, Cambridge, Journal of Demographic Economics, 81(3) 261-299, 2015.
• Why are Married Women Working So Much?: Jones, Larry, Ellen McGrattan, Rodolfo Manuelli, Cambridge, Journal of Demographic Economics, 81(1) 75-114, 2015.
• Optimal Contracting with Dynastic Altruism: Family Size and Per Capita Consumption: Jones, Larry, Roozbeh Hosseini, Ali Shourideh, Journal of Economic Theory, 148 1806-1840, 2013.

Awards

• Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, 2012 - present
• Fellow, Econometric Society, 1995 - present
• Faculty Research Fellow, NBER, 1991 - present
• Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
• Sloan Foundation Professorship, 1986 - 1988