Ureta, Manuelita
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Associate Professor, Economics, College of Liberal Arts
education and training
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of California Los Angeles - (Los Angeles, California, United States) 1987
- B.S. in Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile - (Santiago, Region Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile) 1979
selected publications
Academic Articles7
- Light, A., & Ureta, M (2004). Living Arrangements, Employment Status, and the Economic Well-Being of Mothers: Evidence from Brazil, Chile, and the U.S. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 25(3), 301-334.
- Ureta, M. (1998). Incidencia y duracin del desempleo en reas urbanas del Paraguay. Estudios de Economia. (1), 70.
- Light, A., & Ureta, M (1995). Early-Career Work Experience and Gender Wage Differentials. Journal of Labor Economics. 13(1), 121-154.
- Light, A., & Ureta, M (1992). Panel Estimates of Male and Female Job Turnover Behavior: Can Female Nonquitters be Identified?. Journal of Labor Economics. 10(2), 156-181.
- URETA, M (1992). THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFETIME JOBS IN THE UNITED-STATES-ECONOMY, REVISITED. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW. 82(1), 322-335.
Chapters2
- Welch, F., & Ureta, M. (2002). The obsolescence of skill. de Grip, A., van Loo, J., & Mayhew, K. (Eds.), The Economics of Skills Obsolescence: Theoretical Innovations and Empirical Applications. 51-81. JAI Press Inc.
- Duryea, S., Cox Edwards, A., & Ureta, M. (2001). Women in the Latin American Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990's. Piras, C. (Eds.), Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America. 27-60. Inter-American Development Bank.
editor of
recent teaching activities
- ECON318 Economics Gender & Race Instructor
- ECON418 Economics Of Labor Instructor
- ECON491 Research Instructor
- WGST318 Economics Gender & Race Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- McKinley, Rayna L. (2010-05). A Comparative Study of Sex Salary Differentials for Full-time Workers with a Degree in Science or Engineering. (Master's Thesis)
- Pakdeethai, Pimrak (2009-08). The Effect of Welfare Reform on Childbirth, Marriage, and Divorce. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Lin, Peng (2008-12). Health status and the labor force participation decisions of married couples. (Master's Thesis)
- Marchon, Cassia Helena (2008-08). Intergenerational mobility in earnings in Brazil spanning three generations and optimal investment in electricity generation in Texas. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Naufal, Georges Sami (2007-12). Remittances: determinants, motivations and effects. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
manuelita.ureta@tamu.edu
First Name
Manuelita
Last Name
Ureta
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Economics; 4228 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4228
USA