Fields

• • Econometrics, Microeconomics

Research 

• Estimation methods using structural economic models

• Estimation of values and nonlinear effects of unobserved variables

• Systems of simultaneous equations

• Tests of economic models

• Prediction and evaluation of outcomes when structures change

• Consumers' preferences and products demand

• Nonparametric methods

• Unobserved heterogeneity

• Hedonic Models

Selected Publications

• Matzkin, R.L. (1991), “Semiparametric Estimation of Monotone and Concave Utility Functions for Polychotomous Choice Models,” Econometrica, Vol. 59, No. 5, p. 1315-1327.

• Matzkin, R.L. (1991), “Axioms of Revealed Preference for Nonlinear Choice Sets,"  Econometrica, Vol. 59, No. 6, p. 1779-1786.

• Matzkin, R.L. (1992), “Nonparametric and Distribution-Free Estimation of the Binary Choice and the Threshold Crossing Models," Econometrica, Vol. 60, No. 2, 239-270. Lead article.

• Matzkin, R.L. (1994), “Restrictions of Economic Theory in Nonparametric Methods,” in R. F. Engel and D. L. McFadden (eds.) Handbook of Econometrics, Vol. 4.

• Brown, D.J. and R.L. Matzkin (1996), “Testable Restrictions on the Equilibrium Manifold,” Econometrica, Vol. 64, No. 6, p. 1249-1262. Lead article.

• Briesch, R., P. Chintagunta, and R.L. Matzkin (2002), “Semiparametric Estimation of Choice Brand Behavior,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 97, No. 460, Applications and Case Studies, p. 973-982.

• Matzkin, R.L. (2003), “Nonparametric Estimation of Nonadditive Random Functions,” Econometrica, Vol. 71, No. 5, p. 1339-1375.

• Altonji, J. and R.L. Matzkin (2005), “Cross Section and Panel Data Estimators for Nonseparable Models with Endogenous Regressors,” Econometrica, Vol. 73, No. 3, p. 1053-1102. Lead article.

• Matzkin, R.L. (2007) "Heterogeneous Choice," in Advances in Economics and Econometrics, Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society, edited by R. Blundell, W. Newey, and T. Persson, Cambridge University Press. 

• Matzkin, R.L. (2007) "Nonparametric Identification," in Handbook of Econometrics, Vol. 6b, edited by J.J. Heckman and E.E. Leamer, Elsevier B.V., 5307-5368.

• Matzkin, R.L. (2008) "Identification in Nonparametric Simultaneous Equations Models," Econometrica, Vol. 76, No. 5, p. 945-978. Lead article.

• Heckman, J.J., R.L. Matzkin, and L. Nesheim (2010) “Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Nonadditive Hedonic Models,” Econometrica, Vol. 78, No. 5, p. 1569-1591.

• Matzkin R.L. (2013) "Nonparametric Identification in Structural Economic Models," Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 5.

• Matzkin, R.L. (2015) "Estimation of Nonparametric Models with Simultaneity," Econometrica, Vol. 83, No. 1,  p. 1-66.  Lead article.
   

Books (edited)

•  Aliprantis, C.D., R.L. Matzkin, D. McFadden, J. Moore, and N. Yannelis, (2005) Rationality and Equibrium – A symposium in honor of Marcel K. Richter, Springer: Springer Verlag.

• Durlauf, S.N., L.P. Hansen, J.J. Heckman, and R.L. Matzkin, (2020) Handbook of Econometrics, Vol. 7A, Elsevier.

Main Employment

• Charles E. Davidson Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021-

• Charles E. Davidson Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009 -2021

• Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007 -

• Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 1995-2007 

• Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 1992-1995 

• Associate Professor of Economics, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Department of Economics, Yale University, 1991-1992 

• Assistant Professor of Economics, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Department of Economics, Yale University, 1986 - 1991    

Professional Service (selected)

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences,  Class III, Section 2 (Economics) Membership Panel, twice.

• Econometric Society, Past President, 2024

• Econometric Society, President, 2023

• Econometric Society, First Vice-President, 2022

• Econometric Society, Second Vice-President, 2021

• Econometric Society, Executive Committee, At-large member, 2012-2013.

• Econometric Society, Council member, North America Region, 2011-2013, 2020

• Econometric Society, Program Chair, 2020 North American Winter Meeting.

• Econometric Society, Regional Standing Committee, Latin America Region, 2017-2020.

• Econometric Society, Nominating Committee for Officers and Council, member, 2013.

• Econometric Society, Nominating Committee for Fellows, chair 2009, member 2007, 2010, 2020.

• Econometric Society, Governance Committee, member 2012.

• American Economic Association, Executive Committee, 2012-2014.

• American Economic Association, Nominating Committee, member 2005, 2015.

• American Economic Association, AER Lead Editor Search Committee, member, 2021

• American Economic Association, Advisory Committee on Editorial Appointments, 2012 - 2015.

University Service (selected)

• Search Committee for Dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management, member, 2018-2019

• Committee on Committees, UCLA, member, 2017-2018

• Council on Planning and Budget, UCLA, member, 2008 - 2011

• Honorary Academic Council, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, member 2004 -

Personal

• Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, not in 1959

• Citizen of U.S. and Argentina

• Two sons

•  e-mail:       matzkin@econ.ucla.edu

•  Office:        8349  Bunche Hall, UCLA

• Tel:              (310) 825-7371  

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, 1986

• B.Sc. in Management and Economics, Cum Laude, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 1981

Honors and Awards (selected)

• Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022-

• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018-

• Founding Fellow, International Association of Applied Econometrics, 2017

• Fellow, Society of Economic Measurement, 2014

• Charles E. Davidson Professor of Economics, 2009-

• Household International, Inc. Research Professor of Economics,  Northwestern University, 2001 - 2003       

• Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1995-

• NSF Grants: 1992-1994, 1994-1999, 2003-2006, 2004-2010, 2006-2011, 2011-2015 

Editorial Service (selected)

• Editorial Board Member, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025 -

• Co-Editor, Handbook in Economics Series, Elsevier, 2019-

• Co-Editor, Handbook of Econometrics, Vol 7, Elsevier.

• Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Economics, 2017-2021

• Editor-in-Chief, Quantitative Economics, Journal of the Econometric Society, 2013 - 2017.

• Co-Editor, Econometric Society Research Monographs Series, Cambridge University Press, 2010 - 2013.

• Associate Editor, Econometrica, Journal of the Econometric Society, 2004 - 2013. 

• Associate Editor, Journal of Econometrics, 1994 - 2011.   

Lectures (selected)

• Presidential Lecture, Econometric Society, 2023

• Jacob Marschak Lecture, Econometric Society, 2022

• Luigi Solari Lecture, University of Geneva, 2017

• Cowles Lecture, Econometric Society, 2016

• Simon Newcomb Lecture, John Hopkins University, 2014

• Sargan Lecture, Royal Economic Society, 2011

• Minnesota Lecture, 2009

   Other Academic Appointments

• Associate Member, Center for the Economics of Human Development, University of Chicago, 2019-2021

• Affiliate, UCLA Center for Social Statistics, 2018 -

• Affiliate, California Center for Population Research, 2009 -

• Visiting Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 2006-2007

• International Fellow, Center for Microdata Methods and Practice, University College London, London, U.K., 2005 - 

• Visiting Professor, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Summer 2000

• Visiting Associate Professor, University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois, Fall and Spring Quarters, 1991-1992 

• Visiting Scholar, M.I.T., Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Spring Semester, 1991-1992  

• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Department of Economics, Madison, Wisconsin, Fall Semester, 1989 

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Bonn University, Department of Economics, Bonn, Germany, June 1988