Senior Lecturer
Unit:
Education and Career
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Minnesota (U.S.A), 2006
- M.A., Economics, McGill University (Canada), 2000
- B.A., Economics, Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), 1999
Prior professional positions:
- Aug.2018 – present Part-Time Lecturer in Economics, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A
- Sept.2011 – May 2018 Assistant Professor, Economics, Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
- Feb. 2009 – present Researcher, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland, U.K.
- Jan. 2010 – 2012 Lecturer (Assistant Prof.) with Tenure, Economics Division, University of Southampton, U.K.
- Jan. 2010 & Apr. 2010 Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
- Sept. 2009 – Jan. 2010 Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.
- Sept. 2006 – Nov. 2009 Lecturer (Assistant Prof.), Economics Division, University of Southampton, U.K.
- Aug. 2009 Visiting Scholar, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- May 2002 – Aug. 2006 Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
- Sept. 2003 – Aug. 2006 Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (Professor Larry Jones)
- June 2002 – June 2003 Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (Professor Thomas Holmes)
- Sept. 2000 – May 2002 Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Awards, Honors and Recognitions:
- 2018 2018 Tippie College of Business Innovation in Teaching Award, Iowa, USA
- 2011 Travel Grant, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2011 25% Teaching Buyout, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2010 Travel Grant, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2010 25% Teaching Buyout, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2009 Travel Grant, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2009 25% Teaching Buyout, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2008 Small Grant Scheme, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
- 2007 Small Grant Scheme, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
- 2006-2008 Research Grant, Economics Division, University of Southampton
- 2004-2005 Heller Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
- Summer 2002 Prescott Summer Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
- 1999 Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1999 Best Bachelor’s Thesis, Alumni Association, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Service:
Internal Service
- Elected Faculty Council, Tippie College of Business, Member, 2017-2018
- Diversity Committee, Tippie College of Business, Member, 2014-2015
- PhD Revamp Committee, Department of Economics, Member, 2013-2015
- Elected Faculty Council, Tippie College of Business, Vice Chair, 2013-2014
- Elected Faculty Council, Tippie College of Business, Member, 2012-2013
- Tow Seminar Committee, Department of Economics, Member, 2011-2013
Service to the Profession
- Local Organizer, Conference on Demographic Economics, May 2014, Iowa City, Iowa
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2014, Toronto, Canada
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2013, Seoul, South Korea
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2012, Limassol, Cyprus
- Program Committee Member, Society for Social Politics Meetings 2011
- Scientific Committee Member, OLG days 2011, Vielsalm, Belgium
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2011, Ghent, Belgium
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2010, Montreal, Canada
- Founding Member of the ESRC Centre for Population Change
Research, Expertise and Publications
Research Interests and Areas of Expertise:
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth
- Demographic Economics
- Artificial Intelligence and Automation & their gender-specific effects on the labor market
Selected Publications:
Journal Articles
- “Parental Childcare During and Outside of Typical Work Hours,” 2018, Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 453-476, June 2018.
- “Baby Busts and Baby Booms: The Fertility Response to Shocks in Dynastic Models,” 2016, (with Larry Jones), Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 22, pp. 157-178, October 2016.
- “Gender Gaps in Completed Fertility,” (with Erica Field, Vera Molitor and Michèle Tertilt), Journal of Demographic Economics, Vol. 82, Issue 2, pp. 167-206, June 2016.
- “Property Rights and Efficiency in OLG models with endogenous fertility,” (with Michèle Tertilt), Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 150, Pages 551-583, March 2014.
- “An Accounting Exercise for the Shift in Life-Cycle Employment Profiles of Married Women Born Between 1940 and 1960,” (with Sébastien Buttet), Journal for Labor Market Research, Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 253-271, September 2013.
- “Complements versus Substitutes and Trends in Fertility Choice in Dynastic Models,” (with Larry Jones), International Economic Review, Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 671-699, Aug. 2010.
Book Chapters
- “Fertility Theories: Can they explain the Negative Fertility-Income Relationship?” (with Larry Jones and Michèle Tertilt), Demography and the Economy, John B. Shoven, editor, University of Chicago Press, January 2011.
Editorial appointments:
- Associate Editor, Journal of Demographic Economics, 2013-2018