Curriculum Vitae Sumedha Gupta (November 2009)
CONTACT INFORMATION Institute for Policy Research Northwestern University 2040 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208‐4100
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PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of birth: Citizenship: Gender:
June 09, 1980 Indian Female
POSITION Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Fall 2009‐present
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics, VU University Amsterdam / Tinbergen Institute, August 2009. Research project: Impact of Early Conditions in Life on Events Later in Life Supervisor: Gerard J. van den Berg
M.Phil. in Economics, Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, September 2006. M.A. in Economics, Boston University, September 2004. M.Sc. in Economics and Financial Economics (with merit), University of Nottingham, August 2003. B.A. in Economics (with honours), University of Delhi, July 2001. B.A. in Indian Classical Music (vocal), University of Punjab, April 1997.
RESEARCH FIELDS Health and demographic economics, population and development economics, applied econometrics.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Doctoral research fellowship, Microdata Methods and Practice supported by EU 6TH Research Framework and Marie Curie Research Training Actions. Poster Award Winner, Annual meeting – Population Association of America, Detroit, April 2009.
ACADEMIC VISITS Department of Economics, Northwestern University, December 2008‐June 2009.
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Center for Microdata Methods and Practice, University College London, March‐April 2008. Center for Microdata Methods and Practice, University College London, May 2007
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research assistant, Dr.(Prof.) S.K.Kuthiala, University of North Florida, June ‐August 2000 (for his project on Privatization of Public Enterprises in India). Marketing research assistant (official launch Office 2000), Microsoft India, September‐October 1999.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, Macro II (Business cycles and New Keynesian macroeconomics), M.Phil. in Economics, Tinbergen Institute, Spring 2006. Teaching Assistant, Macro I (Introduction and growth), M.Phil. in Economics, Tinbergen Institute, Fall 2005. Teaching Assistant, European Union Studies I & II, Bachelor’s in Economics, University of Nottingham, Spring 2003. Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Economics I & II, Bachelor’s in Economics, University of Nottingham, Fall 2002.
RESEARCH PAPERS Methodological Issues in the Study of Health Outcomes using Biomarkers (in progress). Studying Instability: Health Perspectives (in progress). Early Life Conditions, Marital Status and Mortality with Gerard J. van den Berg. Impact of an Affirmative Action Program in Employment on Child Mortality in India, with Gerard J. van den Berg and Annette Bergemann. Do Children Affect Life Expectancy? A Joint Study of Early life Conditions, Fertility and Mortality, with Gerard J. van den Berg and France Portrait.
PRESENTATIONS Invited seminars The Economics and Biodemography of Aging and Healthcare Workshop of the Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, June 2009. The Economics and Biodemography of Aging and Healthcare Workshop of the Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, March 2009. Departmental seminar, Department of Economics, IUPUI, January 2009. Research workshop on Early‐life vs. later‐life effects on late‐life mortality of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Taormina, June 2008. Research workshop on causal inference and endogeneity in duration analysis of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, April 2008.
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University College London, May 2007.
Conferences and workshops Annual meeting – Population Association of America, Detroit, April 2009. EALE Conference, Amsterdam, September 2008. XXII Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, London, June 2008. Sixth meeting of the Microdata RTN, CEMFI, Uppsala, June 2008. Annual meeting – Population Association of America, New Orleans, April 2008. European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Budapest, August 2007. XXI Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Chicago, June 2007. IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics, Buch am Ammersee, April 2007. Third meeting of the Microdata RTN, CEMFI, Madrid, November 2006. Second meeting of the Microdata RTN, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, May 2006. First meeting of the Microdata RTN, CAM, Copenhagen, December 2005.
REFEREEING Health Economics
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES Member of the editorial board of Tinbergen Magazine, September 2006 – December 2008.
REFERENCES Professor Gerard J. van den Berg
Professor Andrew Chesher
Department of Economics
Department of Economics
VU University Amsterdam
University College London
Phone: +31‐(0)20‐ 598 6132
Phone: + 44‐(0)20‐7679 5857
Email:
[email protected]
Email:
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Professor Maarten Lindeboom
Professor James P. Smith
Department of Economics
RAND
VU University Amsterdam
Phone: +1 310 451 6925
Phone: +31‐ (0)20‐598 6037
Email:
[email protected]
Email:
[email protected]
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