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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

London, Ontario, Canada

Economics 2155

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

London, Ontario, Canada

• Worked with large panel data sets (e.g., NLSY, ACS, and SIPP Synthetic Data) and prepared data for econometric analysis through integration, cleaning, feature engineering, scaling and transforming data
• Applied advanced econometric methods to conduct data-driven academic research, identified opportunities, and made tangible recommendations to supervisors
• Collaborated with supervisors and other stakeholders to identify opportunities for process optimization and helped implement innovative solutions to answer novel academic research questions
• Within tight timelines, summarized complex research processes in academic literature to supervisors using strong verbal and written communication skills
• Leveraged visualization methods to represent results and communicate outcomes to technical and non-technical audiences

London, Ontario, Canada

• Course: Labour Economics (ECON 2155)
• Supervised and effectively communicated economic concepts to a diverse group of students
• Devised and updated course content with learning objectives aimed at improving student outcomes
• Effectively managed conflicts and classroom dynamics by actively listening to student matters and clearly communicating solutions

London, Ontario, Canada

• Estimated logit and multinomial logit models on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) using Stata
• Applied regularization methods to identify the most important regressors and choose models that best fit the data
• Collaborated with supervisor to optimize and streamline Stata files
• Key achievement: findings from analysis used in Rory’s academic paper titled, "Inter Vivos Transfers and Familial Risk Sharing over the Life Cycle"

London, Ontario, Canada

• Notable courses: Senior Research Seminar in Economics, Applied Econometrics, Intermediate Macro Theory and Policy, Financial Economics, and Labour Economics
• Supervised and effectively communicated economic concepts to large and diverse groups of students (first year to senior years)
• Collaborated with course instructors and other stakeholders to innovate and streamline the delivery of course content taught in the classroom with the aim of improving student learning
• Within tight timelines, graded tests, assignments, and essays

London, Ontario, Canada

• Prepared March-CPS for econometric analysis through integration, cleaning, feature engineering, scaling and transforming data using Stata
• Explored the impacts of automation and technical change on worker wages and employment over time using OLS and Fixed Effect regressions
• Visualized changes in occupational wage ranks in the US economy over time with Sankey Diagrams using R and MATLAB
• Key achievement: findings from analysis used in Sergio’s academic paper titled, “A Task-Based Theory of Occupations"

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Research areas: Labour Economics, Human Capital, and Applied Econometrics. Two-time recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS).

Master Of Arts - Ma, Economics

Passed core knowledge exams in PhD Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Econometrics and Quantitative methods. Admission into the PhD.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours), Major In Economics And Minor In Political Science, First Class Standing

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society