File - Giulia Lotti

07th April 2015
Giulia Lotti
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Citizenship
Italian
Contact Address
Office S2.110, Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL UK
Mobile number
+44(0)7501428738 (British)
+393383166421 (Italian)
Email Address
g.lotti@warwick.ac.uk
Personal website
http://giulialotti.weebly.com/
Education
Oct. 2010 - present
University of Warwick, UK
PhD in Economics
Supervisors: Professor Victor Lavy and Dr. Fabian Waldinger.
August 2013
HEC Lausanne, Switzerland
Summer School “Empirical Strategies Short Course” with Professor Joshua Angrist
(MIT)
Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010
University College London (UCL), UK
MSc in Economics
Dissertation’s title: “Education MDGs in Ecuador”
Oct. 2006 - April 2009
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Second- level Degree in Economics (Laurea Specialistica) with distinction (summa
cum laude)
Dissertation’s title: “Growth and Institutions”
Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2005
University Høgskolen i Oslo, Norway
Exchange student (Erasmus Project)
Sept. 2003 - Sept. 2006
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Bachelor in Economics and Business (Laurea Triennale) with distinction (summa
cum laude), 2006
Sept. 1995 - June 2003
Secondary schooling in Spain and Italy
Sept. 1990 - June 1995
Primary schooling in Belgium, Spain and Italy
Teaching Experience
2014-present
University of Warwick – Dept. of Economics
Teaching Fellow (part-time), EC226 Econometrics 1
Evaluation 2014/5: 4.5/5
2011-present
University of Warwick – Dept. of Economics
TA / Teaching Fellow (part-time) since 2014, EC122 Statistical Techniques A
Evaluation 2014/5: 5.0/5
Evaluation 2013/4: 4.8/5
Evaluation 2012/3: 4.6/5
Evaluation 2011/2: 4.7/5
2011-present
University of Warwick – Dept. of Economics
TA / Teaching Fellow (part-time) since 2014, EC121 Mathematical Techniques A
Evaluation 2014/5: 4.7/5
Evaluation 2013/4: 4.2/5
Evaluation 2012/3: 4.5/5
Evaluation 2011/2: 4.7/5
Other Employments
July – December 2014
World Bank
Consultant at the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America
and the Caribbean
March-November 2013
Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
Research Assistant for Dr. Fabian Waldinger
Working on micro data management and cleaning for a project in
Argentina
June- July 2009
Gruppo CLAS S.r.l., Via Lattuada 20, Milan
Research Consultant on Economic and Social Development
Working on the link between accessibility to a place and creativity and
innovation
July-August 2009
University of Milan-Bicocca, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milan, Italy
Research Assistant for Professor Angiola Pollastri
Working on data cleaning and graphics
Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations
May 2015 (forthcoming)
IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics, Germany
May 2015 (forthcoming)
Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Belgium
April 2015
Scottish Economic Society Conference, UK
March 2015
RIDGE/NIP-LACEA Workshop on Inequality Poverty and Politics, Uruguay
(presenter and discussant)
March 2015
PhD Seminar, University of Warwick, UK
February 2015
Warwick PhD Conference, UK
December 2014
CAGE AMES, University of Warwick, UK
February 2014
Warwick PhD Conference (discussant), UK
February 2014
CAGE AMES, University of Warwick, UK
October 2013
CAGE AMES, University of Warwick, UK
June 2013
WIPS, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
May 2013
CAGE WIP, University of Warwick
Languages
Italian
Mother Tongue
Spanish
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Intermediate
Honours and awards
2013-2014
Royal Economic Society Junior Fellowship
2012
University of Warwick – Dept. of Economics
Nominated for the Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence for Postgraduate
Research Students (WATEPGR)
2010-2012
Fondazione Luigi Einaudi and Compagnia di San Paolo Scholarship
Affiliations
Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) PhD student, 2013-present
Consultant for the World Bank, July-December 2014
Teaching Fellow (part-time) at the Economics Department, University of Warwick, 2014-present
Royal Economic Society (RES) Junior Fellow 2013-14
Research Fields
Economics of Education, Crime Economics, Economics of Development, Labour Economics, and Empirical
Microeconomics
Work in progress
(1) Lavy, V., Lotti, G., Zizhong, Y. The effect of early childhood education programs on mother empowerment.
Evidence from Ecuador, 2015.
(2) Lotti, G. Prisons for young offenders: helpful or harmful? The case of England and Wales, 2015.
(3) Lotti, G., Messina, J., Nunziata, L. The impact of minimum wages on informality – a cross country
comparison, 2015.
Computer Skills
Proficient skills in Stata, Office, Lyx and LaTeX
References
Professor Victor Lavy
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
UK
Email: v.lavy@warwick.ac.uk
Office phone number: +44(0) 24 7657 4158
Dr. Fabian Waldinger
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
UK
Email: f.waldinger@warwick.ac.uk
Office phone number: +44(0) 24 761 50048
Dr. Julian Messina
Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America & the
Caribbean Region
World Bank
1818 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
USA
Email: jmessina@worldbank.org
Professor Sascha Becker
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
UK
Email: s.o.becker@warwick.ac.uk
Office phone number: +44 (0) 24 7652 4247
Professor Jeremy Smith (teaching)
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
UK
Email: Jeremy.Smith@warwick.ac.uk
Office phone number: +44(0) 24 76523336
Diana Amparito Espinoza
Executive Director
Fundacion Sembrar
Centro Juvenil "Luigi Giussani"
calle 5 y 4, barrio La Roldós II etapa
Quito
Ecuador
Website: http://www.fundacionsembrar.ec/
Email: ampespinoza@yahoo.es