CV - Anja Prummer - European University Institute

ANJA PRUMMER
European University Institute Date of Birth: 05 April 1985
Villa San Paolo Citizenship: German
Via della Piazzuola, 43 anja.prummer@eui.eu
50133 Firenze https://sites.google.com/site/anjaprummer/
Italy Available for employment: September 2013
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, European University Institute 2009-date
Supervisors: Fernando Vega-Redondo (Primary Advisor),
Jérôme Adda and Massimo Morelli
Visiting Researcher Jan 2012 - May 2012
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
First Year of Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison 2008-2009
Exchange Programm
M.S. in Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich 2007-2009
B.S. in Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich 2004-2007
RESEARCH FIELDS
Microeconomic Theory, Social Networks, Political Economy
TEACHING INTERESTS
Introductory and Intermediate Microeconomics, Game Theory, Social Networks
WORK IN PROGRESS
"More versus Closer Friends: How Gender Shapes Social Networks and their Effects on Performance"
[Job Market Paper] (with Ilse Lindenlaub)
"Whom to Lobby? -Politicial Networks, Ideology and Lobbying"
"Opinion Leaders in Influence Networks and the Integration of Immigrant Communities" (with Jan-
Peter Siedlarek)
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
Political Economy Breakfast, Columbia University, Oct 2011
EUI Research Forum, June 2012
Congress of the European Economic Association, Malaga, Aug 2012
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AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
EUI Thesis Completion Grant 2012 - 2013
DAAD Scholarship for Doctoral Studies at the European University Institute 2009-2012
Scholarship of the Kurt Fordan Förderverein 2008
(for the exchange to the University of Wisconsin - Madison)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate TA Microeconomics II, EUI, Fall 2011
Theory and Application of Non-Cooperative Games: II,
University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2012
SKILLS
Languages English (fluent), German (native), Italian (intermediate)
Software Matlab, Stata, Mathematica
REFERENCES
Fernando Vega-Redondo Massimo Morelli Jérôme Adda
Department of Economics Department of Economics Department of Economics
European University Institute Columbia University European University Institute
Via della Piazzuola 43 420 W. 118th Street, 720 IAB Via della Piazzuola 43
50133 Firenze New York, NY 10027 50133 Firenze
Italy USA Italy
Phone: [+39] 055 4685 951 Phone: [+1] 212 854 5941 Phone: [+39] 055 4685 955
Email: fernando.vega@eui.eu Email: mm3331@columbia.edu Email: jerome.adda@eui.eu
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PAPER ABSTRACTS
More versus Closer Friends: How Gender Shapes Social Networks and their Effects on Performance
[Job Market Paper]
Men and women differ in terms of their network characteristics, particularly in terms of their clustering
coefficient and degree, with women having a lower degree and a higher clustering coefficient
than men. Taking these network characteristics as given, we show theoretically what are the effects of
these differences on labor market outcomes. We find that women perform better in an environment
with little uncertainty whereas men do better under higher uncertainty. Women in larger networks
perform better than women, who are part of a smaller group. Last, men also perform better if the
future is heavily discounted. We document empirically our key assumption, namely that men and
women have different network characteristics, using the AddHealth Data set.
Whom to Lobby? Politicial Networks, Ideology and Lobbying
We study lobbying with information in a setting where politicians are connected through a network
describing information flows. There are two opposing lobby groups, who choose which politician to
address. The decision depends on the ideological bias of politicians as well as the overall network
structure. We show that there is an interplay between the strength of the network, as given by the
in- formation flow, and ideological bias. More precisely, when the information flow in the network
is high, the effect of the ideological bias is amplified. Further, the network structure affects whether
a priori supporting or opposing politicians are being lobbied. However, it matters not only what
ideological biases politicians have, but also whether they are connected with like- minded politicians
or politicians with a different ideological bias.
Opinion Leaders in Influence Networks and the Integration of Immigrant Communities
This paper studies the cultural and economic integration of immigrant communities in host societies
through a model with two distinct channels of social influence and skills acquisition that act as complements
in the integration process. In the long run, full integration is achieved only in the absence
of strong, non-adapting opinion leaders within the immigrant society. In the presence of such leaders,
integration can remain incomplete, with integration levels higher for individuals of higher ability.
Centralized social structures reinforce differences in integration between individuals of varying ability
levels as they block the channels for moderating influence between them.
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