Packet - Economics - Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University
Department of Economics
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
USA
(410)516-7601
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: Sri Lanka
Date of Birth: Feb 9, 1981
EDUCATION
Prathi Seneviratne
3400 N. Charles St., MERG 426
Baltimore, MD 21218
USA
Cell: (443)682-5013
psenevir@jhu.edu
URL:www.econ.jhu.edu/directory/prathi-seneviratne
Ph.D. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, June 2013 (expected).
M.A. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, May 2010.
B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, May 2007.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Research: InternationalTrade,LaborEconomics,AppliedMicroeconomics,AppliedEconometrics,
Economic Dynamics.
Teaching: International Trade, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.
RESEARCH PAPERS
“Human Capital Investment and Labor Supply: Adjustments to Trade Policy,” (Job Market
Paper).
‘Trade Liberalization, Human Capital, and the Skill Premium,” (in progress).
‘The Welfare Impact of Trade in Services,” (in progress).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant to Prof. Larry Ball, Johns Hopkins University, Fall 2010, Spring
2011, Fall 2012.
Research Assistant to Dr. Saman Kelegama, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri
Lanka, Summer 2006.
Intern, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Summer 2005.