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<strong>JULIA</strong><strong>ANNA</strong><strong>MATZ</strong><br />

CenterforDevelopmentResearch(<strong>ZEF</strong>b)<br />

Walter-Flex-Str. 3<br />

53113 Bonn<br />

Germany<br />

RESEARCHINTERESTS<br />

Date of Birth: 25 April 1982<br />

Nationality: German<br />

Email: matzj@tcd.ie<br />

http://www.julia-anna-matz.de<br />

Development Economics, Microeconomics, Household Bargaining, Family<br />

Economics, Applied Microeconometrics<br />

EDUCATION<br />

Ph.D. in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Supervisor: Prof.<br />

Gaia Narciso. 2008–present, expected completion September 2012.<br />

African Studies at the Asia-Africa-Institute of the University of Hamburg,<br />

Germany, with a focus on the acquisition of the languages Amharic<br />

and Swahili. 2005–2008.<br />

M.Sc. in ‘International Economics and Business’ at the Rijksuniversiteit<br />

Groningen, Netherlands. 2004–2006.<br />

B.Sc. in ‘International Economics and Business’ at the Rijksuniversiteit<br />

Groningen, Netherlands, with one academic year spent at Kingston<br />

University in London, England. 2001–2004.<br />

EXPERIENCE<br />

Senior Researcher at the Center for Development Research (<strong>ZEF</strong> b) of the<br />

University of Bonn. Since 2012.<br />

M.Sc. Econometrics I. 2010–2012 (winter terms). Teaching Assistant for<br />

Prof. Carol Newman at Trinity College Dublin – graduate<br />

Econometrics I. 2010–2012 (winter terms). Teaching Assistant for Prof.<br />

Carol Newman at Trinity College Dublin – undergraduate<br />

Research Assistant for Prof. Gaia Narciso. 2009 and 2011/12.<br />

Julia Anna Matz 1 Curriculum Vitae – 04 Sep 2012


MathematicsandStatisticsI.2008–2010. TeachingAssistantforProf. Carol<br />

Newman and Dr. Jacco Thijssen at Trinity College Dublin– undergraduate<br />

Swahili Ib. 2008 (summer term). Teaching Assistant for Dr. Ridder Samsom<br />

at Hamburg University, Germany – undergraduate<br />

WORKINGPAPERSANDWORKINPROGRESS<br />

Productivity, Rank and Returns in Polygamy (2012), Job Market Paper. IIIS<br />

Discussion Paper No. 390.<br />

Does reinforcing spouses’ land rights improve children’s outcomes? Evidence<br />

fromaquasi-naturalexperimentinruralVietnam(2010),jointwithGaia<br />

Narciso. IIIS Discussion Paper No. 348.<br />

Ethnic Diversity in Marriage and the Risk of Poverty, work in progress.<br />

SCHOLARSHIPS<br />

Departmental Award, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin.<br />

2011/12.<br />

Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)<br />

Graduate Research Education Programme (GREP) Ph.D. scholarship.<br />

2008–2011.<br />

Marco Polo Grant. 2003/04.<br />

COURSEWORKDURINGPh.D.<br />

Applied Causal Analysis<br />

Development Economics Reading Seminar<br />

Time Series Econometrics<br />

Topics in International Economics and Development<br />

Economics of Education<br />

Reflection on Teaching (Pedagogical Course)<br />

Introduction to Teaching (Pedagogical Course)<br />

Julia Anna Matz 2 Curriculum Vitae – 04 Sep 2012


OTHERPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE<br />

Field Trip to Vietnam associated with the data collection for the Vietnam<br />

Access to Resources Household Survey 2010.<br />

Co-ordinator of the Development Working Group / Micro Working Group<br />

in the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin. 2010–<br />

2011.<br />

ClassRepresentativeofthePh.D.studentsintheDepartmentofEconomics<br />

at Trinity College Dublin. 2010/11.<br />

PRESENTATIONS<br />

2012<br />

Annual Conference of the European Economic Association, Málaga, Spain<br />

AELConferenceattheCenterforDevelopmentResearch(<strong>ZEF</strong>),Bonn,Germany<br />

2011<br />

AnnualConferenceoftheIrishSocietyofNewEconomists,Dublin,Ireland<br />

UCD Ph.D. Summer Seminars, Dublin, Ireland<br />

AEL Conference at the DIW, Berlin, Germany<br />

Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />

Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2011, Groningen, Netherlands<br />

Centre for the Study of African Economies 25th Anniversary Conference,<br />

Oxford, England<br />

IIIS Ph.D. Student Seminar at Trinity College Dublin<br />

Development/Micro Working Group at Trinity College Dublin<br />

2010<br />

GREP QSS Conference 2010, Dublin, Ireland<br />

AnnualConferenceoftheIrishSocietyofNewEconomists,Dublin,Ireland<br />

Research Workshop at the Central Institute for Economic Management,<br />

Hanoi, Vietnam<br />

Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2010, Helsinki, Finland<br />

GREP QSS Roundtable, Dublin, Ireland<br />

Julia Anna Matz 3 Curriculum Vitae – 04 Sep 2012


Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association, Belfast, Northern<br />

Ireland<br />

Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, Perth, Scotland<br />

Graduate Student Seminar at Trinity College Dublin<br />

Development Working Group at Trinity College Dublin<br />

2009<br />

GREP QSS Conference 2009, Dublin, Ireland<br />

Annual Conference of the Irish Society of New Economists, Limerick, Ireland<br />

Development Working Group at Trinity College Dublin<br />

Graduate Student Seminar at Trinity College Dublin<br />

LANGUAGESKILLS<br />

Native Language: German<br />

Fluent: English<br />

Working Knowledge: French<br />

Basic Knowledge: Dutch, Amharic, Swahili, Spanish<br />

SOFTWARESKILLS<br />

Microsoft Office, LaTeX, JabRef, Stata, EViews<br />

REFERENCES<br />

Prof. Gaia Narciso<br />

Dept. of Economics<br />

Trinity College<br />

Dublin<br />

Dublin 2<br />

Ireland<br />

narcisog@tcd.ie<br />

Prof. Carol Newman<br />

Dept. of Economics<br />

Trinity College<br />

Dublin<br />

Dublin 2<br />

Ireland<br />

cnewman@tcd.ie<br />

Dr. Jacco Thijssen<br />

Dept. of Economics<br />

and Related Studies<br />

University of York<br />

Heslington, York<br />

YO10 5DD, UK<br />

jacco.thijssen@york.ac.uk<br />

Julia Anna Matz 4 Curriculum Vitae – 04 Sep 2012

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