Curriculum vitae

Samia Badji Postdoc at GATE 93 chemin des Mouilles 69130 Ecully +33-(0)4 72 86 61 16 [email protected] https://sites.google.com/a/essec.edu/samiabadji/ Born: June 21st, 1985. Single with no children. French citizenship.

RESEARCH Development Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, Health Economics, Labor Eco- INTERESTS nomics.

EDUCATION Ph.D. Economics, ESSEC Business School - UCP 2014 Dissertation title: Investment in Human Capital in sub-Saharan Africa Nominated for Ph.D. award and publishing grant Supervisor: Olivier Donni and Christelle Dumas Jury: Olivier Bargain (Universit´eAix-Marseille), Philippe De Vreyer (Universit´e Paris Dauphine), Eliane El Badaoui (Universit´eParis Ouest Nanterre La D´efense), Estefania Santacreu-Vasut (ESSEC Business School), Flore Gubert (Paris School of Economics)

Visiting Scholar, NHH Bergen, Norway Aug.-Nov 2014

Visiting Student, NHH Bergen, Norway May - June 2014

Masters of Economics and Finance, summa cum laude - UCP 2009 Dissertation Title: Wars in Congo and the effect on natural resource prices

Bachelor Degree, UCP 2007 Dissertation on microcredit ERASMUS at the Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf, Germany

OTHER Infocycle (General Information Cycle Program) - Belgian Technical May 2012 TRAINING Agency (BTC), Brussels, Belgium

RESEARCH IN “Divestment in Human Capital: Internal Migration in China and consequences on PROGRESS the young adults left behind” with S. D´emurger “Child Labor and Market Access: Identifying Excluded Households” “Maternal Education and Child Mortality: Causal Link and Mechanisms in Mada- gascar” “Education in extreme environments, does mother’s education still matter?”

CONFERENCES Presenting AND WORKSHOPS Internal Seminar, GATE, Ecully, France 2015 Chr Michelsens Institutt (CMI), Bergen, Norway 2014 5th GREThA Development Conference, Bordeaux, France 2014 Augustin Cournot Doctoral Days, Strasbourg 2014 BFF PhD Camp, Economics Track, Advanced Track, ESCP Paris, France 2014 Summer Workshop in Development, Alba di Canazei, Italy 2013 Research Highlights, Poster Session, ESSEC 2013 Lunch Seminar, Thema, Cergy-Pontoise, France 2013 Applied Microeonomics and Development Workshop, Thema/ESSEC, 2013 Cergy-Pontoise, France Internal ESSEC PhD Students seminar, Cergy-Pontoise, France 2010- 2013

Attending or Discussing Workshop BEE (Behavioral and Experimental Economics), Ecully, France 2015 SEBA Workshop, Ecully, France 2015 Knowledge Lab: Research Highlights Cergy, France 2014 Advances in Family Economics and Applications to Developing Countries, 2013 EconomiX, Paris, France Micro/Macroeconomics of The Labor Market: When Theory Meets Evidence, 2011 Paris, France Sustainability and Impact Challenges at The Base of The Pyramid, 2011 Paris, France Summer Workshop in Development, Alba di Canazei, Italy 2011

TEACHING Ecole Centrale de Lyon, public engineering school, France EXPERIENCE Lecturer in Sustainable Development Economcis

Universit´eLyon Lumi`ere,Public university in Lyon, France Economics and Management Department

Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics (Undergraduate), 2016 “ Micro´economie”2EAKM014

Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise, Public university in Cergy, France Economics and Management Department

Teaching Assistant in Mathematics (Undergraduate), 2013-2014 “Pratique des fonctions num´eriques”2EIPFN1M Lecturer in Microeconomics (Undergraduate), “Micro´economie”2EUMIC2M

Teaching Assistant in Statistics (Undergraduate), 2012-2013 “Analyse Statistique” 2EGAST4D Lecturer in Microeconomics (Undergraduate), “Micro´economie”2EUMIC2M

Teaching Assistant in Statistics (Undergraduate), 2011-2012 “M´ethodes statistiques” 2EUSTA1D, “Estimation Statistique” 2EGSTA4D

Teaching Assistant in Statistics and Econometrics (Undergraduate), 2010-2011 “Econom´etrieet S´eriestemporelles” 2ESEST36D, “M´ethodes statistiques” 2EUSTA1D Teaching Assistant in Mathematics (Postgradute) “Math´ematiquesdynamiques” 2FUMAD1D

Teaching Assistant in Statistics (Undergraduate), 2009-2010 “Estimation Statistique” 2EGSTA4D, “M´ethodes Statistiques” 2EUSTA1D

Tutoring in Mathematics 2007

OTHER United Nations, FAO Somalia, FSNAU Sept-Dec 2012 WORKING Household Analyst, based in Nairobi, Kenya EXPERIENCE

HENKEL May-June 2008 Intern through an external consulting firm in Duesseldorf, Germany

COMPUTER Word Processing: LATEX, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Publisher SKILLS Statistical Softwares: Stata, SAS, Gauss, Matlab, SPSS Other (Basic): VBA and Python

LANGUAGES French: mother tongue; fluent in English, German, Spanish and Romanian.

DISTINCTIONS ESSEC Business School Travel Grant 2014 AND GRANTS NHH Scholarship for Visiting Students 2014 ResponsAbility grant for Best Paper Award 2012 Doctoral Scholarship, Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise 2009 Excellence Scholarship - Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise 2009 Excellence Prize - Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise 2008 Troph´eesd’Economie - Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise 2007

ACADEMIC Journal refereeing: INVOLVEMENT Economic Development and Cultural Change, Travail et Emploi

Elected member of the board of the Research Laboratory Committee 2009-2014 of Thema at Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise

Cosupervising a student’s master’s thesis in applied econometrics 2016 OTHER IN- Student Representative for UNESCO Campus 2015 VOLVEMENTS Member of the association to welcome exchange students at the University 2010-2014 Treasurer of the Ph.D. Student Association of Cergy-Pontoise University 2012-2013

REFERENCES Olivier Donni (co-supervisor) Christelle Dumas (co-supervisor) Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise Universit´ede Fribourg 33 boulevard du Port Boulevard de Prolles 90 95000 Cergy, France 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Caleb Andrianasitera (Lecturer) Zoltan Tiba (Head of Research at FSNAU) Universit´ede Cergy-Pontoise FAO of the UN - FSNAU 33 boulevard du Port UN Somalia, Ngecha Road Offices 95000 Cergy, France P.O.Box 1230, 00621 Village market, Nairobi, Kenya