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DEVAKI GHOSE University of Virginia Cell Phone: (240) 413-7706 Department of Economics Email: [email protected] PO Box 400182 Website: www.devakighose.com Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182 Citizenship: India EDUCATION: PhD Candidate, University of Virginia (Dartmouth College Visiting) Expected May 2020 M.A. Economics, University of Virginia May 2016 M.S. Economics, Indian Statistical Institute May 2013 B.S. Economics, St. Xavier’s College May 2011 FIELDS OF INTEREST Trade, Urban and Regional Economics, Development, Education, Labor, Industrial Organization WORKING PAPERS Trade, Internal Migration and Human Capital: Who Gains from India’s IT Boom? (Job Market Paper) Road Capacity, Domestic Trade and Regional Outcomes (with Cosar, Demir, Young) WORKS IN PROGRESS Enrollment as Entry into the US Job Market: Evidence from Foreign Student Enrollment in CS (with Turner) Competition, Wages, and the Emergence of Computer Science Degree Programs in the US (with Cook, Khmelnitskaya) Do Colleges Spur Local Economic Activity? Regression Discontinuity Evidence from India (with Jagnani, Khanna) POLICY WRITINGS Higher Education Response to India’s IT Boom: Did State Governments Play a Role? (WTO volume on Trade and Labor Market Adjustment, 2019, forthcoming) SELECTED RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Consultant, World Trade Organization 2018-2019 Research Assistant for Sheetal Shekhri (University of Virginia) 2015 Research Assistant for Maitreesh Ghatak (London School of Economics) 2013-2014 CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS Dartmouth College (Invited Fellow) January, March, November 2018 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Invited Visitor) 2018 WTO/IMF/World Bank Conference on trade in services 2018 Midwest Trade Conference 2018 Eastern Economic Association Conference 2018 Young Economist Symposium, NYU 2018 13th Urban Economics Association Conference (Co-author Presentation) 2018 Infrastructure Growth and Development, EBRD, London (Co-author Presentation) 2018 Economics Research Colloquium, UVa 2018 6th IIFT Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade 2018 16th Annual GEP/CEPR Postgraduate Conference, Nottingham University 2017 Brown Bag, UVa 2017 Wellesley College (Invited) 2019 (Scheduled) Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Dissertation Intern) August 2019 (Scheduled) DEVAKI GHOSE PAGE 2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, UVa 2015-2016 Econometric Theory (Graduate), Econometrics, International Trade (Advanced Undergraduate) HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS Dissertation Fellowship Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 2019 QC Bynum grant 2018 Bankard Pre-doctoral Fellowship 2018 Dartmouth College, International Economics PhD Fellow 2018 Library Research Grant, UVa (joint with Cook, Khmelnitskaya) 2018 Marshall Jevons Fund, UVa 2018 Center for Global Inquiry and lnnovation Research Grant, UVa 2017, 2018 Snavely Prize for Outstanding Dissertation Proposal, UVa 2017 Center for Global Development Research Grant (joint with Prof. Gaurav Khanna, UCSD) 2017 Quantitative Collaboration Fellow, UVa 2017-Present Snavely Prize for Outstanding Summer Paper, UVa 2016 Academic Excellence Award, Indian Statistical Institute 2013 SKILLS Matlab, Stata, Python, Latex, R OTHER ACTIVITIES Organizer, UVa Economics Graduate Research Conference 2018 Young Economist, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences Summer 2017 Panelist with Eric Maskin (Nobel Laureate), “Addressing Inequality in a Globalized World”, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences 2017 ACADEMIC REFERENCES James Harrigan University of Virginia [email protected], (434) 243-8354 Kerem Cosar University of Virginia [email protected], (434) 924-6754 Treb Allen Dartmouth College [email protected], (952)-913-7967 John Mclaren University of Virginia [email protected], (434) 924-3994 .