Curriculum Vitae BETTINA DREPPER February 2015
b.drepper(at)uvt.nl Tilburg University office: +49-621-181-1844, mobile: +49-151-6514-4286 Department of Econometrics & OR Warandelaan 2 Citizenship: German 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands www.bettinadrepper.org
CURRENT POSITIONS
10/2013 - PRESENT Assistant Professor at the Department of Econometrics & Operations Research, Tilburg University
10/2012 - PRESENT IZA Research Affiliate
EDUCATION
12/2008 – 01/2014 PhD student at the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Mannheim (supervisor: Gerard J. van den Berg)
09/2002 – 09/2008 Msc Economics/Dipl. Vw. Department of Economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, grade pt. average: 1.2 (top 1.5%)
09/2005 – 01/2006 Econometrics and Operations Research Master Program, Maastricht University, visiting student
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
05/2012 Research visit, Center for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP), IFS, London
12/2008 – 08/2013 Research Assistant at the Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Microeconometrics, University of Mannheim, Germany
09/2007 – 12/2007 Research Assistant at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Macroeconomics Division, Dublin, Ireland
05 – 09/2007 and Student Assistant, Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik, 12/2007 – 08/2008 University of Bonn
05/2005 – 07/2005 German Ministry of Economics and Labor, Internship
04/2005 – 05/2005 Institut für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Bonn, Internship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2015 Statistics I and II (International Business Administration), Bachelor (Tilburg University)
Fall 2014 Econometrics I, Master/Phd (Tilburg University)
Fall 2014 Empirical Research in Business, Master/Phd (Tilburg University)
Spring 2014 Statistiek I and Statistiek II, Bachelor (Tilburg University)
Fall 2013 Econometrics I, Master/Phd (Tilburg University)
Fall 2013 Empirical Research in Business, Master/Phd (Tilburg University)
Fall 2012 Statistics for Economists, teaching assistant (University of Mannheim)
Fall 2011 and Statistics for Economists and Mathematicians, teaching assistant Fall 2010 (University of Mannheim)
Spring 2006 Introduction to Statistical Methods A, teaching assistant (University of Bonn)
Spring 2005 Introduction to Statistical Methods B, teaching assistant (University of Bonn)
WORKING PAPERS
Inference for Shared-Frailty Survival Models with Left-truncated Data (with Gerard J. van den Berg) (forthcoming Econometric Reviews)
Frailty Survival Models in Stata: A Performance Review with Delayed Entry Data (with Gerard J. van den Berg)
Social Interaction Effects in Duration Models (with Georgios Effraimidis)
Identification of the timing-of-events model with multiple competing exit risks from single-spell data (with Georgios Effraimidis), IZA discussion paper
Inefficiencies from Strategic Behaviour in International Cooperation: Evidence from the Southern Common Market (with Gerard J. van den Berg)
A Unique Bond: Does Losing Your Co-twin Affect Your Remaining Life-span? (with Gerard J. van den Berg)
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS, INVITED TALKS, WORKSHOPS
2014 Structural Econometrics Group, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, International Workshop on Trade Agreements, Leuven Centre for Irish Studies, KU Leuven
2013 RES PhD Presentation Meeting (London), Courant Zentrum: Poverty, Equity, and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries (Göttingen), Department of Econometrics & OR at Tilburg University, Economics Department at University of Bristol, Université catholique de Louvain: Department of Economics, Université catholique de Louvain: Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences, DIW Berlin / Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, MEA - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, ZEW SEEK Workshop on Social Network Formation and Peer Effects (Mannheim)
2012 EALE Conference (Bonn), Verein für Socialpolitik Annual Congress (Göttingen), ESEM (Malaga), Joint Workshop of Empirical Economists and Sociologists (Mannheim) IZA Summer School (Buch, Germany), Joint Workshop of Empirical Economists and Sociologists (Mannheim), Enter Jamboree (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Enter Seminar (University College London), Statistical and Econometric Advances in Survival Analysis (Mannheim)
2011 CDSE Seminar (University of Mannheim), Population Economics Summer School, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock), European Society of Population Economics – ESPE (Hangzhou, China), ESEM (Oslo)
2010 Barcelona Summer School, Labor market outcomes (Prof. Robert Shimer), Determination of wages (Prof. Derek Neal), Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences Winter School (University of Mannheim)
REFEREE ACTIVITIES
Journal of Applied Econometrics, Demographic Research, Empirical Economics