Veronica PREOTU Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Economics

University of Geneva, Graduate School of Economics and Management UniMail Building, Office 5261, Bd. du Pont-d’Arve 40, 1211 Geneva https://sites.google.com/site/veronicapreotu/ [email protected], [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016 – present: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Economics, University of Geneva

2012 – 2016: PhD Candidate and Research Fellow in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

2010 – 2015: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Lausanne

2009 - 2010: Student Assistant for the Master of Science in Economics, University of Lausanne

2006 - 2007: President of Econosofia Club, Volunteers for Ideas and Projects Association, Romania

EDUCATION

2012 – 2016: PhD in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Doctoral Thesis Title: Essays on the Economics of Conflict and Migration Supervisor: Professor Mathias Thoenig Committee: Professor Olivier Cadot, Professor Marco Fugazza and Professor Hillel Rapoport

2011 – 2012: Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics, Gerzensee Study Center, Foundation of the Swiss National Bank, Gerzensee, Switzerland

2008 – 2010: MSc in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Thesis Title: Explaining the Retrenchment in Global Imbalances during the Financial Crisis Supervisor: Professor Philippe Bacchetta

2007 – 2008: BSc in Economics, Faculty of Law, Economics and Business, University of Orleans, France

2005 – 2007: BSc Studies in International Economic Relations, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

2005 – 2007: BSc Studies in Political Science and European Integration, Faculty of Political Science, Graduate School of Political and Public Administration Studies, Bucharest, Romania

WORKING PAPERS

Emigration as a Pacifying Force?, 2016, Geneva School of Economics and Management, Working Paper Series 16033

The Violent Legacy of Victimization: Post-Conflict Evidence on Asylum Seekers, Crimes and Public Policy in Switzerland, joint with M.Couttenier, D.Rohner and M.Thoenig, 2016, CEPR Working Paper DP11049

General Equilibrium of Social Conflict with Migration, 2016, mimeo University of Lausanne

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Voting for Immigrants: A Disaggregated Analysis on Switzerland, joint with T. Mueller and T. Nguyen

Historical Persistence of Attitudes towards Immigrants, joint with T. Mueller

The Historical Roots of Roma Discrimination: Evidence from the World War II Deportations, joint with O. Borcan

Hidden Migration Costs: Measuring Inefficiencies due to Imperfect Information on the Labor Market at the Destination, joint with M. Aleksynska

First of May during Communism Forms Political Preferences

PUBLICATIONS

The Influence of European Currency Adoption on Business Cycles, joint with Robert Bitca, Gabriela Radu, Ana-Maria Tonita prepared for the Fifth Young Economists Conference “Romania in the European Union: Opportunities and Challenges”, edited by The National Bank of Romania and The Romanian Center for Economic Policies, 2007

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

03/2016: Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK 07/2015: Silvaplana Political Economy Workshop, Pontresina, Switzerland 02/2015: Department of Economics Research Days, University of Lausanne 01/2015: CEPR Workshop on Political Economy of Conflicts and Development, Villars, Switzerland (co-author) 04/2014: European Young Economists Meeting, University of Vienna, Austria 09/2013: CEPR TEMPO International Migration Conference, University of Nottingham, UK (co-author) 06/2013: Department of Economics Research Days, University of Lausanne 05/2013: Macro Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Lausanne

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2015: Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant (MSc Economics, HEC Lausanne, English) 2013 – 2015: Economic Growth, Teaching Assistant (MSc Economics, HEC Lausanne, English) 2011 – 2013: Political Economy: Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant (BSc, HEC Lausanne, French)

GRADUATE COURSES

2014 – Panel Data Econometrics, Prof. B. Baltagi, Gerzensee Study Center 2013 – Empirical Strategies, Prof. J. Angrist, University of Lausanne 2012 – The Political Economy of Development Clusters, Prof. T. Persson, Gerzensee Study Center 2012 – Information and Expectations in Macroeconomics, Prof. G.M. Angeletos, Gerzensee Study Center 2012 – Globalization, Technology and Inequality, Prof. G. Gancia, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2016 – 2018 – Post-Doc Research Grant for the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) “Individual-Level Attitudes towards Immigrants over Time and across Contexts” Project with Professor Tobias Mueller 2016 – 2018 – Post-Doc Research Grant for the National Center for Competence in Research (NCCR) On the Move “Political Economy of Migration” Project with Professor Tobias Mueller 2010 - 2015 – Doctoral Student and Teaching Assistant Scholarship, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 2009 - 2010 – Student Assistant Scholarship, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 2007 - 2008 – Socrates Erasmus Scholarship, University of Orleans, France

ACADEMIC SERVICE

2014 – Member in the Commission for the Recruitment for Macroeconomics Professor, HEC Lausanne 2012 - 2013 – Responsible for the Macro Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Lausanne 2009 - 2010 – Delegate for the Master of Science in Economics in the Economics Department Meetings, University of Lausanne

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008: Intern, European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management, Romania 2007: Intern, European Institute in Romania, Departments of European Studies and Communication 2006: Intern on a project against corruption, Ministry for European Integration, Romania 2006: Intern, Dilema Veche, Romanian weekly magazine on social, political and international issues 2005 – 2007: Member of Econosofia Club, Volunteers for Ideas and Projects Association, Romania

COMPUTER SKILLS

Very good knowledge: STATA, Excel, LaTeX Basic knowledge: ArcGIS, MATLAB, C++

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English (fluent- C1) – Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) French (fluent - C1) – Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (DALF) Spanish and Italian (elementary – A2/B1) Romanian (native)

REFERENCES

Professor Mathias Thoenig, University of Lausanne (PhD Thesis Supervisor) Professor Dominic Rohner, University of Lausanne (co-author, research) Professor Tobias Mueller, University of Geneva (co-author, research)