Curriculum vitae Samia Badji Postdoctoral fellow at GATE LSE 93 chemin des Mouilles 69130 Ecully (France) +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 (UniversiteAix-Marseille), Philippe De Vreyer (Universite Paris Dauphine), Eliane El Badaoui (UniversiteParis Ouest Nanterre La Defense), 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 e ect 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 \Child Labor and Market Access: Identifying Excluded Households" PROGRESS \Maternal Education and Child Mortality: Causal Link and Mechanisms in Mada- gascar" \Education in extreme environments, does mother's education still matter?" \Divestment in Human Capital or the Consequences of Internal Migration in China" with S. Demurger CONFERENCES, Presenting WORKSHOPS GATE workshop, Ecully, France 2015 AND SEMINARS 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, Cergy-Pontoise, France 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 Bu ett Institute Seminars, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA 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, France EXPERIENCE Lecturer in Sustainable Economics, 2015-2016 UniversiteLyon Lumiere,France Economics and Management Department Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics (Undergraduate), 2015-2016 Universitede Cergy-Pontoise, Public university in Cergy, France Economics and Management Department Teaching Assistant in Mathematics (Undergraduate) 2013-2014 Lecturer in Microeconomics (Undergraduate) Teaching Assistant in Statistics (Undergraduate) 2012-2013 Lecturer in Microeconomics (Undergraduate) Teaching Assistant in Statistics (Undergraduate) 2011-2012 Teaching Assistant in Statistics and Econometrics (Undergraduate) 2010-2011 Teaching Assistant in Mathematics (Postgradute) Teaching Assistant in Statistics (Undergraduate) 2009-2010 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 rm in Duesseldorf, Germany COMPUTER Word Processing: LATEX, Microsoft Oce Suite, MS Publisher SKILLS Statistical Softwares: Stata, SAS, Gauss, Matlab, SPSS Other (Basic): VBA and Python LANGUAGES French: mother tongue; uent 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, Universitede Cergy-Pontoise 2009 Excellence Scholarship - Universitede Cergy-Pontoise 2009 Excellence Prize - Universitede Cergy-Pontoise 2008 Tropheesd'Economie - Universitede 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 Universitede Cergy-Pontoise 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) Universitede Cergy-Pontoise Universitede 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) Universitede Cergy-Pontoise FAO of the UN - FSNAU 33 boulevard du Port UN Somalia, Ngecha Road Oces 95000 Cergy, France P.O.Box 1230, 00621 Village market, Nairobi, Kenya.