CV of Ioana Elena Marinescu
PERSONAL DETAILS
Ioana Elena Marinescu
Email :
ioana.marinescu@gmail.com
Born on the 21st of May 1979 in Bucharest, Romania.
Married to
Konrad Kording.
Nationality: French, Romanian.
Languages spoken: Romanian, French, English, German.
Work address
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
1155 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
U.S.A.
EDUCATION
- Economics PhD at the London School of Economics, 2007. Supervisors:
Stephen Nickell and Alan Manning.
- Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris): student in the
B/L (social sciences) section, 1999-2004.
- DEA "Analyse et Politiques Economiques", EHESS Paris, 2001-2002. Supervisor:
Thomas Piketty.
- MA Equivalent (Maîtrise) in Econometrics, Paris-I
Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2000-2001.
- MA Equivalent (Maîtrise) in Philosophy, Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2000-2001.
WORKING PAPERS
Current work
- "HIV, wages and the skill premium", working paper, 2011. [pdf]
- "Informality and the Expansion of Social Protection Programs: The Case of Mexico" (with Oliver Azuara), working paper, 2011. [pdf]
- "The impact of Colombia's pension and health insurance systems on informality" (with Valentina Calderon), working paper, 2011. [pdf]
- "Divorce: what does learning have to do with it?," working paper, 2011. [pdf]
Unpublished working papers
- "Separation costs and stochastic
productivity in a matching model of job turnover", working paper 2008.
- "Labour law enforcement and macroeconomic conditions in France", 2003.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in academic journals
- "Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from UK Employment Tribunals," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July 2011 (Vol. 64, No. 4). [pdf]
- "Job Security Legislation and Job Duration: Evidence from the U.K.", Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, vol. 27, no. 3 (p. 475-486).[pdf] [longer working paper version with theoretical model]
- "Cyclical budgetary policy and growth: what do we learn from OECD panel data?", with Philippe Aghion, Macroeconomics Annual 2007, Volume 22 (p. 251 - 278) [pdf].
- "Technology and Financial Structure: Are Innovative Firms Different?," with Philippe Aghion, Alexander Klemm and Stephen Bond.
Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 2(2), pages 277-288, April 2004 [pdf].
Articles in newspapers, magazines, and general public books
- Marinescu (2004), "Which health system for which
objectives?" [published in French], Alternatives Economiques, Paris, October
2004.
- Marinescu (2003), "Does job protection increase
unemployment?" [published in French], Alternatives Economiques, Paris,
September 2003.
- Marinescu (2003), "The root of unemployment lies in excessive protection against unemployment" [published in French], in "Le Bréviaire des Idées Reçues en Economie", Les Econoclastes, La Découverte, Paris, 2003.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
- 2010: CIDE (Centro De Investigaacion y Docencia Economicas, A.C.) grant for comprehensive research of the Seguro Popular program in Mexico.
I am associated to this grant whose lead was professor James Heckman. I was to write a report on the impact of Segruo Popular on informality [pdf].
- 2008: Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Faculty Development Award.
- 2004: Arthur Sachs and Harvard Club de France fellowships.
- 2002: Marie Curie fellowship (European Doctoral Program).
- 1997: First Prize of the “Concours Général des Lycées” in Social Science and Economics.
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
- Founding member of the Students Movement for a Reform of the Teaching of Economics ("Mouvement des Etudiants pour la Reforme de l'Enseignement de l'Economie", autisme-economie.org and paecon.net), also known
as the "post-autistic movement".
- Dancing of all kinds, in particular salsa.
- Nonfiction books.
- Fashion and design.
- Snowboarding, surfing.
- Contemporary art.