Ana C. Dammert Department of Economics Norman Paterson School of International Affairs 1125 Colonel by Drive Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6 Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 3753 Fax: 613-520-3906 Office: B-846 Loeb ana_dammert@carleton.ca A. Education Ph.D. Economics,Syracuse University, 2006 M.A. Economics, Syracuse University, 2004 B.A. Economics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, 1999 Doctoral Thesis Title: Three Essays in Development Economics Thesis Committee: Prof. Dan Black, University of Chicago (Supervisor) Prof. Gary V. Engelhardt, Syracuse University (Advisor) Prof. Jeffrey Kubik, Syracuse University (Advisor) B. Employment 1. Academic Appointments, Department of Economics and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (joint appointment), Assistant Professor, July 2008-present. Maternity/Parental Leave: July 2012-April 2013. McMaster University, Department of Economics, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, July 2006-June 2008. 2. Other Employment Universidad del Pacifico, Research Center (CIUP),Visiting Researcher, Lima, Peru, 2007. Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Short Term Consultant, Washington DC,2005 Syracuse University, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Research Associate,Syracuse, NY, USA, 2003-2006. Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica (CIDE), Visiting Researcher, Mexico City, Mexico, 2003. Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE),Research Assistant, Lima, Peru, 1998-2000. C. Professional Honours Goekjian Research Fellow, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2003-2004. Graduate School Scholarship, Syracuse University, 2001-2005. Phi Beta Delta - Scholastic Honor Society for International Students, 2001
Ana C. Dammert 2 D. Publications 1. Refereed Scholarly Publications Dammert, A. (2008) Child Labor and Schooling Response to Changes in Coca Production in Rural Peru, Journal of Development Economics,86(1):164-180. Dammert, A. (2009) Heterogeneous Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Nicaragua, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 59(1):53-84. Dammert, A. (2010) Siblings, Child Labor, and Schooling in Nicaragua and Guatemala, Journal of Population Economics, 23(1):199-224. Dammert, A. and J. Galdo (2013) Program Quality and Treatment Completion for Youth Training Programs, Economics Letters, 119(3):243-246. Dammert, A. and J. Galdo (2013) Child Labor Variation by Type of Respondent: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study, World Development,51(11):207-220. Dammert, A., J. Galdo and V. Galdo (2013) Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Economics Letters, 120(1):112-116. Dammert, A., J. Galdo and V. Galdo (2014) Preventing Dengue through Mobile Phones: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Peru, forthcoming Journal of Health Economics 2. Other (Non-refereed) Scholarly Publications Dammert, A. and M. Valdivia (2001) Targeting Public Transfers in Peru: An Evaluation of Individual Identification Instruments, Economia y Sociedad, No 43, Economic Research Consortium, Lima, Peru. Dammert, A. (2001) Access to Health Services and Infant Mortality in Peru, Investigaciones Breves, No 18, Economic Research Consortium, Lima, Peru. 3. Scholarly Work in Progress Dammert, A. and B. Ural-Marchand (2014) Privatization in China: Knowledge Intensity and Gender in the Manufacturing Sector (revise and resubmit) Dammert, A. and S. Mohan (2013) The Economics of Fair Trade: A Survey (revise and resubmit) Dammert, A., B. Ural-Marchand and C. Wan (2012) Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China (submitted) Dammert, A., J. Galdo and V. Galdo (2013) Mobile phones for labor market intermediation: A multitreatment experimental design (submitted) Dammert, A. (2013) Fair Trade, Child Labor and Schooling: Evidence from Coffee Farmers in Rural Peru (in progress) Dammert, A.,B. Ural-Marchand and C. Saunders (2013) Market Potential and Institutional Quality : Location Decisions of Foreign Firms in China (in progress) Dammert, A. (2007) Does Child Labor Decline with Household Income? Evidence from a Nonparametric and Semiparametric Approach. E. Other Scholarly or Professional 1. External Research Funding Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Standard Research Grant (sole investigator). 2010-2014.
Ana C. Dammert 3 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Development Grant, with B. Ural-Marchand and C. Wan (co-pi). 2011-2013. Inter-American Development Bank, Research Network Project on Information and Communication Technologies and Societal Empowerment, with J. Galdo and V. Galdo (co-pi). 2009 Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Latin American and Caribbean Research Exchange Grant (sole investigator). 2009 2. Seminars and Conference Presentations Research Conference in Development (RECODE), Ottawa. October 2013. Canadian Economics Association, Montreal. May 2013. 10th Midwest International Economic Development Conference, Madison WI. April 2013. Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Lima, Peru. November 2012. University of Ottawa, Department of Economics. March 2012. McGill University, Department of Economics and Institute for the Study of International Development. March 2012. European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Oslo, Norway. August 2011. Canadian Economics Association, Ottawa. June 2011. Mini-Conference on Development,CIRPEE, Quebec City. April 2011. Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Lima, Peru. May 2009. Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) Conference, Accra, Ghana. September 2008. Third IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development, Rabat, Morocco. May 2008. ITAM, Department of Economics,Mexico City, Mexico. February 2008., Department of Economics, February 2008. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C. January 2008. Department of Economics, University of Waterloo, Canada. January 2008. Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Bogota, Colombia. October 2007. Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Bogota, Colombia. October 2007. Department of Economics, Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru. August 2007. Universidad de Piura, Department of Economics,Lima, Peru. July 2007. IZA Workshop:Child Labor in Developing Countries, Bonn, Germany. June 2007. McMaster University, Department of Economics, Canada March 2006. Queens University, Department of Economics, Canada March 2006. Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association (LACEA), Paris, France. October 2005. Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference (NEUDC), Brown University, Rhode Island. September 2005. Econometric Society World Congress, London, UK. August 2005. Canadian Economics Association, Hamilton, Ontario. May 2005.
Ana C. Dammert 4 3. Other Professional Activities Member of Scientific Support Team, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) at Laval University (2012-present). External project advisor, 3ie - International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (2010-2012). Certificate in University Teaching Skills,, June 2011. Reviewer for American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Population Economics, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Latin American Research Review, Research in Labor Economics, Bulletin of Economic Research, Economic Analysis Review, Review of Economics of the Household, World Development. Research Affiliations Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany. 2009 - present. Member, IZA Child Labor Network, Bonn, Germany. 2007-present. Member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Women Economist Network (CWEN) 2010-2013. Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn. 2006-2009. F. Academic Responsabilities 1. Undergraduate Courses Taught ECON 4507- The Economics of Development ECON 3508- Introduction to Economic Development McMaster University ECON 3T03- Topics in Development Economics (2006-2008) 2. Graduate Courses Taught INAF 5609 - Development Project Evaluation and Analysis INAF 5009 - Economic Development: Theory and Practice INAF 5600 - Human Resource Development INAF 6200 - PhD Field Seminar: International Development Policy (guest lecturer-winter 2010, Winter 2011) INAF 6300 - PhD Field Seminar: International Economic Policy (guest lecturer-fall 2008) G. Administrative Responsabilities Member, Curriculum and Teaching Committee, NPSIA, 2013-2014 Member, FPA Computer Committee, NPSIA, 2013-2014 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Economics, 2010-2012, 2013-2014 Member, Kroeger College Development and International Studies Subcommittee, Department of Economics, 2010-2011.
Ana C. Dammert 5 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, NPSIA. 2010-2011. Member, Admissions Committee, NPSIA. 2009-2010. Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Economics. 2009-2010 Last updated: February 2014