ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE: School of Economics and Finance Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS United Kingdom E-mail: g.azmat@qmul.ac.uk Tel : +44 (0)20 7882 8847 APPOINTMENTS: 2012-Present: Reader (tenured Associate Professor), Queen Mary, University of London 2011-2012: Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London 2012-2013: Associate Professor with tenure, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2006-2012: Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra OTHER AFFILIATIONS: 2014-Present: Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research Affiliate 2011-Present: Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, Research Associate 2010-Present: CESifo, Munich, Research Fellow EDUCATION: 2003-2006 Ph.D (Economics), London School of Economics 2001-2002 MSc Economics, University College London 1997-2000 BSc Economics, London School of Economics POSTDOCTORAL STAYS AND RELEVANT POSITIONS HELD: Sep 2012-Dec 2012 Mar 2011-Jun 2011 Apr 2009-Aug 2009 Apr 2008-Aug 2008 Jan 2005-Jun 2005 Oct 2003-Aug 2006 Sep 2002-Sep 2003 Jun 2000-Sep 2001 Visiting Professor, Economics Department, Stanford University Visiting Professor, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London Visiting Professor, Managerial Economics and Strategy Group, LSE Visiting Professor, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Visiting Research Student (under the European Doctoral Program), European University Institute (Florence) Research Assistant, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Full-time Research Assistant to Professor Alan Manning, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Graduate Econometrician, Media Research Division, Mediacom (London) PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS: 1. Gender Gaps in Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries (Joint with M. Güell and A. Manning), The Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, vol. 24(1), pp1-37 2. Competition amongst Contests (Joint with M. Möller), RAND Journal of Economics, 2009, vol. 40 (4), pp. 743-768. 1
3. The Importance of Relative Performance Feedback Information: Evidence from a Natural Experiment using High School Students (Joint with N. Iriberri), The Journal of Public Economics, 2010, vol. 94 (7-8), pp. 435-452. 4. Targeting Fertility and Female Participation through the Income Tax (Joint with L. Gonzalez), Labour Economics, 2010, vol. 17 (3), pp. 487 502. 5. The Impact of Gender Composition on Team Performance and Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field (Joint with J. Apesteguia and N. Iriberri), Management Science, 2012, vol. 58(1) January 2012, pp. 78 93. 6. Privatization and the Decline of Labour's Share: International Evidence from Network Industries (Joint with A. Manning and J. Van Reenen), Economica, 2012, vol. 79, pp. 470-492. 7. Evaluating the Effectiveness of In-Work Tax Credits, Empirical Economics, 2014, vol. 46 (2), pp. 397-425 8. Gender Diversity in Teams, IZA World of Labor, May 2014. 9. Gender and the Labor Market: What have we Learnt from Field and Lab Experiments? (Joint with B. Petrongolo) forthcoming Labour Economics 10. The Provision of Relative Performance Feedback: An Analysis of Performance and Satisfaction, (Joint with N. Iriberri), forthcoming Journal of Economics & Management Strategy WORKING PAPERS & RESEARCH IN PROGRESS: 11. Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers (Joint with R. Ferrer), revise and resubmit Journal of Political Economy 12. Incidence, Salience and Spillovers: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Tax Credits on Wages, revise and resubmit Quantitative Economics 13. Gender Differences in Response to Big Stakes (Joint with C. Calsamiglia and N. Iriberri), revise and resubmit Journal of the European Economic Association 14. The Distribution of Talent across Contests (Joint with M. Möller) 15. What You Know Can t Hurt You (For Long): A Field Experiment on Relative Performance Feedback (Joint with M. Bagues, A. Cabrales and N. Iriberri) HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS: 2011 Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology 2009-2011 Fundacion Ramón Areces, Prize for Economic Research (with Nagore Iriberri) 2008-2010 Juan de la Cierva Fellow, Spanish Ministry of Science and Education 2005 Visiting Fellowship, European University Institute 2003-2006 ESRC Research Studentship 2
PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED PROJECTS: 2012-2014 Spanish Ministry of Education: Análisis Microeconométrico de las Decisiones Individuales en el Mercado de Trabajo y de Salud 2008-2010 Spanish Ministry of Education: The Dynamics of Individual Decisions and the Welfare Implication 2006-2008 Spanish Ministry of Education: Microeconometric Analysis of Individual Decisions TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2014-2015 Empirical Microeconomics (Graduate), Behavioural Economics (Undergraduate) Queen Mary, University of London 2012-2014 Experimental Economics (Undergraduate), Micro II (Undergraduate), Queen Mary, University of London 2012-2013 Economics of Human Resources (Undergraduate), Stanford University 2011-2012 Experimental Economics (Undergraduate), Queen Mary, University of London June 2010 Incentives in Organizations, Barcelona Labor Summer School 2008-2010 Designing and Evaluating Development Programs (Graduate), Econometric Methods (Graduate), and Topics in Applied Economics (Graduate), Econometrics I (Undergraduate), UPF and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics 2007-2010 Labour Economics (Graduate) and Development Economics (Graduate), UPF and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics 2006-2008 Econometrics I (Undergraduate) and Labour Economics (Undergraduate), UPF 2002-2006 Applied Econometrics, Teaching Assistant, Final year undergraduates, LSE 2003-2006 Economics and Finance, Course Director, LSE Summer, Easter and Winter School for 16-17 year old students. DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES: Co-Organiser Economic and Finance Seminars, QMUL (2012-present) Labour, Development and Public Seminars, UPF (2008-2010) Organiser Labour Workshop for Students, UPF (2006-2008). Master Thesis Committee Alicia Gomez Tello (UPF, 2010), Feray Koc (UPF, 2008), Gabriella Rubio (UPF, 2008) PhD Thesis Committee Ainara González de San Román (Universidad del País Vasco, 2013) Hiring Duties Member of the Economics Recruitment Committee (UPF, 2010) Other Hiring Duties Candidate screening and performing interviews at Spanish Economic Association, American Economic Association, and Royal Economic Society meetings (2006-2012) 3
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES: Associate Editor: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association (2014-present) Invited Speaker: LSE Choice Summer School (for high school students) (2013), Mediacom UK (2013), Women in Science Symposium, Genomics Research Centre (2012), European Doctoral Program Jamboree Conference (2010). Scientific Committee: Spanish Economic Association annual conference (2010, 2011, 2012), Annual Workshop on Gender Economics (2010), European Economic Association (2009) Panel Member: Women in Science: Underrepresentation of Women in Science at the Genomics Research Centre, Barcelona (2012); Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission, Brussels (2009). Refereeing Activities: Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Management Science, Economic Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Journal, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Labour Economics, Economic Inquiry, Economics of Education Review, Economica, Economic Bulletin, SERIEs. INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES: Invited Seminars: Essex University (November 2014), Warwick University (October 2014), Sussex University (June 2014), Collegio Carlo Alberto (April 2014), ISER Essex University (October 2013), Bristol University (October 2013), Sheffield University (October 2013), CREST, Paris (September 2013), IFAU Uppsala (April 2013), SOFI Stockholm (April, 2013), Stanford University (November 2012), Berkeley University (November 2012), Toronto Rotman Business School (September 2012), McGill (Montreal) University (September, 2012), Edinburgh University (March 2012), East Anglia University (March 2012), Tor Vergata, Rome (Dec 2011), Bocconi University (November 2011), Maastricht University (November 2011), City University (October 2011), Sussex University (May 2011), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (April 2011), Imperial College London (March 2011), Institute for Fiscal Studies (March 2011), University of Amsterdam (March 2011), University College Dublin (March 2011), Royal Holloway (February 2011), Queen Mary University (February 2011), University of Southampton (February 2011), Stockholm University (Nov 2010), Alicante (Oct 2010), UAB (Oct 2010), CEMFI (June 2010), IESE (Barcelona, April 2010), University Pais Vasco (April 2009), Bank of Spain (March 2009), FEDEA (Nov 2008), London School of Economics (June 2008), CEMFI (April 2008), CEMFI PEW Seminar (March 2007), Stockholm School of Economics (Feb 2006), Universidad de Alicante (Feb 2006), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Feb 2006), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Jan 2006), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Jan 2006), Institute for Fiscal Studies (Oct 2005). Conferences: XXXIX Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (Mallorca, Dec 2014), American Economic Association (Philadelphia, Jan 2014), XXXIX Simposio de Análisis Económico (Santander, Dec 2013) University of Stavanger workshop on Incentives, Motivation and Cooperation (Stavanger, November 2013), EHERO (Erasmus University) workshop on Advances in Happiness Economics (Rotterdam, October 2013), Novak Druce PSF Conference (Oxford, June 2013), QMUL Recent Developments in Labour Economics Conference (London, June 2013), ), SOLE (Boston, May 2013), NBER Personnel Economics and Labor Studies Summer Institute (Boston, July 2012), American of Law and Economics Association 4
(Stanford, May 2012), Women in Science Symposium, CGR (Barcelona, March 2012), Royal Economic Society (London, April 2011), SOLE (Vancouver, May 2011), SOLE (London, June 2010), MOVE (Barcelona, Sept 2010), IMEBE (Bilbao, April 2010), IZA/CEPR 11th European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics (Ammersee, September 2009), European Economic Association (Barcelona, August 2009), Econometric Society Meetings (Tokyo, August 2009), Relativity, Inequality and Public Policy (Edinburgh, June 2009), COSME Workshop (Madrid, June 2009), European Economic Association (Milan, August 2008), IUSSP Seminar on Fertility and Public Policy (Barcelona, July 2008), XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico (Granada, Dec 2007), European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (Valencia, September 2007), Singapore Economic Theory Workshop (August 2007), Microeconometric COST Conference (St Galen, May 2007), Society of Labor Economics 2007 Conference (Chicago, May 2007), Royal Economic Society Annual Conference (April 2007), Simposio de Análisis Económico (Oviedo, Dec 2006), Royal Economic Society Annual Conference (April 2006), LSE Ph.D. Presentation Meeting (Jan 2006), XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico (Murcia, Dec 2005), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris, Nov 2005), European Doctoral Program Jamboree (Florence, Oct 2005), Univeristá Bocconi, Milano Labour Lunch Seminar (July 2005), European University Institute Econometric Research Workshop (March 2005), European University Institute Labour Lunch Meetings (March 2005), London School of Economics Labour Markets Workshop (Oct 2005, Oct 2004, Oct 2003), University College London Student Labour Seminar (Oct 2003). 5