Updated 10/30/2014 Gisella A. Kagy Department of Economics UCB 256 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0256 [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/gisellakagy/ Phone: 303.884.5719 Citizenship: U.S. EDUCATION PhD Economics, University of Colorado, College of Arts and Sciences Expected May 2015 Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Health Economics, Labor Economics Dissertation Title: Effects of Labor Market Opportunities and Environmental Conditions on Health and Human Capital Development Dissertation Committee: Tania Barham (chair), Terra McKinnish, Keith Maskus, Francisca Antman, Jane Menken MA Economics, University of Colorado, College of Arts and Sciences BS Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, College of Engineering and Applied Science 2011 2007 WORKING PAPERS “Increased Labor Market Opportunities for Women and Household Decision-Making Power: Evidence from the Bangladesh Garment Industry” – Job Market Paper “Economic Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Environmental Toxins: A Case Study of Lead Service Pipes in Massachusetts”, Revise and Resubmit at Biodemography and Social Biology “Long Run Impacts of Famine Exposure: A Study of the 1974 - 1975 Bangladesh Famine” WORK IN PROGRESS “Assessing the Intergenerational Effect of Prenatal Famine Exposure on Later Life Outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh” “Intergenerational Mortality Effects of Improved Health and Family Planning: Evidence from a Health and Family Planning Program in Bangladesh”, with Tania Barham and Abdur Razzaque “Effects of Family Planning and Child Health Interventions on Cognitive Functioning”, with Tania Barham and Jena Hamadani FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS Hewlett Foundation/Institute of International Education Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Development University of Colorado Population Center, Rapid Response Grant (with Tania Barham) University of Colorado, Graduate Award for Public Policy Research University of Colorado, Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant University of Colorado, Leslie Whittington Endowed Fellowship for Excellence in Economics 2013 – 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Research Assistant, Health and Society Program Institute of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Research Assistant for Matlab Health and Socioeconomic Survey 2 (MHSS2) June 2010- Present I work on a multi-disciplinary team that designed a 30-year follow-up survey to a maternal, child health and family planning program in rural Bangladesh. I have been involved with preparing survey materials, field protocols and training manuals, data preparation and data analysis. The survey is currently in the field. 1 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE COTINUED Research Assistant for Tania Barham on Nicaragua Red de Protección Social (RPS) Summer – Fall 2011 Worked on an evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua, Red de Protección Social, with Prof. Tania Barham. I developed a series of programs to create consumption aggregates to measure individual and household welfare. PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES Increased Labor Market Opportunities for Women and Household Decision-Making Power: Evidence from the Bangladesh Garment Industry NEUDC, Boston University, November 2014 Population Association of America, Boston, May 2014 PopDev 2014 Annual Conference, Nairobi Kenya, January 2014 Long Run Impacts of Famine Exposure: A Study of the 1974 - 1975 Bangladesh Famine Effects of Early Life Events on Later Life Outcomes, University of Michigan, March 2014 Southern Economic Association Conference, Tampa, November 2013 Population Association of America, New Orleans, April 2013 NEUDC, Dartmouth College, October 2012 Cliometrics, University of Colorado at Boulder, June 2011 - Conference Participant Famine and Fetal Origins, Princeton University October 2011- Conference Participant FIELD EXPERIENCE Bangladesh February - April 2012 June - October 2012 September 2013 June – July 2014 Assisted in the preparation, design and implementation of the Pilot study for the MHSS2 survey. Led and facilitated a large-scale training of 100 enumerators on the cognitive, non-cognitive and physical testing portion of the MHSS2 survey. Designed, wrote and facilitated implementation of consistency checking programs for all sections of the MHSS2 survey. Implemented my own survey with Bangladesh garment factory workers and owners. TEACHING Principles of Microeconomics, Instructor Principles of Microeconomics, Teaching Assistant Principles of Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant Summer 2013 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 WORK EXPERIENCE Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ - Research Assistant/Programmer 2007 – 2009 SKILLS Stata, SAS, Mathematica, GIS (basic), LaTex PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ICPSR Course, Spatial Regression Analysis August 2014 2 REFERENCES Associate Professor Tania Barham Department of Economics University of Colorado, Boulder Email: [email protected] Distinguished Professor Jane Menken Department of Sociology University of Colorado, Boulder Email: [email protected] Associate Professor Terra McKinnish Department of Economics University of Colorado, Boulder Email: [email protected] Professor Keith Maskus Department of Economics University of Colorado, Boulder Email: [email protected] 3