Jeffrey Penney Contact Information Education Dunning Hall 333 Department of Economics Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada, K7L 3N6 February 2015 Phone: (613) 533-6000 # 75482 Fax: (613) 533-6668 Email: [email protected] http://www.econ.queensu.ca/penney/home Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Ph.D. in Economics (ongoing, expected June 2015) Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada M.A. in Economics Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Bachelor of Commerce Research Interests Primary fields: Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education Secondary fields: Applied Econometrics, Health Economics Refereed “Hypothesis Testing for Arbitrary Bounds,” Economics Letters, vol. 121 (3): p. 492Publications 494 (December 2013). Working Papers “Test Score Measurement, Demographic Gaps, and Value-Added Models,” November 2014 (job market paper). “Racial Interaction Effects and Student Achievement,” February 2015, submitted. “Income Disparity and Married Men's Infidelity,” April 2014, in progress. “With a Little Help from my Friends: Teacher's Aides and Student Achievement,” in progress. “How do Same Race Teachers Increase Student Achievement? An Investigation,” in progress. “Evaluating Subjective Probabilities,” in progress. Teaching Experience Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Teaching Fellow Graduate courses: Graduate Methods Review for MAs (S2012, S2013, S2014) Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Sessional Lecturer Undergraduate courses: ECE 103 online – Introduction to Microeconomics (F2013) ECE 104 online – Introduction to Macroeconomics (W2014) ECE 312 – History of Economic Thought (F2011, F2012, W2015) ECE 342 – Introduction to Econometrics (F2013, F2014) ECF 342 – Introduction à l'économétrie (F2013, F2014) ECE 444 – Environmental Economics (W2013) Professional Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Development Program for University Teaching and Learning in Teaching Certificate 1: Foundations, March 2011 Certificate 2: Practical Experience, March 2011 Certificate 3: Scholarship, April 2011 Certificate 4: Leadership, June 2012 Research Experience and Other Employment Consultant for Defence Research and Development Canada, in progress. Consultant for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • Christopher Ferrall, Natalia Mishagina, and Jeffrey Penney on behalf of the John Deutsch Institute. (2014): “Labour market outcomes and determinants of success for the intergration of internationally-educated immigrants in the Canadian labour market: A quantitative study,” (14-HRD-QUE-3869). Consultant for Defence Research and Development Canada, Centre for Operational Research and Analysis • Ugurhan Berkok, Steve Kivinen, and Jeffrey Penney. (2013): “Substitution between Labour and Capital: Application to the Royal Canadian Navy,” (DRDC PA12022). Honors John Deutsch Institute Doctoral Stipend 2014 Professional Referee: Canadian Public Policy, Defence and Peace Economics Activities Conference presentations: • Society of Labor Economists Twentieth Annual Meetings, June 2015 • Society of Labor Economists Nineteenth Annual Meetings, May 2014 • 2nd Annual Doctoral Workshop in Applied Econometrics, University of Toronto, April 2014 Discussant: • “War and Famine, Peace and Light? The Economic Dynamics of Conflict in Somalia 1993-2009,” Katerina Christopoulou, Charalampos Makatsoris, and Anja Shortland; 7th Defence and Security Economics Workshop, 2012. Languages English (native), French (advanced) Programming GAUSS, Matlab, Minitab, Ox, Stata, TSP References Professor Steven Lehrer Robert Sutherland Hall 334 Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada, K7L 3N6 (613) 533-6692 [email protected] Professor James MacKinnon Dunning Hall 236 Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada, K7L 3N6 (613) 533-2293 [email protected] Professor Christopher Ferrall MacKintosh-Corry Hall A519 Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada, K7L 3N9 (613) 533-6658 [email protected] Professor Ugurhan Berkok Dunning Hall 349 Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada, K7L 3N6 (613) 533-2291 [email protected]