Gloria Di Caprera
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Department of Economics, Law and Institutions
Via Columbia, 2. Rome.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: July 31, 1987
Nationality: Italian
Phone: +39 3402789949
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
EDUCATION
2012 - ongoing
Ph.D. in Economics
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Supervisor: Daniela Vuri.
2009 - 2011
M.Sc. in Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Grade: 110 cum laude
Supervisor: Luisa Corrado
2006 - 2009
B.Sc. in European Economics
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
EMPLOYMENT
2013 - 2014
Jan. - June 2012
Researcher
Italian Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System in Italy (INVALSI). Italian Ministry of Eduacion (MIUR)
Villa Falconieri, via Borromini 5, 00044 Frascati (Rm) - Italy.
Intern
European Court of Auditors
Rue Alcide De Gasperi, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Oct.-Dec. 2011
Research Assistant
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
Via Solferino 32, 00185 Rome - Italy
Feb. Nov. 2011
Tutor
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Via Columbia 2, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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Curriculum Vitae: Gloria Di Caprera
VISITING AND STUDIES ABROAD
2012 - 2013
Invited graduate student at Einaudi Institute of Economics and Finance
(EIEF)
Jan. - June 2011
Erasmus Student at the Department of Economics, École Supérieure de
Commerce (ESC). Montpellier, France.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Applied Microeconomics, Microeconometrics, Labour Economics, Economics of Education.
WORKING PAPERS
− “Educational attainment in Italian primary school: private Vs public education”
− “Immigrant Achievement Gap: evidences from Italian Lower Secondary School”.
− “Ready to Learn: the role of Childcare Attendance on Children’s School Outcomes in Italy”.
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS
2015
2013
- "Mastering ’Metrics" Workshop on empirical strategies, Ravello (Sa), Italy.
Lecturer: Prof. Joshua D. Angrist;
- Invited Speaker DEDI Ph.D Lunch Seminar;
- SIE (Italian Economic Association) 56ma RSA;
-CEIS "Riccardo Faini" Seminars;
- Spring School on Microeconometrics using Stata, “Tor Vergata”.
Lecturer: Prof. Melvyn Weeks;
-CEIS "Riccardo Faini" Seminars;
- Villa Mondragone XXV conference on International Economics, “Tor Vergata”.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
• Research Assistant
- Italian Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System in Italy (INVALSI),Italian Ministry
of Eduacion (MIUR)
- Experimental Economics (in English), Fall 2012. Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Schulz (University
of Nottingham).
• Teaching Assistant
- Macroeconomics (in Italian). University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2015-16.
Instructor: Prof. Vincenzo Atella.
- Macroeconomics (in English). Universiy of Rome Tor Vergata, 2015-16.
Instructor: Prof. Barbara Annicchiarico.
- Graduate course at Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) Behavioural Economics
(in English), Winter 2014. Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey V. Butler.
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Curriculum Vitae: Gloria Di Caprera
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Expert user: Stata, LATEX, SPSS, R, Matlab.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
− Ph.D. Scholarship, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”. (2012–2015)
− Erasmus Scholarship, European Union and University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2011)
− Distinguished students awards, University of “Rome Tor Vergata” (2009-2011)
LANGUAGES
Italian: Native.
French: Proficient.
Spanish: Basic.
English: Proficient.
German: Basic
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