Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Calgary. My main research interests are Labour Economics, Political Economy, and Gender Economics.

I expect to graduate in 2021 and will be available for interviews on this year’s virtual European, Canadian, and American job markets.

Interests

  • Labour Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Political Economy
  • Data Science
  • Gender Economics
  • Natural Resource Economics

Education

  • PhD in Economics, Expected 2021

    University of Calgary

  • MSc in Economics, 2014

    Vienna University of Technology and Institute for Advanced Studies

  • BA in Applied Economics, 2012

    Eötvös Loránd University

Work in Progress

Competition, selection on gender, and university entry

Previous work finds women are, in many settings, less competitive than men. I examine how women’s dislike for competition affects their …
Fruzsina Mayer

Fertility consequences of the Hungarian family tax allowance reform

This paper studies the effectiveness of monetary incentives to increase fertility, by evaluating the response in fertility decisions of …
Fruzsina Mayer

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant to Dr. M. Scott Taylor

University of Calgary

Jul 2019 – Present
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor for Statistics in Economics course

University of Calgary

May 2019 – Jun 2019
Course description available here.
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant for Statistics in Economics course

University of Calgary

Jan 2019 – Apr 2019
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant to Dr. M. Scott Taylor

University of Calgary

Jan 2016 – Dec 2018
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant for Principles in Macroeconomics course

University of Calgary

Sep 2015 – Dec 2015
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant for Dr. Pamela Campa

University of Calgary

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant for various courses

University of Calgary

Sep 2014 – Jun 2015

Courses in order:

  • Canadian Public Finance, Spring 2015
  • Environmental Economics, Winter 2015
  • The Global Trading System, Winter 2015
  • Industrial Organization, Fall 2014

Accomplish­ments

University of Calgary Graduate Studies Scholarship, 2021

University of Calgary Feb 2021
Awarded yearly to eligible full-time graduate students.

Teaching Assistant Excellence Prize 2018-2019

Department of Economics, University of Calgary Jul 2019
Awarded to the top teaching assistant by the Department of Economics once every school year.

Econometrics Prize 2016

Department of Economics, University of Calgary Jun 2016
Awarded yearly to the student with the best average in the Econometrics courses mandatory for Economics PhD students.

Microeconomics Prize 2015

Department of Economics, University of Calgary Jun 2015
Awarded yearly to the student with the best average in the Microeconomics courses mandatory for Economics PhD students.

Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship

University of Calgary May 2015

For more details on the Eyes High Strategy of the University of Calgary, click here. Received in the following years:

  • 2019
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015

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