Curriculum Vitae

Employment

University of Michigan, Survey Research Center
Research Associate Professor, 2017-
Central European University, Department of Economics
Professor, 2013-2017
Associate Professor, 2009-2013
Assistant Professor, 2004-2009
Department Chair, 2010-2014
Institute of Economics, CERS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Adjunct Research Fellow 2017-
Senior Research Fellow, 2009-2017
Research Fellow, 1995-2009
University of Michigan
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, 2014-2015
Corvinus University of Budapest
Assistant Professor, 2002-2004

Education

University of Michigan
Ph.D. in Economics, 2003
Budapest University of Economics
University Diploma, 1995
Rajk College, 1991-1995

Teaching

Econometrics and Data Analysis (BA, MA and PhD)
Central European University, 2003-2017
University of Michigan 2015
Budapest University of Economics, 2002-2005
Rajk College of Budapest University of Economics, 2002-2005 and 2009
MNB (National Bank of Hungary), 2002-2003
GVH (Hungarian Competition Authority), 2005

Program Impact Evaluation (MA)
Central European University, 2004-2017
NFU (Hungarian Development Agency), 2007
Rajk College, 2013

Labor Economics (Phd)
University of Michigan 2014

Data Collection

Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
co-investigator, 2017-; Economics work group.
design of experimental modules 2006-; Expectations work group 2006-
Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
co-investigator and country team leader for Hungary, 2010-2017
Investing in the Early Years of Children – Promoting Social Innovation and Roma Integration. Randomized evaluation.
principal investigator, survey design and experimental design, 2013-2015.
Hungarian Life Course Survey
principal investigator, 2006-2014
Wage Development Network Survey, European Central Bank,
co-investigator and country team leader for Hungary, 2007
Inter-Ethnic Relations in Hungarian Schools Survey,
principal investigator, 2010
Evaluation of the Hungarian National Government’s School Integration Program (OOIH)
principal investigator, 2005-8
Survey on ethnic prejudice in criminal investigations and court procedures in Hungary (Hungarian Helsinki Committee)
co-investigator, 2002-4

Research Grants

R01 AG062447 01A1. National Institute of Aging (NIH, USA). Assessing the interactive effect of lifetime and old age cognitive engagement on cognitive decline and dementia: cognitive reserve versus use it or lose it.
PI, 2020 – 2024

UM21-17: Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC): Assessing the Economic Impact Payment in the Older Population.
Co-Investigator, 2021 (PI: David Weir, U of Michigan)

Mentoring

Ph.D. students (thesis advisor)
Anna Adamecz-Volgyi (2017)
Agnes Szabo-Morvai (2017)
Pawel Bukowski (2016)
Balazs Reizer (2016)
Agnes Horvath (2013)
Zsombor Cseres-Gergely (2013)
Gabor Koltay (2012)
Aniko Biro (2010)
Katarina Lukacsy (2010)
Daniel Horn (2010)
Attila Kincses (2009)
Laszlo Paizs (2006)

Ph.D. students (committee member)
Brenden Timpe (2019)

MA Students (MA thesis advisor; selected list of those in academic career)
Asenka Asenova
Janos K. Divenyi
Peter Hudomiet
Timea Laura Molnar
Gabor Simonovits

Refereeing

American Journal of Health Economics, Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Demography, Economics of Education Review, Economics of Transition, Economic Inquiry, European Economic Review, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Public Economics, Review of Economic Studiesm Acta Oeconomica (member of the editorial board, 2015-), Közgazdasági Szemle, Magyar Nemzeti Bank Füzetek, Statisztikai Szemle

Academic Associations

American Economic Association, European Economic Association, Society of Labor Economists, Magyar Közgazdaságtudományi Egyesület (Hungarian Society for Economics; board member 2007-2010)