Mariko Jasmin Klasing
[email protected]
http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.j.klasing
(Updated 9/2016)
Contact Information
Department of Global Economics & Management
Faculty of Economics & Business
University of Groningen
PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-50-363-3856
Personal
Information
Date of Birth: October 1, 1979
Citizenship: German
Academic
Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Global Economics & Management, Faculty of Economics
& Business, University of Groningen, April 2013 - present
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Economics, Carleton University, July 2009
– June 2013
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Econometrics & Finance, University
of Groningen, April 2011 – August 2011; April 2012 – August 2012
Education
PhD in Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2004-2009
Thesis Title: “Essays on Cultural and Institutional Determinants of Comparative Economic
Development”; Advisors: Manfred Gaertner, Simon Evenett
Visiting PhD student, Brown University Department of Economics, U.S.A., 2006-2008
M. A. in Economics (lic. oec. HSG), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1999-2003
Research Fields
Economic Growth & Development, Economics and Culture, International Economics
Grants
Carleton University Start-up Grant, 2009 (CAN$10,000)
Travelling Grant, German Economic Association, 2008
Swiss National Science Foundation research grant, 2006 (US$ 50’000)
Publications
“Measuring Value Diversity within Countries” (with S. Beugelsdijk), in: Social Economics, eds.
J. Costa-Font and M. Macis, MIT University Press, 2016 (in press).
“Diversity and Trust: The Role of Shared Values” (with S. Beugelsdijk), Journal of Comparative
Economics, forthcoming.
“Cultural Change, Risk-Taking Behavior and Implications for Economic Development”,
Journal of Development Economics 110, 158-169, 2014.
“Quantifying the Evolution of World Trade, 1870-1949” (with P. Milionis), Journal of
International Economics 92 (1), 185-197, 2014.
“Cultural Change and Cultural Resilience in the Context of Economic Growth” (with P.
Milionis), Economic Inquiry 52 (2), 796-810, 2014.
“Cultural Dimensions, Collective Values and their Importance for Political Institutions”,
Journal of Comparative Economics, 41 (2), 447-467, 2013.
Macroeconomics – Instructor’s Manual (with M. Gaertner and N. Wirz), London: Prentice Hall,
2006.
Completed
Working Papers
“Regional Productivity Differences in Europe and their Determinants” (with S. Beugelsdijk
and P. Milionis), revise & resubmit Regional Studies
“Value Diversity and Regional Economic Development” (with S. Beugelsdijk and P. Milionis),
revise & resubmit Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
“The Short- and Long-Run Effectiveness of EU Cohesion Policy” (with S. Beugelsdijk and P.
Milionis), reject & resubmit Journal of Regional Science.
“Gravity Across Space and Time” (with P. Milionis and R. Zymek), under review.
“Trade Theory & Trade Growth Since 1870” (w. P. Milionis and R. Zymek)
“Innovation-Based Growth, Learning-By-Doing & Long-Run Economic Development” (with
P. Milionis)
The International Epidemiological Transition and the Education Gender Gap (with. P.
Milionis)
Work in Progress
Complementary Human Capital Investment and Long-Run Development (with P. Milionis)
Relative Price Differences and the Within-Europe Convergence Puzzle (with. P. Milionis)
Diversity and Innovation (with J. Kleinhempel and P. Milionis)
Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Economic Prosperity (with S. Beugelsdijk and J.
Kleinhempel)
Referee Activity
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economic History Review, European
Management Review, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development
Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Growth,
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Regional
Studies, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economics of the Household, Review of
World Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics, Southern
Economic Journal.
Seminar
Presentations
(post-PhD)
University of Groningen (2012, 2014, 2015), Carleton University (2011, 2012, 2013),
University of Ottawa (2012), Union College (2012), University of Southern Denmark (2014),
Aarhus University (2014), University of Barcelona (2014), University of Bologna (2014),
University of St. Gallen (2015), University of Basel (2015), Carlos III University (2017).
Conference
Presentations (by
myself or by coauthor)
Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC)(2008), Annual Meeting of the
European Economic Association (2009, 2012), Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic
Association (2011), Beta Workshop in Historical Economics (2012), Frontiers in Economics
History (FRESH) (2013), Christmas Meeting of German Economists Abroad (2013),
Barcelona GSE Summer Forum (2013, 2014), CESifo Conference on Social Economics
(2014), U4 Workshop (2014), Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society (2015), World
Congress of Comparative Economics (2015), HSE Workshop on International Trade and
Regional Economics (2015), Zeuthen Workshop (2016), DEGIT XXI conference (2016).
Teaching
BKO certificate 2014
University of Groningen:
EBP031A05: International Business Environment (undergraduate); 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
EBB037A05: Foreign Direct Investment, Trade & Geography (undergraduate); 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016
EBM181A05: Macroeconomic Analysis; 2016
Carleton University:
ECON 2102: Intermediate Macroeconomics I (undergraduate); 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
ECON 2103: Intermediate Macroeconomics II (undergraduate); 2011, 2012
ECON 6002 : Economic Theory: Macroeconomics (PhD); 2010, 2011, 2012
University of St. Gallen:
Intermediate Macroeconomics (undergraduate); 2004, 2005, 2006
Growth and Development (undergraduate); 2006, 2009
Student
supervision
Li-Ling Liang (ReMa 2015-2016)
Johannes Kleinhempel (ReMa 2015-2016, PhD 2016-)
Xue Zhao (PhD Carleton University 2013)
Jin Woon Kim (PhD Carleton University 2014)
M.A. Theses (13 students)
Honours Research Practical/Specialization Track (3 students)
First-Year Tutoring (2013-14, 2014-15)
University
Services
Member of the Binding Study Advice Committee, University of Groningen. 2016Member of M.A. Program Committee, Carleton University. 2011-2013
Languages
German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (intermediate; good reading
comprehension), Japanese (intermediate), Greek (basic), Dutch (basic; good reading
comprehension)
References
Prof. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk
Faculty of Economics & Business
Department of Global Economics &
Management
University of Groningen
Nettelbosje 2
9747 AE Groningen
[email protected]
+31-50-363 9095
Prof. Manfred Gaertner
Institute of Economics
University of St. Gallen
Bodanstrasse 1
9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
[email protected]
+41-71-224 2307
Prof. Oded Galor
Department of Economics
Brown University, Box B
Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.
[email protected]
+1-401-863-2117
Prof. David N. Weil
Department of Economics
Brown University, Box B
Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.
[email protected]
+1-401-863-1754