Assistant University
Resume:
Sandeep Shetty
PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Expected Spring 2013
M.A., Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2010
M.A., Economics, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India, 2003
B.Sc., Physics, Saint Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India, 2001
Dissertation
Title: Economic Essays on Returning Adult Students
Committee: Price Fishback, Ronald Oaxaca, Tiemen Woutersen and Mark Stegeman
Research Interests
Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization
Teaching Interests
Labor Economics, Econometrics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of Economics
Papers in Progress
'Coming Back to School: Return to School Decisions of Adult Students'
'Returns to Return to Returning Adults: A Panel Data Approach'
'School Decisions of Adult Students: A Dynamic Model Approach'
Presentations
'Coming Back to School: Return to School Decisions of Adult Students'
July 2012 Western Economic Association, Session: Economics of Education, San Francisco, CA
March 2010 University of Arizona Workshop, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
Instructor (10 Classes)
Introduction to Econometrics Spring 2011
Intermediate Microeconomics Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2010
Intermediate Macroeconomics Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2011 (2 sections), Summer 2010
Teaching Assistant (7 Classes)
Principle of Economics (Professor Steven Reff) - Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Quantitative Methods (Dr. Alexandre Sugiyama) - Fall 2009
Introduction to Econometrics (Dr. Anna Bremen) - Spring 2010, Fall 2010
Principle of Economics (Professor Donald Wells) Fall 2009
Honors
Wells Fellowship for excellence in teaching, University of Arizona, 2010-2012
George W. Coleman Scholarship, 2012
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, 2009-2013
Graduate Tuition Award, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, 2009-2013
Industry Experience:
Crisil Ratings India (Standard & Poor's Company)
Research Assistant
Research support to the London-based Sovereign Ratings team of S&P, April-July 2008
Man Financial India Ltd.
Analyst, Quantitative Strategies Team, 2006-2008
Assisted in development and implementation of quantitative trading products, Created and maintained Commodity Index for the Multi-Commodities Exchange (MCX). Set up a Commodity database in SQL and helped design a user-friendly interface for easy data extraction and analysis.
Dun & Bradstreet India Pvt. Ltd
Analyst, Financial Infrastructure Bureau,2005-2006
Provided research support for Business development of Credit Bureau Technology in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Economic & Political Weekly Research Foundation
Research Assistant, 2004-2005
Periodic Research Reports on Domestic and Global Economic Scenario. Assisted in building historical database on Fiscal, Banking and Economic variables of the Indian Economy
Software Packages and Operating System
STATA, MATA (STATA's Matrix Programming Language), MATLAB, Microsoft Access, R, Windows, Linux
Contact:
Department of Economics University of Arizona 401 McClelland Hall 1130 E Helen St Tucson, AZ 85721-0108
Email: abpxyf@r.postjobfree.com
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