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Minh Nguyen

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Minh Cong Nguyen

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

  • Minh Nguyen is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at American University where he received rigorous training in advanced economic theory and applied econometrics. Currently focusing on microeconomic topics, he has a variety of research interests, including micro-econometrics, economics development, private sector development.
  • Minh Nguyen has been working as a consultant for the World Bank. His current position at the Enterprise Survey Analysis allowed him to apply his knowledge in monitoring and implementing enterprise surveys globally.
  • Fields: Applied Micro-econometrics, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, Monetary and Financial Economics.
  • Dissertation title (tentatively): "Essays on Migration, Food Expenditure & Nutrition, Gender Differentials and Firm Productivity in Developing Countries" - Abstract (PDF, coming soon)
  • Thesis committee: Paul Winters (Advisor), Maria Heracleous, Wodon Quentin.

  • OFFICE

  • CAS - Economics
  • Roper -106

 

Research & Professional Activities

Research Interests

  • Food nutrition and consumption, Food security.
  • Education and training program to improve skill development and social outcomes.
  • Impacts of welfare programs and welfare reforms, policies to improve outcomes for low-income households.
  • Female labor, wage and productivity differentials between male vs. female, skilled vs. unskilled in developing countries.
  • Problem solving using Matrix program languages such as Mata (Stata), C/C++, SAS.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Consultant, Enterprise Analysis, The World Bank, Jul. 2008-present.
  • Consultant, PREM Gender and Development Group Social Development, The World Bank, Jan. 2008-Jun. 2008.
  • Consultant, Social Development Department, The World Bank, Jun. 2007-Dec. 2007.

Professional Services

  • Member; Econometric Society
  • Member; Vietnam Economic Society - VES
  • Member; Royal Economic Society
  • Member; Stata Community

Selected WORKING PAPERs

  • "Assessing the impacts of Food and Nutrition Security in Vietnam,” submitted to Food Policy, with Paul Winters, 2009 (abstract PDF).
  • ‘‘Gender differentials in wages and productivity: an empirical analysis using Vietnamese firm-level data set," with Maria Heracleous, in progress, 2009 (coming soon).
  • ‘‘Stata module: -xtsur- One-way random effect estimations of systems of equations in unbalanced panel data sets,’’ revised and resubmit at the Stata Journal, 2009 (PDF, code).
  • ‘‘Stata module: -frcount- Estimating the fractional response model in the presence of count endogeneity and unobservable heterogeneity,’’ submitted to Stata Journal, 2009, with Hoa Nguyen (presented at Stata DC Conference 2009 PDF, draft paper, please email for code).
  • "Public-Private Partnership in Education in Vietnam," with Wodon Quentin, in progress, 2009 (coming soon).
  • ‘‘Estimating the food expenditure patterns: the case of Vietnam (using panel datasets from 5 LSMS surveys in Vietnam),’’ 2008 (coming soon).

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    Teaching Experience & Interests

    Teaching experience:

    Graduate:
    Fall 2007 - Applied Econometrics II (Teaching Assistant for Professor Maria Heracleous)
    Spring 2007 - Econometrics Methods (Teaching Assistant for Professor Gary Ferrier)

    Undergraduate:
    Fall 2007 - Principles of Macroeconomics (Teaching Assistant for Professor Maria Heracleous)
    Spring 2007 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (Teaching Assistant for Professor Ellen Meade)
    Fall 2006 - Macroeconomics (Teaching Assistant for Professor John Willoughby)

     

    Teaching interests:

    • Applied Econometrics, Microeconomics, Development Economics, Stata for Economists.

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