Short Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• PhD in Economics, University of Luxembourg, 2019 - 2023.
• Master of Arts in Economics and Econometrics, CERGE-EI, Prague, Czechia, 2016 - 2018.
• Master of Science in Economics and Finance, Charles University, Prague, Czechia, 2013 - 2015.
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, 2007 - 2010.

Work Experience

• Doctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg, 2019 - 2023.
• Assistant Research officer, Central Bank of Ethiopia, 2010 - 2013.
• Teaching Assistant, Haramaya University, 2009.
• Research Intern, Ethiopian Economics Association, 2008.

Research Interests

• Applied microeconomics, labour and development economics, economics of wellbeing, family economics, and the intersection of machine learning and microeconometrics

Skills

• Languages: Amharic–Native, Affan Oromo–Native, English–Fluent, French–Elementary, and Czech–Basic.
• Text Editor: LATEX, Markdown, and Microsoft Office.
• Data Processing: STATA, Python, and R.
• Data Visualisation: Plotly, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Dash, and ggplot.
• Machine Learning: Scikit-learn, Keras, Tensorflow, PyTorch and more…

Honors and Scholarships

List

• “PRIDE” PhD Scholarship, Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR), 2019.
• Direct admission with full scholarships, CERGE-EI, 2015.
• Scholarships for excellent results in the final general Exam, Czech Ministry of Education, 2015.
• Czech government full scholarships for graduate students with an outstanding curriculum, 2013.
• BA in Economics with Great Distinction [Ranked 1st], Haramaya University, 2010.