French
Born on 8 September 1980,
in Casablanca (Morocco)

Centro de Economia Aplicada
Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas
Universidad de Chile
Republica 701, Santiago, Chile
Office +56 2 978 4912
e-mail : ajaniak@dii.uchile.cl

Education
2007: Ph.D. in Economics from two institutions:

• ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
• Sciences-Po Paris (France).

2003: Msc in Economics and Statistics at ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).
2002: BA in Econometrics at the Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (France).

Research Interests
Labor economics, macroeconomics.

Affiliations
Centro de Economia Aplicada, Universidad de Chile and IZA

Professional Experience
Current position:

• Assistant professor at the Universidad de Chile, Department of Industrial Engineering

Consultancy and Internships:

• Consultant, European Commission, DG ECFIN, since Sep 2007

• Research assistant at BRUEGEL, Brussels (Belgium), June 2006-August 2007.
• Consultant for the European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany), DG Research. From June to August 2004.
• Research Assistant at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). July-August 2003.
• Research Assistant at the Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (France). April- August 2001.

Other teaching:

• Teaching Assistant in micro, macroeconomics and statistics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 2002-2006.

Awards

• Selected for the 2006 Econometric Society European Winter Meeting.

Research Papers

• Does trade liberalization lead to job loss? Theory and some evidence.
• Local social capital, geographical mobility and unemployment in Europe (joint with Quentin David and Etienne Wasmer).
• Welfare in models of trade with heterogeneous firms.
• The impact of TFP growth on skill mismatch (in progress)

Policy Paper

• Adjustments in the labour markets (joint with Etienne Wasmer), European Commision, DG ECFIN.

Conferences and Seminars
Conference Presentations:

• Workshop “EMU @ 10: achievements and challenges”, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, 26-27 November 2007.
• III Workshop in Public Policy Design. Institutions and Labor Markets, May 2007, Girona, Spain.
• Theroy and Methods in Macroeconomics, Paris School of Economics, France, January 2007.
• Simposio de Analisis Economico, Oviedo, Spain, December 2006.
• ASSET, November 2006, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal
• New Developments in Macroeconomic Modeling and Growth Dynamics Conference, September 2006, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal.
• 21st Annual Congress of the EEA, August 2006, Vienna, Austria.
• ENTER Jamboree, January 2006, Stockholm School of nEconomics, Sweden.
• 2005 German Workshop in Macroeconomics, July 2005, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
• X Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, July 2005, Universidade de Vigo, Spain.
• Day for Belgian Labor Economists, May 2004, Liège, Belgium.

Seminars:

• Warwick University, UK, October 2007.
• Paris School of Economics, France, February 2007.
• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, February 2007.
• Swedish Central Bank, Stockholm, Sweden, February 2007.
• FUNP-Namur, Belgium, January 2007.
• Université du Québec a Montréal, Canada, January 2007
• Université de Laval, Canada, January 2007.
• Ecares, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, April 2006.
• Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 2006.
• Gremaq, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France, December 2005.
• Gremaq, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse,France, November 2005.
• Ecares, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, September 2005.
• Ecares, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, April 2005.
• Ecares, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, May 2004.

Poster sessions:

• CEPR-IZA European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics, September 2007, Ammersee, Germany
• Joint ECORE-KUL Econometric Seminars, March 2006, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
• Joint ECORE-KUL Econometric Seminars, November 2005, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
• Day for Belgian Labor Economists, May 2005, Gent, Belgium.

Discussion:

• ENTER Jamboree, Jan 2005, ULB, Belgium

Miscellaneous

• Visiting PhD Student at the Université de Toulouse, France, Oct 2005 to Jan 2006.
• Visiting PhD Student at the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada). April and November 2004, July and August 2005.
• Marie-Curie Fellowship, European Commission, academic year 2003-2004.
• Visiting student at the Universidad de Valladolid (Spain), academic year 2001- 2002.

Languages

• French, Spanish, English and basic Italian.

Refereeing Activities

• Labour Economics, Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, Economic Inquiry.