GANNA VAKHITOVA

13, vul. Yakira,Tel: +380.44.492.8012

3dfloor, office 319Fax: +380.44.492.8011

04119, Kyiv, Ukraine

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Project consultant, 2007-present
  • Assistant Professor, KSE, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2006-present
  • Academic Director, KSE/EERC Annual student conference, 2006-present
  • Senior Researcher, KEI, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2006-present
  • Instructor, EERC, Kyiv, Ukraine,, 2003-2006
  • Instructor, University of Kentucky, USA, 2000-2003

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Economics, University of Kentucky, USA, 2006
  • M.A. Economics, Economic Education and Research Consortium, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1999
  • B.A. Economics, National University “Kyiv-MohylaAcademy”, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1999

DISSERTATION

“Labor Market Issues of Microsoft Certification of IT Professionals”

Committee: Chris Bollinger (Chair), John Garen, Aaron Yelowitz

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Primary: Labor Economics, Public Economics

Secondary: Applied Microeconomics, Statistics for Economists, Transition Economies

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor:Public Economics,Time Series Econometrics, Intermediate Macro –KSE Ukraine,2006-till present
  • Instructor:Public Economics,Intermediate Micro –EERC, Ukraine,2003-2006
  • Instructor, Basic Microeconomics, Statistics for Business and Economics – University of Kentucky, USA, 2000-2003
  • Teaching Assistant, Principles of Microeconomics –University of Kentucky, USA, 1999-2000

THESIS SUPERVISION

  • I.Mislitcaia, I.Sikora, O.Iurchenko, V.Bohutskiy, V.Shulgat – 2009.
  • T.Pavlekno, I.Oleksyn M.Akulava, M.Protsiv – 2008.

PRESENTATIONS

  • “Remittances for the Republic of Moldova: a way to survive or a chance to succeed?” with I.Mislitcaia, presented at KEI retreat, Aug. 2009.
  • “Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity:Evidence from Ukraine” with D.Brown, J.Earle, and V.Zheka, presented at ASIGO conference (by D. Brown), May 2009.
  • "Innovation and productivity: a firm level study of Ukrainian manufacturing sector" with T.Pavlenko, invited to present at International Conference on Innovation Competitiveness and Growth, Institute of economics, Zagreb, Croatia, Nov. 2008
  • "What Do We Know About Firm-Paid General Training? The Case of Microsoft Certification" presented at International Conference on Economics of Education, Firm Behavior and Training Policies, University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 2008
  • “Innovation and Productivity in Ukrainian Manufacturing Firms" with D. Brown and J. Earle, resented at ESCIRRU workshop in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 2008
  • “Free economic zones at glance: analyzing FEZs in Ukraine as a policy instrument”, with M.Vyshnia, presented at EERC, Ukraine, Oct. 2006
  • “Certification of IT Professionals: Are Returns Really That High?” presented at SWEA, USA, March 2004

WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

  • “Remittances for the Republic of Moldova: a way to survive or a chance to succeed?” with I. Mislitcaia, 2009
  • "Innovation and productivity: a firm level study of Ukrainian manufacturing sector" with T.Pavlenko, 2008
  • “Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity:Evidence from Ukraine” with D.Brown, J.Earle, and V. Zheka, 2009.
  • “Out-of-School activities: just an entertainment or higher future earnings?”with I.Sikora, 2009
  • “The impact of FDI on sectors' performance: evidence from Ukraine” with M.Akulava, 2008
  • “Computer use or computer human capital: certification of IT professionals and its effect on earnings,” with C.Bollinger, 2006
  • "What do we know about firm-paid general training? The case of Microsoft certification", 2006
  • “Privatization methods in Ukraine and their impact on firms' performance” with M.Protsiv, 2008
  • “Ukraine’s migration policy: Is reciprocity fair and efficient?” with V.Vakhitov at KyivPost, dec05, 2007.
  • “On the complementarity between education and training”, 2006

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

  • “Social Assistance System Modernization Project Impact Evaluation”, Ministry of Labor, Ukraine with World Bank, RFP #4807-42, consultant 2008-2010
  • “Open Budget Initiative 2008”, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, USA, peer reviewer, 2008
  • “Migration and skills”, European Training Foundation with GFK Ukraine, consultant, 2007

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • EERC Annual Student Conference, 2007 - present – Academic director
  • EERC Annual Student Conference, 2004 - 2003 – Conference committee member, reviewer, session chair
  • EERC Curriculum committee member, 2004
  • EERC Teaching and Outreach Conference, 2004 – Conference committee member
  • IREX, The Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program, 2004 – Semifinal selection committee member

AWARDS and GRANTS

  • Ministry of Labor of Ukraine with World Bank, 2008 - 2010
  • Grant RFP #4807-42 “Social Assistance System Modernization Project Impact Evaluation”
  • University of Kentucky, 1999 - 2003
  • Gatton Fellowship from the College
  • Tuition Scholarship from the GraduateSchool
  • Eurasia Foundation, Washington, DC, 1999
  • Grant No. W99-0131 ($9,030) to cover partially tuition, fees, and living expenses at the University of Kentucky
  • National University “Kyiv-MohylaAcademy”, Kiev, Ukraine, 1995
  • Tuition Scholarship

REFERENCES

Tom Coupe / Roy Gardner / Chris Bollinger
KSE/EERC
Director; Professor / KSE/EERC
Academic Co-Director; Professor / University of Kentucky
Gatton Endowed Associate Professor
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Natalia Popova / Show Ei Tun / Joyce Gleason
European Training Foundation
Project Team Leader / Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Project Team Leader / NebraskaWesleyanUniversity
Professor
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