University Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Oxford Official Fellow and Tutor in Economics, Somerville College Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn Coeditor, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Contact Information

Department of Economics	Mobile: +44 7761447346
Manor Road Building	Office: +44 1865270610
Manor Road	Email: victoria.prowse@economics.ox.ac.uk
Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK	Web: www.users.ox.ac.uk/~shil1138

Fields of Specialization

General: Applied Microeconometrics, Experimental.
Specific: Behavioral, Labor and Public.

Education

University of Oxford, Nuffield College
D.Phil. Economics, November 2007.
Title: Essays in Applied Microeconometrics.
Examiners: Martin Browning and Richard Blundell.

University of Oxford, Nuffield College M.Phil. Economics, 2002 - 2004.
George Webb Medley prize for 1st place in examinations, Awarded with Distinction.

University of Oxford, St. Hilda's College.
B.A. Economics and Management, 1999 - 2002.
1st Class; M.A. Awarded in 2006.

Current Positions

University Lecturer (= Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, University of Oxford, October 2007 - to date.
Official Fellow and Tutor in Economics, Somerville College, University of Oxford, October 2007 - to date.
Co-editor, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, February 2008 - to date.
Board Member, Oxford Economic Papers, October 2008 - to date.
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), May 2008 - to date.

Previous Positions

Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford, October 2006 - September 2007.
Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), April 2005 - May 2008.

Research Visits

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, 2009.
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, 2008.

Prizes and Awards

Zvi Meitar / Vice-Chancellor Oxford University Social Sciences Research Prize, November 2009.
British Academy Small Research Grant: "Testing for Preferences over Status and Rank", October 2009 - March 2011.
Netspar Research Grant: "Longevity, Life-cycle Behavior and Fiscal Policy", July 2009-July 2010.
Best Paper Prize, 8th International German Socio-Economic Panel Conference, 2008.
Winner of the Journal of Applied Econometrics Scholars' Program, 2004.

Teaching

University of Oxford, Graduate.
Lecturer in Microeconometrics, 2005 - to date.
Lecturer in Mathematics for Economics, 2008.
Econometrics Class Instructor, 2010 - to date.
Computer Class Instructor (Stata), 2007 - to date.
Supervision of Graduate students: Dawei Fang (M.Phil., 2009), Qianzi Zeng (M.Phil., 2010), Si Ding (M.Phil., 2009), Petra Orogvanyiova (M.Sc., 2009).

University of Oxford, Undergraduate.
Lecturer in Quantitative Economics, 2010 - to date.
Tutor in Econometrics, Quantitative Methods and Microeconomics, 2003 - to date.
Computer Class Instructor (Stata), 2005 and 2006.

Other teaching
ESRC Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research: Lecturer in Sample Selection Modeling, 2008.

Refereeing

Canadian Journal of Economics; Economic Journal; German Economic Review; Journal of Business and Economic Statistics; Labour Economics; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Oxford Economic Papers; Research in Labor Economics; Southern Economic Journal.

Selected Presentations (including forthcoming)

2010: Aarhus; Pompeu Fabra.
2009: UCLA; University of Warwick; Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Surrey; Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock; Work, Pensions and Employment Group Seminar, London; University of Southamption; 15th Panel Data Conference, Bonn; Economic Science Association European Conference, Innsbruck; University of Kent; University of Alicante.
2008: Johns Hopkins; CAM, Copenhagen; IZA, Bonn; University of Southampton.
2007: CAM, Copenhagen; Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Warwick.
2006: Econometric Society European Winter Meeting, Turin (by invitation); Econometric Society European Meeting, Vienna; European Economic Association Annual Congress, Vienna; University of Surrey, University of Sussex.

Computing Skills

LATEX, Mathematica, Matlab, OxMetrics, R, SPSS, Stata, WinBUGS, z-Tree.

Published and Forthcoming Papers

Haan, P and Prowse,V. (---) A Structural Approach to Estimating the Effect of Taxation on the Labor Market Dynamics of Older Workers (2009), forthcoming in Econometrics Journal.

Prowse, V. (2009) Estimating Labor Supply Elasticities under Rationing: A Structural Model of Time Allocation Behavior, Canadian Journal of Economics, Feb 2009, 42(1), pp 90-112.

Working Papers

Gill, D. and Prowse, V. (2009) A Structural Analysis of Disappointment Aversion in a Real Effort Competition, IZA Discussion Paper 4536.

Gill, D. and Prowse, V. (2009) A Novel Computerized Real Effort Task Based on Sliders (2009), University of Oxford, Department Economics Working Paper 435.

Haan, P. and Prowse, V. (2009) Unemployment Insurance versus Social Assistance - Effects on Working Behavior over the Life-cycle.

Haan, P., Prowse, V. and Uhlendorff, A. (2009) Employment Effects of Welfare Reforms - Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Life-cycle Model, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Working Paper 391.

Prowse, V. (2007) Modeling Employment Dynamics with State Dependence and Uobserved Heterogeneity, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Working Paper 337.

Prowse, V. (2008) Occupational Attainment and Part-time Work over the Life-cycle: Evidence from a Cohort of British Women, IZA Discussion Paper 2342.

Published and Forthcoming Papers

M.Phil. Econometrics 2008-2009 (2009-2010 coming soon)

Lecture slides 2009

• Lecture Slides (part I) (updated on 25-02-09)
• Lecture Slides (part II) (updated on 25-02-09)

Problem sets 2009

• Problem set 1 (for week 6)
• Problem set 2 (for week 7)
• Problem set 3 (for week 8)
• Problem set 4 (for week 9)

Quantitative Economics (QE) for Undergraduates (For examination in Summer 2011)

Contact Information

Office 246, Department of Economics	Mobile: +44 7761447346
Manor Road Building	Office: +44 1865270610
Manor Road	Email: victoria.prowse@economics.ox.ac.uk
Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK	Web: www.users.ox.ac.uk/~shil1138

• Office Hour: Thursdays 11am-12noon, Office 246, Economics department, weeks 1-8 of term. No appointment necessary; just show up. Note: If you have a econometrics question/problem then please try to come to my office hour rather than emailing!