SMEETS VALERIE

 

 

curriculum vitae – october 2008

 

Aarhus School of Business

at the University of Aarhus

Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2

8000 Aarhus C

Denmark

Phone: + 45 89 48 64 21

Fax: + 45 89 48 61 97

Email: vas@asb.dk

Web www.valeriesmeets.com

 

 

personal information

 

Birth date: 10/09/1974

Sex: F

Nationality: Belgian

Languages: French (native), English (fluent), notions of Spanish and Dutch, currently learning Danish.

Civil status: married (to Frédéric Warzynski)

 

 

academic degrees

 

Ph.D. in Economics, summa cum laude, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2004

 

Title of the Ph.D.:  “Incentives, Sorting and Personnel Policies in Economics Departments”

Ph.D. Committee: Patrick Legros (director, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Mathias Dewatripont (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Canice Prendergast (Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago), Paul Seabright (Université de Toulouse I), Bruno van Pottelsberghe (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

 

Master in Economics, cum laude, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 1999

 

Bachelor in Economics, magna cum laude, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 1997

 

current position

 

Associate professor, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, January 2008 -

 

Research associate, Center for Corporate Performance, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark, October 2003 -

 

 

previous experiences

 

Assistant professor, Department of Business Administration, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, February 2005 – December 2007

 

Visiting researcher, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, U.S.A, October 2007 – December 2007

 

Visiting researcher, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, U.S.A, September 2006

 

Post doctoral researcher, Individual, Center for Corporate Performance, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, 2003 - 2005

 

Visiting researcher, Harvard Business School, U.S.A., November 2004

 

Visiting Ph.D. student, Université de Toulouse I; France, 2002-2003

 

Researcher, DULBEA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 1997-1998 

 

 

Publications

 

“Does the Academic Labor Market Initially Allocate New Graduates Efficiently?” (joint with Tom Coupé, EERC, Kiev and Frédéric Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2006

 

“Incentives, Sorting and Productivity along the Career: Evidence from a Sample of Top Economists” (joint with Tom Coupé, EERC, Kiev and Frédéric Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Spring 2006

 

“Job Creation, Job Destruction and Voting Behavior in Poland” (joint with Frédéric Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), European Journal of Political Economy, June 2006

 

“Testing Models of Hierarchy: Span of Control, Compensation and Career Dynamics” (joint with Frédéric Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), Labor Economics, Volume 15, Issue 4, August 2008, Pages 688-704

 

 “Equal Pay at Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark” (joint with Nikolaj A. Halse, Novo Nordisk and Frédéric Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), World at Work, volume 16, n°4, 2007

 

 

working papers

 

 “Does Input Quality Drive Measured Differences in Firm Productivity” (joint with Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago), submitted

 

 “Mergers of Equals and Unequals” (joint with Mike Gibbs and Kathryn Ierulli, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago), IZA working paper

 

“Job Changes and Wage Dynamics”, ASB working paper

 

“The Wage Policy of U.S. Economics Departments” (joint with Tom Coupé, EERC, Kiev and Frédéric Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP)

 

“Are There Fast Tracks in Economic Departments: Evidence from a Sample of Top Economists”, ASB working paper

 

“Stars War in French Gastronomy, How Reputations are Made and Unmade. Prestige of Restaurants and Chefs’ Careers. Evidence from Top French Chefs, 1980-2001” (joint with Olivier Gergaud, Université de Reims and Frederic Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), working paper

 

“An Analysis of Careers in the Hierarchy of the U.S. Catholic Church” (joint with Marco van Herpen, University of Groeningen and Frederic Warzynski, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid & CCP), mimeo

 

“Status and Hierarchies: An Application to Academia”, working paper

 

 

press articles

 

Wall Street Journal, Overseeing More Employees – with Fewer Managers, March 24, 2008, for “Testing Models of Hierarchy: Span of Control, Compensation and Career Dynamics”

 

Břrsen, Ligelřn Fremmer Virksomheders Effektivitet, February 22, 2008, for “Equal Pay at Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark”

 

 

Research Grants

 

Grant from the Forskningsrĺdet for Samfund of Erhverv (Danish agency for science, technology and innovation) on “The Dynamics of Productivity in Danish and European Manufacturing: Comparing Results across Methods, Countries and Datasets”, with Frederic Warzynski

 

Movilidad Jóvenes Doctores, El Vicerrectorado de Investigación e Innovación de la Universidad Carlos III (3-month mobility grant to visit the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, Fall 2007)

 

Individual Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, 2003 – 2005

 

TMR European Network for Training in Economic Research (ENTER) grant, 2002-2003

 

 

teaching

 

The Economics of Human Resources Management, Aarhus School of Business, Fall 2008, Spring 2008

 

International Labor Markets, Aarhus School of Business, Spring 2008

 

Economics of Organizations, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007

 

Operations Management, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007

 

Operations Management, MBA Program, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spring 2006, Spring 2007

 

 

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

 

EALE conference, Amsterdam, September 2008

 

EARIE conference, Toulouse, September 2008

 

Nordic Summer Institute in Labor Economics, Ĺrhus, June 2008

 

Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performance Evaluation, Raleigh, U.S.A, March 2008

 

LMDG conference, Sandbjerg, Denmark, October 2007

 

Workshop on Organizational economics, Invited speaker, University of Sydney, July 2007

 

Society of Labor Economics (SOLE) Conference, Chicago, U.S.A., May 2007

 

Workshop on Labor Turnover and Firm Performance, Helsinki, Finland, March, 2007

 

Invited seminar, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1, Paris, France, February 2007

 

Invited seminar, Centre d’Etudes pour l’Emploi, Paris, France, November 2006

 

Conference on the Analysis of Firms and Employees (CAFE), Nuremberg, Germany, September 2006

 

International Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data Conference (CAED), Chicago, U.S.A., September 2006

 

Workshop on Work Motivation in the Public Sector, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, December 2005

 

International Workshop on Human Resources Management, Universidad Pablo Olavide, Seville, Spain, May 2005

 

European Sciences Days on Organizational Economics, Steyr, Austria, Julio 2004

 

Society of Labor Economics (SOLE) Conference in San Antonio, U.S.A., Poster session, May 2004

 

European Sciences Days on Personnel Economics: Motivating Higher Productivity with New Approaches, Steyr, Austria, July 2003

 

Society for Economic Dynamics Meeting, Université de Paris La Sorbonne, Paris, France, June 2003

 

North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, University of California Los Angeles, U.S.A., June 2002

 

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics, 2002 summer program, segment on Personnel Economics: Theory and Empirical Tests, Stanford University, U.S.A., June 2002

 

CEPR Conference, "Incentives and Beyond: The Economics of Personnel and Organizations", Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, May 2002

 

Society of Labor Economics (SOLE) Conference in Baltimore, U.S.A., Poster session, May 2002

 

ENTER Jamboree, Université de Toulouse I, France, January 2002

 

Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data (CAED) Conference, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, October 2001

 

European Economic Association Summer School, Université de Toulouse I, France, September 1999

 

 

other activities

 

Member, American economics Association, Society of Labor Economists

 

Referee for Journal of Political Economy, Industrial and Labor Relations Review,  National science foundation.

 

Coordinator of the internal seminar, Department of Business Administration, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2006-2007; Erasmus Coordinator, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2005-2007