QIAN LU

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Economics 2225 Speedway Stop C3100 Austin, Texas 78712 EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Ph.D., Economics, expected May 2015. G.P.A. 3.8/4.0 M.S., Economics, May 2012 Adviser: Professor Sandra. E Black Boston University, Boston, MA M.A., Economics, May 2010. G.P.A. 3.7/4.0 Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China B.A., Economics, July 2008. G.P.A. 3.8/4.0 B.A., English Literature, July 2008. G.P.A. 3.9/4.0 FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION My primary eld of interest is labor economics, with a focus on the impact of skill-biased technological change (e.g. computerization/ internet development) on wage and employment in the United States. I am also intereted in public nance and game theory. PUBLICATION Managing Exchange Rates, book chapter in International Business in the 21st Century: Three Volumes, ABC-CLIO, 2011. (Joint with Arindam Bandopadhyaya and Giorgio Gotti). CONFERENCE PRESENTATION STATA Texas Empirical Micro Conference (Poster), Houston, September 2013 WORK IN PROGRESS A Tale of Many Cities: Eect of Computerization on Change of Gender Wage Gap across Cities Pursuing the American Dream: The Roles of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills in Young Adults Decision to Migrate within the U.S. (Joint with Chandra Muller, Evangeleen Pattison and Michelle Frisco) The Casual Eect of Maternal Education on Childrens Non-Cognitive Skills The Impact of Macroeconomics News on the Monetary and Financial Markets of U.S. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, UT Austin - Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Sandra Black, Department of Economics, Fall 2013 - Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Chandra Muller, Population Research Center, Spring 2012 - Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Carolyn Heinrich, LBJ School of Public Aairs, Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UT Austin - Introduction to Microeconomics, Assistant Instructor for the Honors Session. Fall 2013 - Economic Statistics. Spring 2012 - Introduction to Macroeconomics. Fall 2010 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Internship, China Banking Regulatory Commission, Beijing, China July-Sep. 2007 - Performed cost-benet analysis on the foundation of Hainan Provincial Rural Credit Union. - Organized bank application materials for starting new nancing business HONORS AND AWARDS Travel grant, Department of Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2013 Outstanding Graduate, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2008 Outstanding Student, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2006 and 2007 Department Fellowship, School of International Business, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2005 - 2007 PROGRAMMING Procient: Stata, LATEX, LyX. Some Experience: SAS, Matlab Cell: (512) 850-5791 Email: qianlu@utexas.edu https://sites.google.com/site/qianluatutexas