Current Position
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics, Eller College of Management,
University of Arizona, July 2004-present.
Previous Positions
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics, University of Miami,
July 2001-July 2004 (with tenure, June 2003).
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics, UCLA,
July 1998-July 2001.
Education
Publications
- "The Propensity Score with Continuous Treatments," (with G. Imbens), 2004,
in Applied Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference from Incomplete-Data
Perspectives, ed. A. Gelman and X.-L. Meng, New York: Wiley.
- "Asymptotic Efficiency in Parametric Structural Models with
Parameter-Dependent Support," (with J. R. Porter), 2003
Econometrica 71, 1307-1338.
-
"Efficient Estimation of Average Treatment Effects
using the Estimated Propensity Score,"
(with G. Imbens and G. Ridder), 2003,
Econometrica 71, 1161-1189.
Earlier version appeared as
NBER Technical Working Paper 251.
- "Semiparametric Bayesian Inference in Autoregressive Panel Data Models,"
2002,
Econometrica 70, 781-799.
(Previous version circulated under the title "Semiparametric Bayesian
Models for Dynamic Earnings Data.")
- "Combining Panel Data Sets with Attrition and Refreshment
Samples,"
(with G. Imbens, G. Ridder, and D. Rubin), 2001,
Econometrica 69, 1645-1659.
Earlier version appeared as
NBER Technical Working Paper 230.
- "Estimation of Causal Effects using Propensity Score Weighting:
An Application to Data on Right Heart Catheterization,"
(with G. Imbens), 2001,
Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
2:259-278.
-
"Assessing the Effect of an Influenza Vaccine in an
Encouragement Design with Covariates,"
(with G. Imbens, D. Rubin, and X. Zhou), 2000,
Biostatistics 1, 69-88.
-
"Predictive Distributions based on Longitudinal Earnings Data,"
(with G. Chamberlain), 1999,
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique 55-56, 211-242.
-
"A Semiparametric Model for Labor Earnings Dynamics," in
Practical Nonparametric and Semiparametric Bayesian
Statistics, ed. D. Dey, P. Mueller, D. Sinha,
New York: Springer--Verlag, 1998.
Working Papers
- "Adaptive Design of Multiple Stage Experiments Using the Propensity Score," (with J. Hahn and D. Karlan), January 2007.
- "Decision Theory in Econometrics," to appear in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2005.
- "Asymptotics for Statistical Treatment Rules," (with J. R. Porter), December 2004.
- "Efficiency in Asymptotic Shift Experiments," (with J. R. Porter), August 2003.
Awards and Grants
- McCoy/Rogers Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2005-2006, 2006-2007.
- Eller Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2004-2005.
- National Science Foundation
CAREER Grant SES-0226164,
"Bayesian Econometric Modeling and Nonparametric Identification,"
2000-2004. Formerly listed as
Grant SES-9985257.
- Excellence in Research Award, University of Miami School of Business,
August 2002.
-
Mitchell
Prize
(sponsored by the American Statistical Association
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, the International Society for
Bayesian Analysis, and the Mitchell Prize Founders' Committee),
2001, for article "Assessing the Effect of an Influenza
Vaccine in an Encouragement Design with Covariates," joint with
G. Imbens, D. Rubin, and X. Zhou.
- UCLA Academic Senate Grant, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001.
- Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA, Fall 1999.
- Co-winner of
Zellner Thesis Award, Business and Economics Statistics
Section of the American Statistical Association, 1999.
- Harvard University Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE)
Certificate for Distinction in Teaching, spring 1996, spring 1997,
spring 1998.
Awards based on student evaluations.
- Harvard Graduate Student Council Conference Grant, summer 1997.
To attend the
Conference on Bayesian Nonparametrics,
Belgirate, Italy.
- Harvard Economics Department Grant, September 1996-May 1997.
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, September 1993-August 1996.
- Elected to Phi Beta Kappa,
Yale University, 1991.
Teaching
- Grduate Courses (University of Arizona): Quantitative Methods for Economics, Econometrics,
Causal Inference and Program Evaluation, Topics in Econometrics, Empirical Workshop.
- Graduate Courses (University of Miami): Advanced Econometrics, Applied Econometrics.
- Graduate Courses (UCLA):
Topics in Econometrics, Introduction to Econometrics.
- Undergraduate Courses (University of Miami): Intermediate Microeconomics,
Economic Data Analysis.
- Undergraduate Courses (UCLA): Applied Regression Analysis,
Introduction to Econometrics.
- Faculty Affiliate, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Statistics, University of Arizona, 2006-present.
- Advising: Member of Dissertation Committee for
- Hongjai Rhee, Ph.D. in Economics, UCLA, 1999.
-
Catarina Sismeiro, Ph.D. in Marketing, UCLA, 2002.
- Paul Gift, Ph.D. in Economics, UCLA, 2002.
- Yue Xu, Ph.D. in Economics,
University of Miami, 2005 (primary advisor).
- Alexandre Moltchanov, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Miami, 2006.
- Sarah Hoffman, M.A. in Mathematics, University of Arizona, 2006.
- Quazi Shahriar, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Arizona, expected 2007.
- Teaching Fellow (Harvard University): graduate
econometrics (fall 1996, fall 1997);
undergraduate econometrics (spring 1996, spring 1997, spring 1998);
computer consulting (1995, 1996).
- Teaching Assistant (Harvard Summer School):
undergraduate econometrics (summer 1994).
Editing and Refereeing
Associate Editor, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2006-present.
Refereeing:
American Economic Review,
Berkeley Electronic Journals in Economics Analysis and Policy,
Biometrics,
Biometrika,
Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods,
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis,
Econometrica,
Econometric Journal,
Econometric Theory,
Economic Journal,
Economics Letters,
Empirical Economics,
International Economic Review,
Journal of Applied Econometrics,
Journal of Business Economics and Statistics,
Journal of Econometrics,
Journal of Human Resources,
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,
Journal of the American Statistical Association,
National Science Foundation,
Psychological Methods,
Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong,
Review of Economics and Statistics,
Review of Economic Studies,
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
Southern Economic Journal,
Statistical Science.
Other Academic Service
- Recruiting Committee, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007.
- Undergraduate Quantitative Skills Task Force, Eller College of Management, 2006-2007.
- Textbook reviewer, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Recruiting Committee, Department of Economics, University of Miami, 2001-2002.
- Recruiting Committee, Department of Economics, UCLA, 2000-2001.
- Roundtable leader, NIMH All Centers Meeting, April 2000, UCLA.
- Computer Committee, Department of Economics, UCLA, 1999-2000.
- IEI (Instruction Enhancement Initiative) coordinator, Dept. of Economics,
UCLA, 1998-1999.
- Textbook Proposal Reviewer, W. W. Norton, 1998.
Other Work Experience
- Statistical consultant, NIMH Grant "R01: Heterogeneity among unobserved (underlying) subpopulations in mental health research," Principal Investigator Dr. Booil Jo, Stanford School of Medicine.
- Consultant, Health Care for Communities, June-August 1999.
- Research Assistant, Harvard University,
Spring 1994-Spring 1998.
- Freshman Counselor, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University.
Fall 1991-Spring 1992.
Resident counselor for first-year students at Yale College.
- Summer Analyst, Investment Banking Group, Lehman Brothers Division,
Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc., Tokyo, Japan. Summer 1991.
- Summer Intern, Finance Division,
American Express, Tokyo, Japan. Summer 1990.
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Japanese; Permanent Resident of the U.S.
- Date of Birth: June 13, 1970.
Last Updated: 28 January 2007
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