UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Attila Lindner
https://sites.google.com/site/attilalindner/
HOME ADDRESS:
Department of Economics
Drayton House, 30 Gordon St
London, United Kingdom, WC1H 0AX
e-mail: a.lindner@ucl.ac.uk
Affiliations:
University College London
Institute of Economics, CERS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research fellow
IZA Research Affiliate
2015 Fall – present
2015 Fall – present
2015 Spring – present
FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION:
Labor Economics, Public Economics, Psychology and Economics
DOCTORAL STUDIES
University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Title: “Essays in Labor and Public Economics”
Date of Completion:
May 2015
Principal Advisors:
Prof. David Card
Prof. Emmanuel Saez
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES:
Central European University
Corvinus University of Budapest
Other References:
Prof. Patrick Kline
Prof. Stefano DellaVigna
DEGREE
MA
Diplom
DATE
2009
2007
FIELD
Economics
Economics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
PAPERS:
“Who Pays for the Minimum Wage?”, with Péter Harasztosi
“Reference-Dependent Job Search: Evidence from Hungary”, with Stefano DellaVigna, Balázs Reizer and Johannes F. Schmieder
Work in Progress
“Frontloading the Unemployment Benefits: An Empirical Assessment”, with Balázs Reizer
“The Effect of the Contribution-Benefit Link on Labor Supply: Evidence from the 1999 Polish Pension Reform”, with Leszek
Morawski
“The Return to Labor Market Mobility: Evidence from Mass Layoffs”, with Wolfgang Dauth and Sebastian Findeisen
EARLIER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES:
Research Assistant to Stefano DellaVigna, Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley (Spring 2014)
Research Assistant to Prof. David Card, Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley (Summer 2013)
Research Assistant to Prof. Enrico Moretti & Patrick Kline, Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley (2013)
Research Assistant to Prof. Emmanuel Saez, Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley (Winter 2010)
TEACHING:
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley (Fall 2010–Spring 2012, Spring 2013–Fall 2014)
Introduction to Economics (Brad DeLong), The World Economy in the Twentieth Century (Barry Eichengreen), International
Trade (Calanit Kamala), Macroeconomic Theory (Yuriy Gorodnichenko), Topics in Economic Research (Barry Eichengreen),
Microeconomic Theory (David Card)
REFEREE SERVICE
American Economic Review, European Economic Review, Industrial Relations, Journal of Labor Economics, Review of
Economic Studies, Journal of the European Economic Association (2)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
Department of Economics Graduate Student Award for Public Policy Research
Center for Equitable Growth Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Summer Fellowship at the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB)
George Break Prize for Best Performance in Public Finance field courses, UC Berkeley
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, CEU (Hungary)
Academic Pro-Rector's Excellence Award, CEU (Hungary)
OTHER INFORMATION:
Languages:
English (fluent), German (intermediate), Hungarian (native)
Citizenship:
Hungarian
2015
2014-2015
2012-2013
Summer 2012
2012
2009
2008