Amelie Constant#

Present and Previous Positions

• Since August 2022 Research Affiliate, The University of Pennsylvania
• 2016-2022 Research Scholar, Princeton University
• 2011-2016 Director of Migration Program, Institute of Labor Economics
• 2009-2015 Visiting Professor, George Washington University
• 2009–2011 Vice Dean, Graduate School at German Institute for Economic Research
• 2007-2011 Research Professor, Graduate School at German Institute for Economic Research
• 2006-2012 Founding Executive Director, DIWDC, Washington, DC
• 2006-2008 Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
• 2004-2011 Deputy Director of Migration, Institute for the Study of Labor
• 2004-2007 Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Labor
• 2003-2004 Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Labor
• 2002-2004 Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
• 1999–2000 Adjunct Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
• 2011-2016 Founding Editor, IZA Journal of Migration

• Health and Wellbeing
• Applied Micro-Econometrics
• Economics of Gender
• Economics of Migration
• Labor Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Economics of Education

• Officer of the Executive Committee of the International Atlantic Economic Society (since 2023);
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Economic Association (2020-2023)
• Visiting Research Collaborator, Oslo University, Norway (2022 and 2023)
• Associate Editor of Migration and Society, with Frontiers Journals, Lausanne, Switzerland (since 2018)
• On the Editorial Board of the Atlantic Economic Journal (since 2020)
• Member of the Month by the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES), January 2020
• President of the Society of Government Economists (SGE), Washington, DC (2014-2017)
• Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO)(since 2017)
• Fellow of the CESifo Institutes with the Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany (since 2017)
• Academic member of the Athens Institute for Education & Research (Since 2015)
• On the Editorial Board of Applied Economics Quarterly (Since 2003)
• Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, University of Maastricht (Since 2016)
• Visiting Research Collaborator, Bar Ilan University, Israel (2014)
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences (Since 2013)
• Senior Visiting Fellow at AICGS, Washington DC (January-May 2006)
• Visiting Research Collaborator, Rockwool Foundation and Danish Statistical Office (2005)
• Research Fellow AT RIIM Canada (since 2004)
• Research Fellow at Institute for the Study of Labor (2002-2016)
• Woman of Outstanding Leadership Award by the International Women’s Leadership Association (2012)
• Professional Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women (2009/2010)

• SELECTED GRANTS
  • 2016 “Labour Market Impact Evaluation about Women’s Training in Egypt” (ILO). PI: 8 months & $70,000
  • 2016 “Immigrant Family Business” (IfM & IZA). CO-PI: 10 months & 200,000 €
  • 2013 “Study on Mapping Diasporas/Overseas Communities in the US and EU” (European Commission, Directorate-General of Home Affairs). PI and Team Leader (w. RAND Europe): 12 months & 290,000 €
  • 2012 “Improving Access to Labour Market Information for Migrants and Employers” (IOM-LINET). PI: 2 months & 6,000 €
  • 2011 “Labor Market Shortages in Germany” by (IOM). PI: 3 months & 8,000 €
  • 2009 “Labor Market Integration of Immigrants in Europe” (IOM). PI: 4 months & 12,800 €
  • 2009 “Ethnic Identity and the Labor Markets” German Science Foundation (DFG). CO-PI for 12 months: 100,000 €
  • 2006 “Study on the Social and Labour Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities,” (European Commission: Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG). CO-PI: 18 months & 321,655 €
  • 2004 “The Economics and Persistence of Migrant Ethnicity,” (Volkswagen Foundation). CO-PI: 3 years & 600,000 €
  • 2004 “Frontiers in Immigrant Performance,” (Fritz Thyssen Foundation). PI: 2-day workshop & 20,000 €

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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