Ronald Wolthoff Downtown Campus: Department of Economics • 150 St. George Street • Toronto, ON M5S 3G7 • Canada Mississauga Campus: Department of Economics • 3359 Mississauga Road • Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6 • Canada +1 416 978 5588 • [email protected] • http://ronald.wolthoff.nl Academic Positions Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 2010 – Present. Instructor / Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 2008 – 2010. Education Ph.D. Economics, VU University Amsterdam / Tinbergen Institute, 2008. Thesis: Essays on Simultaneous Search Equilibrium. Advisors: Pieter Gautier and Gerard van den Berg. M.Sc. Econometrics (with distinction), University of Amsterdam, 2004. M.Sc. Actuarial Science (with distinction), University of Amsterdam, 2004. B.Sc. Econometrics (with distinction), University of Amsterdam, 2003. B.Sc. Actuarial Science, University of Amsterdam, 2003. Affiliations Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2012 – Present. International Scholar, Department of Economics, Indiana University, 2011 – Present. Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2008 – 2011. Visits University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2008. Research Refereed Publications Becker Meets Ricardo: Multi-‐Sector Matching with Communication and Cognitive Skills with Robert McCann, Xianwen Shi, and Aloysius Siow, 2015, forthcoming, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. Meeting Technologies and Optimal Trading Mechanisms in Competitive Search Markets with Ben Lester and Ludo Visschers, Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, vol. 155, 1–15. It’s About Time: Implications of the Period Length in an Equilibrium Job Search Model International Economic Review, 2014, vol. 55 (3), 839–867. Early Retirement Behavior in the Netherlands; Evidence from a Policy Reform with Rob Euwals and Daniel van Vuuren, De Economist, 2010, vol. 158, 209–236. Simultaneous Search with Heterogeneous Firms and Ex Post Competition with Pieter Gautier, Labour Economics, 2009, vol. 16, 311–319. Working Papers Applications and Interviews: Firms’ Recruiting Decisions in a Frictional Labor Market, 2014. Revise & Resubmit at The Review of Economic Studies. Competing with Asking Prices with Ben Lester and Ludo Visschers, 2014, Revise & Resubmit at Theoretical Economics. Estimation of Search Costs: Do Unemployed Workers Search Enough? with Pieter Gautier and José Luis Moraga-‐González, 2014, Revise & Resubmit at the European Economic Review. Opening the Black Box of the Matching Function: The Power of Words with Ioana Marinescu, 2015. Academic Wages and Pyramid Schemes: A Mathematical Model with with Alice Erlinger, Robert McCann, Xianwen Shi and Aloysius Siow, 2014. Work in Progress Interviews and the Assignment of Workers to Jobs, with Ben Lester. Presentations 2014 • Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, Toronto • VU University Amsterdam. 2013 • Meeting of the Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, Ryerson • Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Paris • Workshop on the Microstructure of Real Estate Markets, Rotman • University of Guelph. 2012 • University of Waterloo • Tinbergen Institute • VU University Amsterdam • University of Toronto • Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, Cyprus • Meeting of the Search and Matching Research Group, Cyprus • Workshop on Matching Problems, Becker Friedman Institute • McMaster University • Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. 2011 • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Oslo • Congress of the European Economic Association, Oslo • Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Ottawa • University of Rochester. 2010 • University of Western Ontario • Queen’s University • Macro Perspectives, NBER Summer Institute • Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, Montreal • Workshop on Labour Market Search and Policy Applications, Konstanz • Midwest Economic Theory Meeting, Northwestern • University of Melbourne • Australian National University • University of Toronto • University of Illinois at Urbana-‐Champaign • Stockholm School of Economics • Purdue University. 2009 • University of Chicago • Chicago Booth • Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) • Search and Matching Workshop, Penn • Tinbergen Institute • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Barcelona • Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, Istanbul • University of Iowa. 2008 • La Pietra–Mondragone Workshop, Florence • Tinbergen Institute • Search and Matching Workshop, Penn • Tilburg University • IZA • University of Aarhus. 2007 • Workshop on Labor Market Dynamic Growth, Aarhus • Workshop on Labor Market Flows, Collegio Carlo Alberto • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Budapest • Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, Prague • Workshop on Economic Theory, Erasmus University • Workshop on Heterogeneity in Micro Econometric Models, IZA • Tinbergen Institute. 2006 • Third Meeting of the Microdata RTN, CEMFI • Helsinki Center of Economic Research • Meeting of the Netherlands Network of Economics, Amsterdam • Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists, Prague • Tinbergen Institute. 2005 • European Summer School in Labor Economics, IZA • Tinbergen Institute. 2004 • Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). Discussions “Optimal Employment Contracts with Hidden Search”, R. Lentz Search and Matching Workshop, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 2014. “Unemployment Risk and the Distribution of Assets”, J. Eeckhout and A. Sepahsalari Workshop on Unemployment, Wage Inequality and Labor Market Policy, University of Konstanz, 2014. Honors / Awards 2011 – FEEM Award (best paper by young economist at the European Economic Association Annual Congress) Research / Travel Grants Connaught New Researcher Award, 2014 – 2016. IUPUI, Summer 2011 Research and Creative Activity (co-‐investigator), 2011. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Institutional Grant, 2011. University of Toronto, Graduate Expansion Fund, 2011. VU University Amsterdam, Ph.D. Travel Fund, 2007. Referee Activities Journal Submissions • B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics • Canadian Journal of Economics • Economic Development and Cultural Change • European Economic Review • Economic Journal • International Economic Review • International Tax and Public Finance • Journal of Economic Theory • Journal of Labor Economics • Journal of Money, Credit and Banking • Journal of Political Economy • Labour • Labour Economics • Macroeconomic Dynamics • Review of Economic Dynamics • Review of Economic Studies • Southern Economic Journal • TPEdigitaal. Grant Applications • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Other Activities Chair of the PhD Macro Comprehensive Exam Committee, University of Toronto, 2014. Member of the PhD Macro Comprehensive Exam Committee, University of Toronto, 2011 – 2013. Member of the Undergrad Curriculum Committee, University of Toronto Mississauga, 2012 – Present. Member of the Junior Recruiting Committee, University of Toronto, 2012 / 2013. Co-‐organizer of the Macro Workshop, University of Toronto, 2010 / 2011. Member of the Editorial Board, Tinbergen Magazine, Tinbergen Institute, 2005 – 2008. Member of the Editorial Board, KVS Jaarboek, Royal Netherlands Economic Association, 2006 – 2007. Teaching Experience Instructor University of Toronto, Macroeconomic Theory II (ECO2031H1; Ph.D.), Winter 2011 – 2015. University of Toronto, Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (ECO209Y5Y; B.Com.), Fall/Winter 2014/2015. University of Toronto, Macroeconomic Theory (ECO208Y5Y; B.A.), Fall/Winter 2010/2011 – 2013/2014. University of Chicago, Elements of Economic Analysis I (Econ200; B.A.), Spring 2009 & 2010. University of Chicago, Elements of Economic Analysis II (Econ201; B.A.), Winter 2009 & 2010. Teaching Assistant Tinbergen Institute, Economics of Information (Micro V; Ph.D.), Spring 2006. Tinbergen Institute, Individual Choice and Social Choice (Micro II; Ph.D.), Fall 2005. University of Amsterdam, Statistics I (B.Sc.), Spring 2002.
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