Vita
Pavlo Demchuk
November, 2011
Office Contact
Department of Economics
Rice University MS-22
6100 South Main Street
Houston, Texas 77005-1892
USA
Tel. (713) 348-4875 (Department)
Fax (713) 348-5278
e-mail pdemchuk@rice.edu
Citizenship: Ukraine, F1 visa
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Rice University
All coursework completed, degree expected May 2012
M.Stat Statistics, Rice University
Program completed, degree expected May 2012
M.A. 2005 Economics, EERC, National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
M.A. 2003 Economics, L’viv Ivan Franko National University (summa cum laude)
B.A. 2002 Economics, L’viv Ivan Franko National University (summa cum laude)
Current Research Interests
Applied Econometrics, Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Energy Economics
Academic Experience
Teaching Assistant
2011 Topics in Econometrics (Graduate), webpage maintenance.
Applied Econometrics
2010 Advanced Economic Statistics (Graduate)
Applied Econometrics
2009 Econometrics
2008 Energy Economics
Grader
2008 Principles of Economics
2007 Principles of Economics
Professional Experience
2005-2007 Junior Economist, Kyiv Economics Institute (KEI)
2004-2007 Assistant Researcher, Ukrainian Productivity and Efficiency Group (UPEG)
Editorial Experience
Co-editor of L’viv University Herald (Economic Series) Vol. 30
Co-editor of the Scientific Compendium of Economics Department at L’viv University, Special Issues №8 and №9
Research
2009
“Testing Differences in Efficiency of Regions Within a Country: the Case of Ukraine” with V. Zelenyuk, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 32, 81-102
Research in progress
Semiparametric Estimation of Production Functions with Shape Constraints (with Robin Sickles and Ximing Wu)
Matching and Propensity Scoring Approaches to Address Problems with Two-Stage DEA and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (with Robin Sickles)
Evaluation of Texas Electricity Market Reform Influence on Productive Efficiency of Electricity Generators
Grants and Awards
2007-current Graduate Fellowship, Rice University
2007 Best Poster Presentation, European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
2003-2005 Graduate Fellowship, EERC, National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Referee
Journal of Econometrics
Journal of Productivity Analysis
Empirical Economics
Conferences
Presentations
“Propensity Scoring Approaches to Address Problems with Two-Stage DEA and Stochastic Frontier Analyses,” European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis XII, Verona, Italy, June 2011
“Texas Electricity Market in Terms of Efficiency Change after Reform of 1996,” European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis XI, Pisa, Italy, June 2009
“Texas Electricity Market in Terms of Efficiency Change after Reform of 1996,” North American Productivity Workshop V, New York, USA, June 2008
“Total Factor Productivity of Ukraine: First Decade,” European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis X, Lille, France, June 2007
“Economic Efficiency of Ukrainian Regions,” The Current Practices and Prospects for Regional Development in Ukraine Conference, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2006
“Economic Efficiency of Ukrainian Regions: How Far Are They Apart?” North American Productivity Workshop V, New York, USA, June 2006
Organizing Committee
June 2012 North American Productivity Workshop VII, Houston, TX, USA (forthcoming)
June 2010 North American Productivity Workshop VI, Houston, TX, USA
July 2005 International Research Conference “Myths and Reality of Productivity Miracles and Failures in Transition Economies,” Kyiv, Ukraine
2004-2005 UPEG Seminar Series, Kyiv, Ukraine
References
Robin Sickles David Scott
Department of Economics Department of Statistics
Rice University Rice University
6100 South Main Street 6100 South Main Street
Houston, Texas 77005-1892 Houston, Texas 77251-1892
USA USA
rsickles@rice.edu scottdw@rice.edu
(713) 348-3322 (713) 348-6037
Valentin Zelenyuk
School of Economics
University of Queensland
12/74 Sir Fred Schonell Drive,
St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4067,
Australia
+61 40 143 53 46;