Eva Sierminska


"Despite offers from the US, it would be thrilling to be able to return to Poland and be able to develop as a researcher working with other well-trained specialists."

Education

  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Ph.D. in Economics (expected May 2003)
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, course work in population and demography (June 2002 - May 2003)
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, M.A. in Economics (1999)
  • Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland, M.Sc. in Quantitative Methods in Economics (1996)

Research and Teaching Interests

Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Population Economics

Recent Papers

  • "Immigrants and State Clustering: Effect of Welfare Benefits?", Manuscript, Johns Hopkins University September 2002
  • "The Effect of Social Benefits on Women's Labor Market Outcomes,", Work in Progress, Johns Hopkins University
  • "A Comparison of Income, Expenditures and Home Market Value Distributions Using Luxembourg Income Study Data from the 1990s" with Thesia Garner, Johns Hopkins University, August 2002
     

My dissertation consists of two essays: " Immigrants and State Clustering: Effect of Welfare Benefits?," and "Female Income Differentials with Means-Tested or Universal Benefits." My general interests are in the field of labor and population economics, and applied microeconomics. I have done research on the residency choice and welfare recipiency of the foreign-born and native populations, the effect of social benefits on women's labor market outcomes in Poland and other countries, and inequality measurement using income and expenditure data. As a graduate student instructor at Johns Hopkins University, I taught microeconomics and macroeconomics.
I also taught international trade, statistics and mathematics for economists at the undergraduate level as the primary instructor. Previously,
  I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Robert Moffitt at JHU and at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, D.C.

 
"Poland is systematically underrepresented at international conferences. The goal of WISER would be to encourage well-trained Poles to return to Poland and to create an environment conducive to high quality research leading to a greater presence of Poles in the international arena. It is a very exciting project, which could lead to the training of high-quality specialists in all aspects of the economy. It is imperative that Poland, the biggest country in Central Europe and soon a full member of the EU, has well-developed research facilities and researchers able to fully cooperate at the international level with economists from other countries. Despite other offers from the US, it would be thrilling to be able to return to Poland and be able to develop as a researcher working with other well-trained specialists."

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