## C ́ıan Allen

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [C ́ıan Allen](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/cian-allen.pdf)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/cian-allen.pdf.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/cian-allen.pdf.json)

---

### Personal
- Date of Birth: 20/03/1991
- Email: callen@imf.org
- Nationality: Irish
- Website: www.cianallen.org
- Languages: English, French

### Employement
- Sep. 2019- Economist Program, International Monetary Fund
  - 2nd Rotation: Research Department, Open Economy Division
  - 1st Rotation: African Department, Regional Studies Division

### Education
- 2015-2019 PhD in Economics, Trinity College Dublin
  - Advisor: Philip R. Lane, Co-Advisor: Agust ́ın B ́en ́etrix
- 2017-2018 Visiting PhD Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
- 2015 MRes in Economics (APE), Paris School of Economics - ENS/EHESS
- 2012 BSc in Economics, Dipl. in Law, University of Paris II

### Research
- Research Areas: International Macroeconomics, International Finance
- Publication:
  - Revisiting External Imbalances: Insights from Sectoral Accounts
    - Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 96, September 2019, Pages 67-101
- Work in Progress:
  - Retained Earnings and Global Imbalances
  - External Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Maame Hagan)
  - Household Wealth and the Net International Investment Position
  - The Rise of German Corporate Saving (with Ruo Chen, and Joana Pereira)
- Referee Work:
  - Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of World Economics

### Policy Contributions
- External Sector Report, 2021
- Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook, April 2021
- Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Update, IMF Special Series on COVID-19, 2021
- Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook, October 2020

### Previous Employment
- 2018 Summer Intern, International Monetary Fund, USA
- 2014 Intern, Analyst. Sovereign Advisory Group, Lazard, Paris
- 2013 R.A. for Philip Lane, IIIS, Trinity College Dublin

### Presentations
- IMF outreach: Agence Francaise de Development, Banque de France
- Conferences:
  - RIEF 2019 (Marseille)
  - Euroframe 2019 (Dublin)
  - EconomiX 2019 (Nanterre)
  - IAOS-OECD 2018 (Paris)
  - European Economic Conference 2017, 2018 (Lisbon, Cologne)
  - Irish Economic Conference 2017 (Dublin)
- Seminars:
  - Federal Reserve Board 2019
  - Banque de France 2019
  - IMF EUR seminar 2018, 2018
  - Trinity College Dublin 2015, 2016, 2018
  - UC, Berkeley 2017 Macro Reading Group
- Posters:
  - ESCoE Conference 2019
  - ECB Forum 2018 (Sintra)
  - CEBRA Annual Meeting 2018 (Frankfurt)
  - ASSA Annual Meeting 2018 (Philadelphia)
- Discussant:
  - CEBRA Annual Meeting 2018 (Frankfurt)

### Teaching Experience
- 2019 T.A. Economy of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
- 2017 T.A. Intermediate Economics, Trinity College Dublin
- 2013 T.A. International Macroeconomics, University Paris Dauphine
- 2012 T.A. Macroeconomics, University of Paris II

### Scholarship and Awards
- 2019 Royal Economic Society PhD Award
- 2018 Selected for Young Economist Session at ECB Forum in Sintra
- 2018 Trinity College Dublin PhD Travel Grant
- 2015-2019 Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Scholarship
- 2015-2019 Grattan Fellowship
- 2012 Prix de l’Universit ́e Paris II-Panth ́eon Assas (ranked 1st)

---


_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/cian-allen.pdf_