## MAI CHI DAO

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### Contact and Affiliation
- Research Department, International Monetary Fund  
- Office address: 700 19th St, HQ1-9-603H, Washington, DC 20431  
- Tel (office): 202-623-9805  
- Email: mdao@imf.org  
- Updated: November 2012

### Education
- 2009 Ph.D Economics, with Distinction, Columbia University, New York  
- 2007 M. Phil Economics, Columbia University  
- 2006 M.A. Economics, Columbia University  
- 2004 M.A. Economics (with Thesis), Summa Cum Laude, Free University Berlin, Germany

### Professional Experience
- Since 09/12: Economist at the Research Department, Immediate Office, IMF  
- 03/11-09/12: Economist (EP) at the European Department, E2 Division, IMF  
- 09/09-03/11: Economist (EP) at the Research Dept, Development Macro Division, IMF  
- Summer 2007: Summer Intern at the European Department, Regional Studies Division, IMF  
- Summer 2004: Intern at the Deutsche Bundesbank, Department of Banking and Financial Supervision, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

### Fields of Interest
- Macroeconomics  
- International Economics  
- Labor Economics

### Selected Recent Publications
- “Foreign Labor Costs and Domestic Employment: What are the Spillovers?”, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 89 (1), pp. 154-171, January 2013.  
- “International Spillovers of Labour Market Policies”, Oxford Economic Papers, doi: 10.1093/oep/gps031, forthcoming.  
- “The Human Cost of Recessions: assessing It, Reducing It”, with Prakash Loungani, IMF Staff Position Note 10/17.  
- “The Tragedy of Unemployment”, with Prakash Loungani, Finance & Development, Vol. 47 (4), pp. 22-25, December 2010.  
- “The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion”, with Prakash Loungani and ILO co-authors, Official Discussion Document for the Joint ILO-IMF conference in cooperation with the office of the Prime Minister of Norway, Oslo, September 2010, http://www.osloconference2010.org  
- “The real exchange rate and employment in China”, with Ruo Chen, IMF Working Paper 11/148. Covered by the Wall Street Journal.  
- “Monetary policy analysis in low-income countries in the face of the global crisis: The case of Zambia”, with Alfredo Baldini, Andrew Berg, Jaromir Benes and Rafael Portillo, IMF Working Paper 12/94.  
- “International Spillover of Labor Market Reforms: the case of Europe”, IMF Working Paper No. 08/113  
- “Common stochastic volatility trends in international stock returns” with Jürgen Wolters, in International Review of Financial Analysis 17 (2008), pp. 431-445.

### Language Skills
- Native in Vietnamese and German  
- Fluent in English, Spanish, Chinese  
- Good knowledge of French

### Honors and Fellowships
- 2008 – 2009: Dissertation Fellowship, GSAS, Columbia University  
- 2005 – 2007: Japan IMF Scholarship advanced studies in Economics, IMF Institute  
- 2004 – 2005: GSAS Graduate Fellowship, Columbia University  
- July 2004: Dean’s Award for the Best Diploma in Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany  
- 2001 – 2004: Merit Scholarship by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany

### Teaching & Research Experience
- Summer 2008: Co-Instructor, Time Series Econometrics, Columbia University  
- Spring 2008: Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics, Columbia University  
- Fall 2007-2008: Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics, Columbia University  
- Spring 2008: Research Assistant for Prof. Till von Wachter, Columbia University

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