Amelie Constant#
Membership Number: | 3516 |
Membership type: | FOREIGN |
Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2013 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Homepage(s): | https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~ck47/AmelieConstant/ |
ORCID: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5817-8579 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since August 2022 Research Affiliate, The University of Pennsylvania
- 2016-2022 Research Scholar, Princeton University
- 2011-2016 Director of Migration Program, Institute of Labor Economics
- 2009-2015 Visiting Professor, George Washington University
- 2009–2011 Vice Dean, Graduate School at German Institute for Economic Research
- 2007-2011 Research Professor, Graduate School at German Institute for Economic Research
- 2006-2012 Founding Executive Director, DIWDC, Washington, DC
- 2006-2008 Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
- 2004-2011 Deputy Director of Migration, Institute for the Study of Labor
- 2004-2007 Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Labor
- 2003-2004 Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Labor
- 2002-2004 Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
- 1999–2000 Adjunct Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- 2011-2016 Founding Editor, IZA Journal of Migration
Fields of Scholarship
- Health and Wellbeing
- Applied Micro-Econometrics
- Economics of Gender
- Economics of Migration
- Labor Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Economics of Education
Honours and Awards
- Officer of the Executive Committee of the International Atlantic Economic Society (since 2023);
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Economic Association (2020-2023)
- Visiting Research Collaborator, Oslo University, Norway (2022 and 2023)
- Associate Editor of Migration and Society, with Frontiers Journals, Lausanne, Switzerland (since 2018)
- On the Editorial Board of the Atlantic Economic Journal (since 2020)
- Member of the Month by the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES), January 2020
- President of the Society of Government Economists (SGE), Washington, DC (2014-2017)
- Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO)(since 2017)
- Fellow of the CESifo Institutes with the Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany (since 2017)
- Academic member of the Athens Institute for Education & Research (Since 2015)
- On the Editorial Board of Applied Economics Quarterly (Since 2003)
- Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, University of Maastricht (Since 2016)
- Visiting Research Collaborator, Bar Ilan University, Israel (2014)
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences (Since 2013)
- Senior Visiting Fellow at AICGS, Washington DC (January-May 2006)
- Visiting Research Collaborator, Rockwool Foundation and Danish Statistical Office (2005)
- Research Fellow AT RIIM Canada (since 2004)
- Research Fellow at Institute for the Study of Labor (2002-2016)
- Woman of Outstanding Leadership Award by the International Women’s Leadership Association (2012)
- Professional Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women (2009/2010)
- SELECTED GRANTS
- 2016 “Labour Market Impact Evaluation about Women’s Training in Egypt” (ILO). PI: 8 months & $70,000
- 2016 “Immigrant Family Business” (IfM & IZA). CO-PI: 10 months & 200,000 €
- 2013 “Study on Mapping Diasporas/Overseas Communities in the US and EU” (European Commission, Directorate-General of Home Affairs). PI and Team Leader (w. RAND Europe): 12 months & 290,000 €
- 2012 “Improving Access to Labour Market Information for Migrants and Employers” (IOM-LINET). PI: 2 months & 6,000 €
- 2011 “Labor Market Shortages in Germany” by (IOM). PI: 3 months & 8,000 €
- 2009 “Labor Market Integration of Immigrants in Europe” (IOM). PI: 4 months & 12,800 €
- 2009 “Ethnic Identity and the Labor Markets” German Science Foundation (DFG). CO-PI for 12 months: 100,000 €
- 2006 “Study on the Social and Labour Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities,” (European Commission: Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG). CO-PI: 18 months & 321,655 €
- 2004 “The Economics and Persistence of Migrant Ethnicity,” (Volkswagen Foundation). CO-PI: 3 years & 600,000 €
- 2004 “Frontiers in Immigrant Performance,” (Fritz Thyssen Foundation). PI: 2-day workshop & 20,000 €