Fredrik Sävje Department of Economics Uppsala University P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden +46 (0)73 939 76 01 [email protected] http://fredriksavje.com Current Position & Affiliations Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Uppsala University (ecd. 2015). Affiliated Ph.D. Student, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies. Education 2013–2014 Visiting Student Researcher, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley. 2013 Ph.Lic., Economics, Uppsala University. 2010 B.A., Economics & Political Science, Uppsala University. Working Papers On the Advantages of Threshold Blocking. Improving Experiments by Optimal Blocking: Minimizing the Maximum Within-block Distance, with Michael Higgins and Jasjeet Sekhon. Defining and Identifying Incumbency Effects. Revisiting the Educational Effects of Fetal Iodine Deficiency, with Niklas Bengtsson and Stefan Peterson. Works in Progress A two-factor approximation algorithm for paired threshold blocking. Semi-blocking: Cross block dependence to improve inference. Or-Matching: Reducing extrapolation error in sparse samples, with Jasjeet Sekhon. Hypothesis testing with the Synthetic Control Method, with Michihito Ando. Health and Labor Supply: New Evidence from Epigenetic Imprinting, with Alejandro del Valle. The Get Out of Jail Card: The Effect of Political Office on Court Rulings, with Sebastian Axbard. Grants, Fellowships & Awards Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2013–2015, SEK 2,595,000, with Niklas Bengtsson, Eva Mörk and Jonas Poulsen. The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius foundation, 2013–2014, SEK 321,000. The Siamon foundation (Stiftelsen Siamon), 2013, conference grant. Fredrik Sävje 2 Presentations 2015 UK Causal Inference Meeting, University of Bristol, scheduled. Department of Statistics, Uppsala University, scheduled. 2014 Department of Economics, Uppsala University. Quantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences Seminar, UC Berkeley. 2013 7th Nordic Econometric Meeting, Norwegian School of Economics. Department of Statistics, Umeå School of Business and Economics. Uppsala Center for Labor Studies. 2012 Department of Economics, Uppsala University. Teaching Experience 2015 Co-instructor, Economics of Development, Intermediate level, scheduled. 2012 Supervisor, B.A. thesis. 2011–2012 Teaching Assistant, Micro theory I, PhD level. 2011–2012 Teaching Assistant, Introductory Micro- and Macroeconomics, Basic level. 2011 Teaching Assistant, Micro theory with Applications, Intermediate level. Research Experience 2014 Research Assistant for Jasjeet Sekhon, UC Berkeley. Professional & University Service Reviewer for Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Member of the board, PhD Council for Social Sciences, 2011–2012. Non-academic Experience Co-founder, Random Works, 2014–present. Co-founder and treasurer, Pareto Uppsala Economic Association, 2010–2011. President, Uppsala Political Science Students, 2010. Last updated February 5, 2015.
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