Chris N. Sakellariou Associate Professor Division of Economics Humanities and Social Sciences Nanyang Technological University Singapore PERSONAL INFORMATION Home address: 45 Yarrow Gardens, Singapore 455040 Telephone: (Work) 65-7904809 (Home): 65-62453160 E-mail: acsake@ntu.edu.sg chris.sakellariou@gmail.com ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1988 PhD (Economics), University of Ottawa/Carleton University, Canada 1980 MA (Economics), University of Windsor, Canada 1979 BA (Economics), Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. CAREER SUMMARY 2004 Present: Tenured Associate Professor, Division of Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, NTU, Singapore. 1999 2004: Tenured Associate Professor, Division of Applied Economics, Nanyang Business School, NTU, Singapore. 1998 1999: Senior Lecturer, Division of Applied Economics, Nanyang Business School, NTU, Singapore. 1991 1998: Lecturer, Division of Applied Economics, Nanyang Business School, NTU, Singapore. 1
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Fields of Interest Economics of Education Economics of Gender Labour Economics Applied Microeconomics Editorial Responsibilities Associate Editor, Singapore Economic Review Academic Refereeing World Development, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Labor Research, Journal of Economic Studies, Asian Economic Journal, Singapore Economic Review, Asian Economic Bulletin. PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles C. Sakellariou (2017). Private or public school advantage? Evidence from 40 countries using PISA 2012-Mathematics. Applied Economics, Vol. 49 (29): 2875-2892. Zheng Fang and C. Sakellariou (2016). Social Insurance, Income and Subjective Well-being of Rural Migrants in China An Application of Unconditional Quantile Regression. Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol. 17 (4): 1635-1657. C. Sakellariou and Zheng Fang (2016). Returns to schooling for urban and migrant workers in China: A detailed investigation. Applied Economics, Vol. 48 (8): 684-700. Zheng Fang and C. Sakellariou (2016). Living Standards Inequality between Migrants and Local Residents in Urban China A Quantile Decomposition. Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 34 (2): 369-386. Zheng Fang and C. Sakellariou (2015). Glass Ceilings versus Sticky Floors: Evidence from South East Asia and an International Update. Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 29 (3): 215-242. Adireksombat, K., Zheng Fang and C. Sakellariou (2015). The Evolution of Gender Wage Differentials in Thailand: 1991-2007-An Application of Unconditional Quantile Regression. Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 60 (4): 1-30. H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2015). Adult Literacy, Heterogeneity and Returns to Schooling in Chile. Education Economics Vol. 23 (1): 122-136. C. Sakellariou and Zheng Fang (2014). The Vietnam Reforms, Change in Wage Inequality and the Role of the Minimum Wage. The Economics of Transition, Vol. 22(2): 313-340. Zheng Fang and C. Sakellariou (2013). Discrimination in the Equilibrium Search Model with Wage-Tenure Contracts. Annals of Economics and Finance, Vol. 14 (2): 451-480. 2
Zheng Fang and C. Sakellariou (2013). The Evolution of Urban-Rural Living Standards Inequality in Thailand: 1990-2006. Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 27(3): 285-306. C. Sakellariou (2013). Are Cognitive Skills Relevant in Gender Wage Decompositions? Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 65(2): 134-153. C. Sakellariou (2012). Unconditional Quantile Regressions, Wage Growth and Inequality in the Philippines, 2001-2006: The Contribution of Covariates. Applied Economics, Vol. 44 (29): 3815-3830. C. Sakellariou (2012). Central Government vs. Private Sector Wages and Cognitive Skills: Evidence using Endogenous Switching Regressions. Applied Economics Vol. 44 (25): 3275-3286. H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2011). Quality of Schooling and the 1981 Vouchers Reform in Chile. World Development 39 (12): 2245-2256. Fang Zheng and C. Sakellariou (2011). A Case of Sticky Floor: Gender Wage Differentials in Thailand. Asian Economic Journal Vol. 25 (1): 35-54. Lall, A. and C. Sakellariou (2010). The Evolution of Education Premiums in Cambodia: 1997-2009. Asian Economic Journal Vol. 24 (4): 333-354. H. Patrinos, C. Ridao-Cano and C. Sakellariou (2009). A Note on Schooling and Wage Inequality in the Public and Private Sector. Empirical Economics, Vol. 37 (2):383-392. C. Sakellariou (2009). Endogeneity, Computers, Language Skills and Wages among University Graduates in Vietnam. Applied Economics Vol. 41 (5): 653-663. C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2009). The Equity Impact of Public Finance of Private Education Provision in Côte d Ivoire. International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 29: 350-356. C. Sakellariou (2008). Peer Effects and the Indigenous/Non-Indigenous Early Test Score Gap in Peru. Education Economics, Vol. 16 (4): 371-390. R. Maysami and Chris Sakellariou (2008). Financial Liberalization, Deposit Insurance and Bank Stability. Applied Economics Letters vol. 15 (10): 743-747. C. Sakellariou (2006). Benefits of General vs. Vocational/Technical Education for Men and Women in Singapore Using Quantile Regressions. International Journal of Manpower, vol. 27 (4): 358-376 (Special Issue). H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2006). Economic Volatility and Returns to Education in Venezuela. Applied Economics 38 (17): 1991-2005. C. Sakellariou (2006). Education Policy Reform, Local Average Treatment Effect and Returns to Schooling from Instrumental Variables in the Philippines. Applied Economics 38 3
(4): 473-481. H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2005) Schooling and Labour Market Impacts of a Natural Policy Experiment. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 19 (4): 705-719. C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2004). Technology Computers and Wages: Evidence from a Developing Economy. Brussels Economic Review (Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles), vol. 47 (3/4). C. Sakellariou (2004). Gender-Earnings Differentials Using Quantile Regressions. Journal of Labor Research, vol. 25 (3): 457-468. C. Sakellariou (2004). The Use of Quantile Regressions in Estimating Gender Wage Differentials: A Case Study of the Philippines. Applied Economics 36 (9). C. Sakellariou and R. Maysami (2004). Lucas Type External Effects of Human Capital: Strong Evidence from Microdata. Applied Economics Letters 11 (6). C. Sakellariou (2003). Returns to Formal and Technical Education in Singapore. Education Economics, 11(1). C. Sakellariou (2001). Identifying the External Effects of Human Capital: A Two-Stage Approach, Applied Economics Letters 8: 191-194. C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2000). Labour Market Performance of Tertiary Education Graduates in Vietnam, Asian Economic Journal, 14(2): pp. 147-165. C. Sakellariou and A. Lall (2000). Child Labour in the Philippines: Determinants and Effects, Asian Economic Journal 14(3): 233-253. C. Sakellariou and G. Papanikos (1998). An Econometric Application of the Almost Ideal Demand Model to Japanese Tourist Demand for ASEAN Destinations, Journal of Applied Recreation Research 22(2): 157-172. K. Shrestha and C. Sakellariou (1996). "Wage Discrimination: A Statistical Test", Applied Economics Letters 3 (October): 649-651. C. Sakellariou and H.A. Patrinos (1996). "Residual Wage Differences by Gender: Binding the Estimates", Education Economics, 4(3): 231-254. J. Howland and C. Sakellariou (1993). "Wage Discrimination, Occupational Segregation and Visible Minorities in Canada", Applied Economics 25 (11): 1413-1422. C. Sakellariou and J. Howland (1993). "An Expenditure-Determined Macro-econometric Model of Greece: 1960-1985", Economic Modelling 10(1): 35-56. H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (1992). "North American Indians in the Canadian Labour Market: A Decomposition of Wage Differentials", Economics of Education Review 11(3): 257-4
266. World Bank Policy Research Working Papers Fashih, T., H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2013). Functional Literacy, Heterogeneity and Returns to Scholling: Multi-Country Evidence. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6697 (November). Fashih, T., Kingdon, G., H. Patrinos., C. Sakellariou and M. Soderbom (2012). Heterogeneous Returns to Education in the Labor Market. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6170 (August). C. Sakellariou (2012). Decomposing the Increase in TIMSS Scores in Ghana: 2003 2007. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6084 (June). Di Gropello, E. and C. Sakellariou (2010). Industry and Skill Wage Premiums in East Asia. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5379 (July). H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2008). Quality of Schooling, Returns to Schooling and the 1981 Vouchers Reform in Chile. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4617 (May). H. A. Patrinos, C. Ridao-Cano and C. Sakellariou (2006). Accounting for Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education: Evidence from 16 East Asian and Latin American Countries. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4040 (November). M. Hernandez-Zavala, H. A. Patrinos, C. Sakellariou and J. Shapiro (2006). Quality of Schooling and Quality of Schools for Indigenous Students in Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3982 (August). H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2004). Economic Volatility and Returns to Education in Venezuela. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3459 (November). H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2004). Schooling and Labor Market Impacts of a Natural Policy Experiment. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3460 (November). C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2004). Incidence Analysis of Public Support to the Private Education Sector in Cote d Ivoire. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3231 (March). C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2003). Technology Computers and Wages: Evidence from a Developing Economy. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3008 (March), Washington D.C. C. Sakellariou (1995). "Human Capital and Industry Wage Structure in Guatemala", World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 1445 (April), Washington D.C. 5
Book Chapters C. Sakellariou (2017). Closing the Education Gaps. Contribution to Chapter 2: Transcending the Middle-Income Challenge, Asian Development Outlook 2017, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Harry Patrinos and Chris Sakellariou (2009). Returns to Schooling and Vouchers in Chile. In: Emerging Evidence on Vouchers and Faith-Based Providers in Education. F. Barrera-Osorio, Harry Patrinos and Quentin Wodon (Eds). Chapter 3. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Chris Sakellariou (2009). Child Labor and Schooling in the Philippines: Evidence from a Large Nationwide Survey. In: The World of Child Labor: A Historical and Regional Survey, H.D. Hindman (ed.), M. E. Sharp, New York. Chris Sakellariou and Ashish Lall (1999). Child Labour in the Philippines. In: Policy Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study. Christiaan Grootaert and Harry Patrinos (eds), Chapter 6, Palgrave Macmillan (1999), United Kingdom. Invited Conference presentations (Expenses paid) C. Sakellariou (2010). 14 th UNESCO-APEID International Conference: Education for Human Resource Development. Plenary speaker on: Access to and Equity of Higher Education in East Asia. 21-23 October, Bangkok, Thailand. H.A. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2007). Quality of Schooling, Returns to Schooling and the 1981 Education Reform in Chile. Public-Private Partnerships in Education. June 7-8, World Bank, Washington, DC. International Conference Papers C. Sakellariou and Fang Zheng (2017). Early Marriage and Education Outcomes of Indonesian Women. International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender Development: Beyond the Boundaries. Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (June 5-6). C. Sakellariou (2016). Europe 2020: Education, Life-Long Learning, Research and Development and the Economy. 1 st International Conference, Greek Institute of the Economics of Education and Life-Long Learning. Athens, Greece, July 1-3. T. Fashih, H. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (2014). Functional literacy, heterogeneity and the return to schooling: Multi-country evidence. Asia-Pacific Economic Association (APEA) conference, Bangkok, Thailand, July 11-12. K. Andireksombat, Fang Zheng and C. Sakellariou (2010). The Evolution of Gender Wage Differentials and Discrimination in Thailand: 1991-200-An Application of Unconditional Quantile Regression. East Asian Economic Association (EAEA), Seoul, Korea, October. Fang Zheng and C. Sakellariou (2010). Discrimination in the Equilibrium Search Model with 6
Wage-Tenure Contracts. 3rd joint EALE/SOLE conference, University College London, London, UK (June).. C. Sakellariou (2008). "Demand for Skills, Supply of Skills and Education Premiums in Cambodia: 1997-2007", East Asian Economic Association (EAEA), November, Manila. C. Sakellariou (2007). Measuring the cognitive and non-cognitive components of the return to schooling: Evidence from nine countries. International Conference in Modern Labor Economics, December 8-9, Xiamen, China. H. A. Patrinos, C. Ridao Cano and C. Sakellariou (2006). Estimating the Returns to Education: Accounting for Heterogeneity in Ability. International Conference on Economics of Education: Major Contributions and Future Directions. June 20-23, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France. C. Sakellariou (2005). Profitability of General vs. Vocational/Technical Education for Men and Women in Singapore Using Quantile Regressions. 3rs International Conference on Business, Economics, Management and Marketing, June 16-18, Athens, Greece. C. Sakellariou (2004). Education Policy Reform, Local Average Treatment Effect, and Returns to Schooling from Instrumental Variables in the Philippines. 2 nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management and Marketing, June 24-27, Athens, Greece. C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2003). Technology Computers and Wages: Evidence from a Developing Economy. Proceedings of The Regional Conference on Digital Great Mekong Subregion, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand (February). C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (2002). Technology, Computers and Wages: Evidence from a Developing Economy. East-Asian Economic Association Annual Conference, November 4-5, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. C. Sakellariou (2000). Rates of Return to Investments in Formal and Technical/Vocational Education in Singapore. International Conference on Business, Marketing and Management: Past, Present and Future, June 9-11, Athens Greece. C. Sakellariou and H. Patrinos (1999). Labour Market Performance of Tertiary Education Graduates in Vietnam, Proceedings of the International Conference on Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship at the Dawn of the 21 st, Century, Athens, Greece. A. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (1998). Labor Market Performance of Tertiary Education Graduates in Vietnam. International Conference on Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship at the Dawn of the 21 st Century, May 29-31, Athens, Greece C. Sakellariou and G. Papanikos (1995). "An Economertic Application of the AIDS Model to Japanese Tourist Demand for ASEAN Destinations", International Workshop on the Economics of Tourism, organized by the University of Crete and the Fondazione Eni Enrico Matei, October 13-14, Crete, Greece. J. Howland and C. Sakellariou (1993). "Duration of Unemployment Among Canadian Aboriginals", paper presented at the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Canadian Economic 7
Association, Ottawa, Canada, June. J. Howland and C. Sakellariou(1993). "Self-Employment Among Visible Minorities in Canada", paper presented at the meeting of the North American Economics and Finance Association, Anaheim, California, January. C. Sakellariou and J. Howland (1992). "An Expenditure Determined Macroeconometric Model of Greece", paper presented at the International Symposium on Economic Modelling, Gotheborg, Sweden, August. C. Sakellariou and H.A. Patrinos (1992). "Decomposing the Male/Female Earnings Differential: Canada, 1986", Proceedings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Annual Conference, Canada, June, pp. 367-377. J. Howland and C. Sakellariou (1992). "The Wage Effect of Occupational Segregation: The Case of South-East Asian, South Asian and Black Men in Canada", Paper presented at the Twenty- Sixth Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, Prince Edward Island, Canada, June. H.A. Patrinos and C. Sakellariou (1991). "Labour Market Discrimination in Canada: Decomposing the Earnings Differentials Between Natives and Non-Natives", paper presented at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Manchester, England, March. 8