Melika Liporace is a Swiss-Italian citizen studying for a Master's degree in Economics at the University of Lausanne. She has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Lausanne with an average grade of 5.3/6 and studied for a year at the University of Mannheim where she earned an average grade of 1.8/1. Her academic projects include a master's thesis on the threat of war and voluntary enchainment, and research work on development economics and the effects of birth epoch on risk aversion. She has work experience as a substitute teacher, private tutor, research assistant, and in hospitality. She is fluent in English, French, German, and Italian.
1. Melika Liporace
23 October 1991
Single, Swiss, Italian
! +41 (0)79 624 82 12
! melika.liporace@gmail.com
Route de Plambuit 10
1892 Lavey-village, Switzerland
Education
2010-present University of Lausanne, HEC department, Switzerland
– Master of Sc. in Economics, Average Grade – 5.7/6.
– Bachelor of Sc. in Economics, Average Grade – 5.3/6.
2014 University of Mannheim, Germany
– Academic Exchange in Economics Graduate Program, Average Grade – 1.8/1
Academic Projects
Spring 2015 Threat of War and Voluntary Enchainment, HEC Lausanne
– Master Thesis in Theory of Conflicts
Fall 2014 Empirical Public Finance and Economic Policy, University of Mannheim
– Referee Report on Agrawal (2014) - The Internet as a Tax Haven?
Summer 2014 Development Economics (Research Assistant), HEC Lausanne
– Research on the education of African leaders and major French CEO’s,
in regard of abnormal exports between French firms and African countries
Spring 2014 Microeconometrics, HEC Lausanne
– The Effects of Birth Epoch on Risk Aversion:
Empirical Approach in the Health Retirment Study (Stata)
Work Experience
Education related
2011-present State of Valais’ Canton, Sion, Switzerland
– Substitute teacher for Ecoles du Haut Lac and CO du Reposieux (Switzerland)
From primary to middle school, namely in Math, English, French, Computer Science
2008-present Various private employers
– Private Tutor
From primary school to university, namely in Statistics, Macroeconomics,
Microeconomics, Math, Economics, Physics, English, French
2014 University of Lausanne, Switzerland
– Research Assistant
Data collecting and data encoding (Stata)
Strong knowledges in Statistics, both applied and theoretical:
Advanced formation in Econometrics, including applied work
Personal interests for Modelling, taste for theoretical fields:
Elaboration of a purely theoretical model for the Master Thesis
Broad Interpersonal skills, inclination for international environment:
Experiences abroad improving the communication skills
2. 2012-2014 Aidan College, Lavey, Switzerland
– Private Teacher and Tutor
High school level, in Economics, Statistics and Probability
Other
2009-present Lavey les Bains S.A.
– Receptionnist
– Barmaid
2007-present Various catering firms
– Waitress, as an extra on demand
Languages Programming
Mothertongue French Proficient Microsoft Office, LaTeX
Fluent English Working Stata
Conversant German, Italian Familiar HTML, CSS, Javascript, C
Interests
Theater
2010-present Troupe du théâtre neuf, Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
– Treasurer and commity member
– Actress in several plays
2008-present Théâtre du Martolet, Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
– Benevolent usherette
References
Available upon request