Ph.D. Career Outcomes
- 2023-2024: 12 Graduates
Name Dissertation Title Dissertation Supervisor(s) First Position Current Position Anushka Mitra Essays on Labor Market Dynamics and Information Frictions Ayşegül Şahin, Andreas Mueller, and Olivier Coibion Federal Reserve Board, Economist Ebrahim Aliabadi Farahani Essays in Industrial Organization Daniel Ackerberg Keystone Consulting, Economist Gue Sung Choi Essays in Education Economics Richard Murphy Korean Development Institute, Associate Research Fellow Ha Bui Essays in Macroeconomics Olivier Coibion, Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, and Christoph Boehm Grinnell College, Assistant Professor Hande Nur Celebi Essays in Education Economics Richard Murphy Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Post-Doc Jinyeong Son Essays on Public and Labor Economics Marika Cabral Placement: Harvard Kennedy School, Post-Doc Jung Hyub Lee Essays on Causal Mediation Analysis and Social Interactions Jason Abrevaya University of Tokyo, Research Assistant Professor Prankur Gupta Essays in Development Economics Dean Spears Amazon, Economist Trenton Herriford Essays on Wage and Price Setting Andreas Mueller University of Texas at Austin, Lecturer Yihang Zhou Essays on Information Economics and Game Theory V. Bhaskar Nankai University, Assistant Professor Zhenning Zhao Essays on Business Cycles and Firm Heterogeneity Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai Bank of America, Economist Ziyue Xu Essays on Health and Environmental Economics Manuela Angelucci Placement: Boston University School of Public Health, Research Scientist - 2022-2023: 15 Graduates
Name Dissertation Title Dissertation Supervisor(s) First Position Current Position Abolfazl Rezghi Essays on Information and Financial Frictions in Macroeconomics Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai International Monetary Fund, Economist Bokyung Kim Essays on Health Economics and Public Policy Marika Cabral Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Post-Doc then University of Connecticut, Assistant Professor Changseok Ma Essays in Macroeconomics Olivier Coibion and Chris Boehm Korean Development Institute, Associate Research Fellow David Jang Essays on Business Cycles and Labor Market Adjustments Ayşegül Şahin and Andreas I. Mueller Bureau of Economic Analysis, Research Economist Dongchen Zhao Essays on Firm Dynamics and Financial Frictions Ayşegül Şahin, Andreas I. Mueller, and Saroj Bhattarai Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, Visitor then University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor Frederico Godinho Essays on Central Bank Communication Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai Bank of Portugal, Economist Ignacio Nunez Essays on the FCC’s Broadband Subsidy Auctions Eugenio Miravete Charles River Associates, Economist Joseph Stemmler On the Economics of Carbon Capture Maxwell Stinchcombe Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University, Post-Doc Justus Timmers Medicaid in ACA Marketplaces: The Welfare Impact of New Hampshire's Medicaid Experiment Bob Town and Dan Ackerberg Bates White, Economist Lauri Kytömaa Essays on Information Frictions and Foreclosure Prevention Dan Ackerberg and Eugenio Miravete Cornell SC Johnson School of Business, Assistant Professor Mauricio Stern Essays on Effects of International Prices Shocks Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai Bank of Mexico, Research Economist Qingsong Pan Essays on Production Function Estimation Dan Ackerberg Shandong University, Assistant Professor Rachel Behrmann Essays on Outcomes from Federal and State Health Policies Manuela Angelucci Georgia Institute of Technology, Lecturer Roberto Gillmore Essays on Education and Development Economics Leigh Linden and Richard Murphy Central Bank of Chile, Senior Economist Sadhika Bagga Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets Ayşegül Şahin, Andreas I. Mueller, and Olivier Coibion Columbia Business School, Post-Doc & Roosevelt Institute, Fellow then University of Rochester, Assistant Professor - 2021-2022: 15 Graduates
Name Dissertation Title Dissertation Supervisor(s) First Position Current Position Akiva Yonah Meiselman Essays on Inference and Education Economics Leigh Linden RIPL (Research Improving People's Lives), Economist Andrew Lee Essays on Compensation, Incentives, and Representation Richard Murphy and Steve Trejo Federal Trade Commission, Economist Anjali P. Verma Essays on Determinants of Disparity in Education and Labor Market Outcomes Rich Murphy and Steve Trejo Amazon, Economist Emrehan Aktug Essays on Business Cycles and Monetary Policy Saroj Bhattarai and Oli Coibion Sabancı University, Assistant Professor Eric Schulman Essays on Model Selection Sukjin Han and Brendan Kline Congressional Budget Office, Economist Gwangmin Kim Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics Oli Coibion Meta (Facebook), Research Scientist Jin Yan Essays on Student Debt, Unemployment, and Labor Market Outcomes Aysegul Sahin and Andi Mueller Revelio Labs, Economist Molin Li Labor Supply, Health, and Informal Caregiving of the Elderly Michael Geruso and Stephen Trejo University of Nottingham Ningbo, China Nir Eilam Essays on Health and Labor Economics Manuela Angelucci and Mike Geruso UNC Greensboro, Assistant Professor Sam Stripling Essays in Health Economics Rich Murphy and Steve Trejo Integra, Economist Samuel Arenberg Essays on Child Development Dean Spears and Mike Geruso NBER (Aging and Health) Post-Doc; then University of Houston, Assistant Professor Sangita Vyas Interrelationships among Health, the Environment, and Social Inequality in India Dean Spears Hunter College (CUNY), Assistant Professor Seth Neller Essays on Health Economics and the Early-Life Determinants of Adult Outcomes Marika Cabral University of Tennessee, Assistant Professor Shaofei Jiang Essays on Persuasion and Disclosure V. Bhaskar and Caroline Thomas University of Bonn, Post-Doc Songjie Huang Essays on Econometrics Brendan Kline and Haiqing Xu Walmart, Senior Data Scientist - 2020-2021: 10 Graduates
Name Dissertation Title Dissertation Supervisor(s) First Position Current Position Alexandra Charbi Essays on Information Provision in Health Insurance Markets Robert Town Charles River Associates, Senior Associate Carlos Esparza Essays on Education and Religion Manuela Angelucci and Leigh Linden Saint Louis University, Assistant Professor Ivan Larsen Essays on Verifiable Disclosure Games Daniel Ackerberg Department of Justice (Antitrust Division), Economist James Brand Essays on Consumer Demand in U.S. Retail Markets Jorge Balat Microsoft Research, Economist Jan Schlupp Essays on Firms in International Trade Olivier Coibion and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar Amazon, Economist Jiwon Park Essays on Education, Policy, and Health Leigh Linden Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Pablo I. Varas Essays on New-Product Industries with Uninformed Consumers Daniel Ackerberg, Eugenio Miravete Economists Incorporated, Economist Sangwoo Choi Essays on Theoretical Industrial Organization V. Bhaskar Luohan Academy (Alibaba Group), Economist Shenshen Yang Essays on Nonparametric and Semiparametric Identification and Estimation Jason Abrevaya, Sukjin Han Tianjin University, Assistant Professor Vasudha Jain Essays on Information Design Games and Strategic Communication Vasiliki Skreta Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Assistant Professor - Accordion 5Panel 5. Add body text in this space.