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  • 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  
    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  
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