PhD Students on the Job Market
The Department of Economics is committed to preparing our graduates for successful research and teaching careers. For more information on our talented alumni or to request a candidate’s CV, please reach out to our faculty or placement administrators listed below. If you are an alumna or alumnus of the program, please visit the Alumni Outcomes page to learn more about how to stay involved, and please see the list of PhD Alumni Job Placements.
Summary Placement Sheet of Job Market Candidates
Current PhD Students on the Job Market
Kathryn Blanchard
- Primary Areas of Concentration: Economics of Education, Labor Economics
- Secondary Areas: Public Economics
- Job Market Paper Title: Parent Loans in Higher Education: Implications for Students
- Advisors: Stephanie Cellini (main advisor), Elira Kuka (main advisor)
- Email: [email protected]
Prerna Dokania
- Primary Areas of Concentration: Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Development Economics
- Secondary Areas: Labor and Behavioral Economics
- Job Market Paper Title: Incentivizing Professional Development in Early Childhood Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment
- Advisors: Stephen Smith (main advisor), Stephanie R. Cellini (main advisor), Elira Kuka, Alessandra Fenizia
- Email: [email protected]
Shatakshi Gupta
- Primary Areas of Concentration: Development Economics, Labor Economics
- Secondary Areas: Gender Economics, Public Policy
- Job Market Paper Title: Doing More Harm than Good? Labour Market Consequences to Maternity Leave Extension of India
- Advisors: Stephen Smith (main advisor), Alessandra Fenizia (main advisor), Remi Jedwab, Yingyan Zhao
- Email: [email protected]
Maheen Javaid
- Primary Areas of Concentration: Development Economics
- Secondary Areas: Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics
- Job Market Paper Title: Up in Smoke: The Educational Toll of Air Pollution
- Advisors: Remi Jedwab, Alessandra Fenizia
- Email: [email protected]
Zhoudan (Zoey) Xie
- Primary Areas of Concentration: Macroeconomics, Regulation
- Secondary Areas: Economic Growth, Innovation
- Job Market Paper Title: Regulation-Driven Innovations: A Textual Analysis of U.S. Patents and Federal Regulations
- Advisors: Tara Sinclair, Roberto Samaniego, Leah Brooks
- Email: [email protected]
Jingwen Zheng
- Primary Areas of Concentration: Urban and Real Estate Economics, Program and Policy Evaluation
- Secondary Areas: Development Economics
- Job Market Paper Title: How Real Estate Responds to Regulatory Changes over the Long Run: Evidence from the Closure of Hong Kong’s Downtown Airport
- Advisors: Leah Brooks (main advisor), Remi Jedwab (main advisor), Paul Carrillo, Tanner Regan
- Email: [email protected]
Contact Us Regarding a Candidate
Placement Administrators
Grace Lee
202-994-6150
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Leilani Djaouga
202-994-3481
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Placement Faculty
Chao Wei
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Associate Professor of Economics
Paul Carrillo
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Steven Hamilton
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Professor of Economics