Job Market Candidates 2024-25-draft

Placement Director
Prof. John Kennan
608-262-5393
jkennan@ssc.wisc.edu

Placement Administrator
Becca George
608-263-3879
becca.george@wisc.edu

 

The summary packet with Ph.D. candidates on the job market will be available for download in early November. For updated materials, please see candidate information below.

Laura Boisten

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Job Market Paper:   “Impact of College Major Skills on Lifetime Earnings and Occupational Sorting
Research Interests:   Labor Economics and Applied Microeconomics; Secondary Interests: Economics of Crime, Economics of Education
References:   Christopher Taber, Jeffrey Smith, Rasmus Lentz, John Kennan

Tu Cao

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “The Welfare Implications of Heterogeneous Wage Rigidities in a Simple New Keynesian Model
Research Interests:   Macroeconomics
References:   Kenneth West, Rishabh Kirpalani, Kim Ruhl, Gregory Pac (teaching)

Philip Coyle

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “Maturity Walls
Research Interests:   Macroeconomics, Corporate Finance
References:   Dean Corbae, Kenneth West, Rishabh Kirpalani, Erwan Quintin, Oliver Levine

Duong Dang

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Job Market Paper:   “Customer capital and firm innovation
Research Interests:    Macroeconomics
References:   Rishabh Kirpalani, Dean Corbae, Paolo Martellini

Karla Hernández

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “The Price of Formality: The Role of Social Insurance in Labor Market Choices
Research Interests:   Public Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics
References:   Jeffrey Smith (Chair), Naoki Aizawa, Corina Mommaerts, Ashley Swanson

Kevin Hunt

CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “Employment Contracts for Earnings and Hours
Research Interests:    Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics
References:   John Kennan, Rasmus Lentz, Corina Mommaerts, Christopher Taber

Arjun Jain

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Job Market Paper:   “Better Schools or Healthier Students? Uncovering Hidden Heterogeneity in School Effectiveness
Research Interests:   Public Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics
References:   Christopher Taber (co-chair), Matthew Wiswall (co-chair), Ashley Swanson, Naoki Aizawa

Manisha Jain

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Job Market Paper:   “The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Women’s Fertility Choices and Girls’ Outcomes”
Research Interests:   Public Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
References:   Jeffrey Smith, Corina Mommaerts, Laura Schechter

Soojeong Jung

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Job Market Paper:   “Multidimensional Abilities, Human Capital Accumulation and Wage Growth
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Public Economics
References:   Christopher Taber, John Kennan, Corina Mommaerts

Katya Kazakova

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Job Market Paper:   “Firm’s Public Listing, Investment, and Financing in the Presence of Private Information”
Research Interests:   Corporate Finance, Information Disclosure, Macroeconomics, and International Finance
References:   Dean Corbae, Charles Engel, Kim Ruhl, Dmitry Orlov

Greg Kirwin

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Job Market Paper:   “It’s About Time: Transitioning to Time-of-Use Pricing and Consumer Demand for Electricity”
Research Interests:   IO, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics
References:   Jean-François Houde, Ashley Swanson, Jesse Gregory

Joohyun Lee

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Job Market Paper:   “Dynamics of the Gender Gap in Wage Growth
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Gender Economics
References:   Christopher Taber, Corina MommaertsJohn Kennan

Qin Lin

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “Childcare Availability During Nonstandard Hours and Household Choices
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics
References:   Christopher Taber (co-chair), Matthew Wiswall (co-chair), John Kennan

Elizabeth Llanes

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “Unemployment Insurance Policy: The Impact of Required Reemployment Service and Eligibility Assessment Programs on Worker Outcomes”
Research Interests:   Public Economics, Labor Economics
References:   Jeffrey Smith (Chair), Naoki Aizawa, Corina Mommaerts

Ryan Mather

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “Hometown Labor Markets and Degree Choice
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics
References:   Christopher Taber (chair), Chao Fu, Jesse Gregory, Gregory Pac (teaching)

Julio Mereb

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Job Market Paper:   “Foreign Currency Debt, Financial Frictions, and the Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Research Interests:   International Economics, Open-Economy Macroeconomics, International Finance; Secondary Interests: Macroeconomics, Empirical Macroeconomics, Finance
References:  Charles Engel, Kenneth West, Louphou Coulibaly, Dean Corbae, Simeon Alder

Xinyi Peng

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Job Market Paper:   “Internal Meets External: the Role of Promotion in the Labor Market”
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Personnel Economics
References:   Rasmus Lentz, John Kennan, Christopher Taber

Shannon Sledz

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Job Market Paper:   “Whom to insure – firms or workers?
Research Interests:   Macro-Labor Economics, Corporate Finance
References:   Dean Corbae, Ananth Seshadri, Carter Braxton, Kenneth West

Selidji Caroline Tossou

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Job Market Paper:   “Labor Market Reforms, Flexibility, and Employment Transitions Across Formal and Informal Sectors
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics, Macroeconomics
References:   John Kennan, Corina Mommaerts, Christopher Taber

Xian Wu

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Job Market Paper:   “Dynamic Market Choice
Research Interests:    Market Microstructure, Microeconomic Theory, Macro-Finance
References:   Marzena Rostek (chair), Briana Chang, Jean-François Houde, Sebastien Plante

Jiemin Xu

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CV   ·   Personal Website   ·   Email
Job Market Paper:   “Parent-Child Strategic Interaction and Skill Development in Adolescence
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Education
References:   Christopher Taber (co-chair), Chao Fu (co-chair), Matthew Wiswall