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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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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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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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
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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 Mommaerts, John Kennan
Qin Lin
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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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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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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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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