Job Market Candidates 2023-2024

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

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

 

Our 2023-24 UW-Madison Econ Job Market Candidate Summary Packet is available for download. For updated materials, please see candidate information below.

Jonathan Becker

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Job Market Paper:   “Lender Private Information and Adverse Selection in the Wholesale Mortgage Market”
Research Interests:   Industrial Organization, Mortgage Finance
References:   Kenneth Hendricks, Jean-François Houde, Dayin Zhang

Luming Chen

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Job Market Paper:   “The Dynamic Efficiency of Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from the Wind Industry
Research Interests:   Industrial Organization, Environmental and Energy Economics
References:   Panle Jia Barwick, Kenneth Hendricks, Jean-François Houde, Shanjun Li

Nisha Chikhale

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Job Market Paper:   “Parental Beliefs, Social Learning, and Intergenerational Mobility”
Research Interests:   Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
References:   Ananth Seshadri (co-chair), Kenneth West (co-chair), Jeffrey Smith, Carter Braxton, Stella Chan (teaching)

Sharada Dharmasankar

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Job Market Paper:   “When School Matters: The Effects of Elementary, Middle, and High School Quality on Longer-Run Outcomes”
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Education
References:   Christopher Taber, John Kennan, Jesse Gregory, David Johnson (teaching)

Natalie Duncombe

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Job Market Paper:   “Missing Routine Work: Automation and the Life Cycle
Research Interests:   Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
References:   Rasmus Lentz, Ananth SeshadriChristopher Taber

Youngjae Hwang

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Job Market Paper:   “Implications of Lump Sum Deposit Rental Agreements on Savings, Housing Demand, and Welfare”
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Real Estate, Housing Market, Life Cycle Model
References:   Christopher Taber (co-chair), Rasmus Lentz (co-chair), Jesse Gregory

Jeremy Kirk

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Job Market Paper:   “The Impact of Parental Resources on Human Capital Investment and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Great Recession”
Research Interests:   Public Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Economics
References:   Jeffrey Smith, Matthew Wiswall, Jesse Gregory, David Johnson

Katsuhiro Komatsu

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Job Market Paper:   “Temporary Layoffs and Unemployment Insurance
Research Interests:   Public Economics, Labor Economics
References:   Naoki Aizawa (Chair), Rasmus Lentz, Corina Mommaerts, Jeffrey Smith

Jingnan (Jane) Liu

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Job Market Paper:   “Worker Mobility, Knowledge Diffusion, and Non-Compete Contracts
Research Interests:   Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Economic Growth, Firm Dynamics
References:   John Kennan (co-chair), Rasmus Lentz (co-chair),  Dean Corbae

Elise A. Marifian

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Job Market Paper:    “As Seen on TV: The Effects of Advertising on Demand for College”
Research Interests:   Public/Labor Economics, Education, Crime, Childcare
References:   Jeffrey Smith (co-chair), Christopher Taber (co-chair), Matthew Wiswall, Naoki Aizawa

Jon McClure

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Job Market Paper:   “Markups and Costs under Capacity Constraints: the Welfare Effects of Hotel Mergers
Research Interests:   Industrial Organization, Econometrics
References:   Alan Sorensen, Jean-François Houde, Lorenzo Magnolfi

April Meehl

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Job Market Paper:   “Bailouts, Bail-ins, and Banking Industry Dynamics”
Research Interests:   Banking, Macroeconomics, Corporate Finance
References:   Dean Corbae, Erwan Quintin, Rishabh Kirpalani, Kim Ruhl

Lois Miller

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Job Market Paper:   “Switching Schools: Effects of College Transfers
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Education
References:   Jeffrey Smith (Chair), Christopher Taber, Matthew Wiswall, Nicholas Hillman, Stella Chan (teaching)

Sarah Waldfogel

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Job Market Paper:   “Selling Misrepresentation: The Effect of Out-of-District Donations on Candidate Positioning”
Research Interests:   Industrial Organization, Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics
References:   Jean-François Houde (co-chair), Alan Sorensen (co-chair), Christopher Sullivan, Eleanor Neff Powell

Mengqi Wang

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Job Market Paper:   “Spatial Implications of Trade Cost Reduction with Resource Reallocation Frictions
Research Interests:   International Economics, Macroeconomics
References:   Kim J. Ruhl (Chair), Charles M. Engel, Louphou Coulibaly

Tianli Xia

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Job Market Paper:   “The Welfare Effects of Resale Price Maintenance: Evidence from the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry”
Research Interests:   Empirical Industrial Organization, Quantitative Marketing, Health Economics
References:   Panle Barwick, Jean-François Houde, Ashley Swanson, Shanjun Li, Ted O’Donoghue

Hoyoung Yoo

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Job Market Paper:   “The Welfare Consequences of Incoming Remote Workers on Local Residents
Research Interests:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Urban Economics
References:   John Kennan (co-chair), Christopher Taber (co-chair), Jesse Gregory, Daniel Sacks

Wentao (Eric) Zhou

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Job Market Paper:   “The Firm Balance Sheet Channel of Uncertainty Shocks”
Research Interests:   Quantitative Macro, Corporate Finance, International Trade
References:   Kenneth West, Kim Ruhl, Charles Engel, Oliver Levine

Post-Doctoral Candidates

Md Moshi Ul Alam

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Job Market Paper:   “Labor Market Consequences of Pay-equity Laws”
Areas of Concentration:   Labor Economics, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics
References:   Christopher Taber, Jeffrey Smith, Jesse Gregory, Steven Lehrer