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 Seshadri, Christopher 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