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Students Seeking Employment

Each year, we release a list of doctoral students who are graduating in May and are ready to pursue positions in the public and private sectors as well as at colleges and universities across the world.

PhD Students on the Job Market: 2023-24

Candidate Job Market Paper Fields References
Maxwell Agyemang

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Effect of Retirement on the Physical and mental health of the elderly population in Ghana Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Health Economics, Public Policy
  • Dr. Magda Tsaneva (chair)
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
  • Dr. Sang Hoo Bae
Nayantara Biswas

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Can Community Health Workers Affect Reproductive Health Decisions? Evidence from India Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Health Economics, Labor Economics, Gender Economics, Public Policy
  • Dr. Magda Tsaneva (chair)
  • Dr. Junfu Zhang
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
  • Dr. Jon Denton-Schneider
Jinyan Chang

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The Impact of Canals on Local Growth in the U.S., 1790-1860 Urban/regional economics, economic history, applied econometrics
  • Dr. David Cuberes, (chair)
  • Dr. Junfu Zhang
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
Chao Fang

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Promotion of Putonghua’s Effect on Human Capital Accumulation in Dialect Speaking Regions Development economics, labor economics, applied econometrics, applied microeconomics
  • Dr. Magda Tsaneva, (chair)
  • Dr. Jacqueline Geoghegan
  • Dr. Junfu Zhang
Kulsoom Hisam

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A Streetcar City: Public transit expansion and neighborhood dynamics in early XXth century Chicago Urban Economics, Spatial Economics, Economic History, Applied Microeconomics
  • Dr. David Cuberes (chair)
  • Dr. Junfu Zhang
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
Sahar Mahmood

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The Impact of Cover Crop Contract Design Flexibilities on Enrollment Decisions: Insight from a Choice Experiment on Maryland Farmers Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Spatial Economics, Applied Econometrics
  • Dr Robert J. Johnston (chair)
  • Dr. Junfu Zhang
  • Dr Jacqueline Geoghegan
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
Yajie Sun

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The Effect of Mortgage Indebtedness on the Health of Homeowners in China Development economics, applied econometrics
  • Dr. Magda Tsaneva, (chair)
  • Dr. Junfu Zhang
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
Jiahang (Amy) Zhang

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Do Spectators Influence Referee’s Decisions? New Evidence from the COVID-19 Influence Applied Microeconomics, Sports Economics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics
  • Dr. Sang Hoo Bae (chair)
  • Dr. David Cuberes
  • Dr. Wayne Gray
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