Graduate Program / Career Placement / Current Job Market Candidates

Job market candidates from the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago

Additional information, including a packet of CVs, may be requested from:

Robert Lucas, Co-Director of Placement, 773-702-8191

Casey Mulligan, Co-Director of Placement, 773-702-6576

Julie Less, Graduate Student Affairs Administrator, 773-702-8254

Prospective employers may also contact the students and their advisors directly via the e-mail addresses provided below in the table. Many of these students also have a separate home page on which you may find a copy of their job market paper, curriculum vitae, and an abstract for the dissertation, all in either .pdf or .ps format, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader. To inform the Department about a job opening, internship or another available professional opportunity for graduate students, please contact Julie Less. She will post that information in the Department and inform interested students. For opportunities and openings for undergraduate students, contact Robert Herbst.

CVs of All Job Market Candidates | List of GSB Student Resumes

Matrix of Job Market Candidates and Fields of Specialization

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

AGRAWAL, Ashwini K. email: aagrawal@chicagogsb.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~aagrawa1
*Thesis:* “Corporate Governance and the Role of Labor Unions”
*Job Market Paper:* “Corporate Governance Objectives of Labor Union Shareholders”
*Primary Field:* Corporate Finance *Secondary Field:* Labor Economics	*References:* Marianne Bertrand Morten Sorensen Steven Kaplan Joshua Rauh

BATISTA, Catia email: catia.batista@economics.ox.ac.uk homepage: http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/members/catia.batista/
*Thesis:* “Joining the EU: Capital Flows, Migration and Wages”
*Job Market Paper:* “Why Doesn't Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries? Micro Evidence from the European Integration Experience”
*Primary Fields:* Economic Growth International Trade and Migration Macroeconomics *Secondary Fields:* Applied Econometrics Labor Economics Monetary Economics	*References:* Nancy Stokey Robert Lucas Casey Mulligan Peter Neary

CARVALHO, Vasco M. email: carvalho@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~carvalho/
*Thesis:* “Aggregate Fluctuations and the Network Structure of Intersectoral Trade”
*Primary Fields:* Macroeconomics Applied Econometrics *Secondary Fields:* Econometrics (Time Series) Growth Economic History	*References:* Lars P. Hansen Robert E. Lucas Timothy Conley

CHERIF, Abderrahmane Reda email: cherif@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~cherif
*Thesis:* “The OPEC Syndrom, Windfalls and Technological Diversification”
*Primary Field:* Growth, Trade and Development *Secondary Fields:* Monetary Economics Econometrics	*References:* Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (Chair) Casey B. Mulligan Thomas Chaney

CHOI, Seung Mo email: choism@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~choism
*Thesis & Job Market Paper:* “Sources of Growth and Sources of Knowledge”
*Primary Fields:* Macroeconomics Growth and Development International Trade *Secondary Fields:* Asset Pricing Money and Banking	*References:* Robert Lucas, Jr. (Chair) Nancy Stokey Samuel S. Kortum Grace Tsiang

DE LOS SANTOS, Babur email: babur@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~babur
*Thesis:* “Consumer Search on the Internet”
*Primary Fields:* Industrial Organization Applied Microeconomics Labor Economics *Secondary Field:* Public Finance	*References:* Ali Hortacsu Gunter Hitsch Chad Syverson

FIACCADORI, Marco email: fiacca@uchicago.edu homepage: http://marco.fiaccadori.googlepages.com/
*Thesis:* “Essays on the Relationship between Cooperative and Non-cooperative Games”
*Job Market Paper:* "Non-cooperative Analysis of Monotonic Solutions"
*Primary Fields:* Economic Theory/Mathematical Econ Contract Theory Applied Microeconomics/Price Theory *Secondary Fields:* Development Industrial Organization/Theory of the Firm Economics of Sport	*References:* Hugo F. Sonnenschein (Chair) Roger B. Myerson Philip J. Reny

FILLAT, Jose L. email: jlfillat@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~jlfillat
*Thesis:* “Housing as a Measure for the Long-run Risk”
*Primary Fields:* Macroeconomics Finance Asset-Pricing Housing Market *Secondary Fields:* Game Theory Political Economy	References: Lars P. Hansen Monika Piazzesi Harald Uhlig

GARDUNO, Hugo A. email: hgarduno@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~hgarduno
*Thesis:* “Essays in Consumption-based and Production-based Asset-Pricing Models”
*Job Market Paper:* “Intangible Capital and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns”
*Primary Fields:* Finance Macroeconomics *Secondary Fields:* Applied Econometrics Industrial Organization	*References:* Lars Hansen Fernando Alvarez Monika Piazzesi John H. Cochrane Pietro Veronesi

GARETTO, Stefania email: garettos@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~garettos
*Thesis:* “Input Sourcing and Multinational Production”
*Primary Fields:* International Trade Macroeconomics *Secondary Fields:* Growth Industrial Organization	*References:* Robert Lucas (Chair) Fernando Alvarez Christian Broda Tom Chaney Nancy Stokey

GUO, Sheng email: shengguo@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~shengguo/
*Thesis:* “Switching Regression Estimates of Limited Financial Market Participation Models”
*Job Market Paper:* “Switching Regression Estimates of Limited Financial Market Participation Models: An Application to Intergenerational Economic Transmission in the United States"
*Primary Fields:* Applied Econometrics Macroeconomics *Secondary Fields:* Labor Economics Financial Economics Population Economics	*References:* Casey Mulligan (Chair) Robert Fogel Susanne Schennach

KIM, Young-II Albert email: kimyia@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~kimyia
*Thesis:* “Impact of Birth Subsidies on Fertility: Empirical Study of Allowance for Newborn Children, a Pronatal Policy”
*Primary Fields:* Applied Microeconomics Population Economics/Demographics *Secondary Fields:* Industrial Organization Applied Econometrics	*References:* Gary Becker John List Patrick Heuveline

MELZER, Brian email: bmelzer@chicagogsb.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~bmelzer
*Thesis:* “The Real Costs of Credit Access: Evidence from the Payday Lending Market”
*Primary Fields:* Household Finance Financial Institutions *Secondary Fields:* Urban Economics	*References:* Marianne Bertrand Toby Moskowitz Erik Hurst Amir Sufi Luigi Zingales

PIONER, Heleno Martins email: pioner@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~pioner
Thesis: “Semiparametric Identification of Multidimensional Screening Models”
*Primary Fields:* Econometrics Industrial Organization *Secondary Fields:* Applied Micro Computational Economics	*References:* James Heckman Jeremy Fox Austan Goolsbee Rosa Matzkin

STIXRUD, Jora email: stixrud@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~stixrud
*Thesis:* “Teacher Quality in U. S. Schools: Has It Declined? If So, Why Has It Declined and How Could It Be Improved?”
*Job Market Paper:* “U. S. Teacher Quality from 1960 until Today: A Supply and Demand Analysis”
*Primary Fields:* Applied Microeconomics Labor/Human Capital *Secondary Field:* Applied Econometrics	*References:* James Heckman (Chair) Wouter Dessein Derek Neal

KAMDAR, Amee email: akamdar@chicagogsb.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~akamdar/
*Thesis:* “Male Incarceration and Teen Fertility”
*Primary Fields:* Applied Microeconomics/Price Theory Labor Economics Law and Economics Health Economics *Secondary Field:* Industrial Organization	*References:* Steven Levitt (Chair) Gary Becker Jonathan Guryan

KENDALL, Todd D. email: todd@toddkendall.net homepage: http://www.toddkendall.net/
*Job Market Paper:* “Technology, 'Superstars,' and 'The Long Tail'” "The Effect of Search Costs on Divorce: Evidence from the Rise of the Internet"
*Primary Fields:* Applied Microeconomics Industrial Organization Labor Economics *Secondary Field:* Law and Economics	*References:* Gary Becker Robert Tamura Robert Tollison

KORIYAMA, Yukio email: yukio@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~yukio
*Thesis:* “Essays on Social Decision Making Mechanisms”
*Job Market Paper:* "A Resurrection of the Condorcet Jury Theorem"
*Primary Fields:* Game Theory Political Economics Public Economics *Secondary Fields:* Spacial Economics Development Economics	*References:* Roger Myerson (Chair) Philip Reny Balazs Szentes Robert Townsend

KOVRIJNYKH, Andrei email: kovrijny@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~kovrijny
*Thesis:* “Career Uncertainty and Dynamic Incentives”
*Primary Fields:* Labor Economics Microeconomic Theory *Secondary Fields:* Economic Growth International Macroeconomics	*References:* Canice Prendergast Balazs Szentes Robert Shimer Derek Neal

KOVRIJNYKH, Natalia email: nkovrijn@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~nkovrijn
*Thesis:* “Dynamic Lender-Borrower Relationships”
*Job Market Paper:* "Debt Contracts with Short-Term Commitment"
*Primary Fields:* Macroeconomics Dynamic Contract Theory *Secondary Fields:* Game Theory Computational Economics	*References:* Robert E. Lucas, Jr. Robert Shimer Hugo Sonnenschein Balazs Szentes

LI, Bin email: binli@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~binli/
*Thesis:* “Evaluating Structural Vector Autoregression Models in Monetary Economies”
*Primary Fields:* Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Time Series Econometrics *Secondary Fields:* Finance Computational Economics	*References:* Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (Chair) Casey Mulligan Nancy Stokey Harald Uhlig

MATHEW, Benjamin email: bgm@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~bgm/
*Thesis:* “Sorting by Stock Performance Among Merging Firms”
*Primary Fields:* Corporate Finance Industrial Organization Labor Economics	*References:* Casey Mulligan Gary Becker Chad Syverson

MATHUR, Divya email: divya@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~divya
*Thesis:* “What's Love Got To Do With It? Parental Involvement and Spouse Choice in Urban India”
*Primary Fields:* Labor Economics Applied Microeconomics Development *Secondary Fields:* Population Economics/Demography Industrial Organization	*References:* Ali Hortacsu (Chair) Marianne Bertrand Emily Oster

MITYAKOV, Sergey email: smityako@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~smityako
*Thesis:* “Special Interests and Financial Liberalization: The Case of Mexico”
*Job Market Paper:* Special Interests and Financial Liberalization: The Case of Mexico"
*Primary Fields:* Development/Growth Financial Economics Macroeconomics/Money & Banking *Secondary Fields:* Political Economy Climate Change	*References:* Nancy Stokey (Chair) Gary Becker Robert Townsand

PAWASUTIPAISIT, Anan email: apawasut@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~apawasut
*Thesis:* “Family Formation and Dissolution in Walrasian Markets”
Job Market Paper: "Family Formation in Walrasian Markets"
*Primary Fields:* Development Applied Microeconomics *Secondary Fields:* Macroeconomics Labor Economics	*References:* Pierre-Andre Chiappori Roger B. Myerson Robert M. Townsend

TOMARELLI PETKUS, Marie email: mtomarel@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~mtomarel
*Thesis:* “Market Structure and Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Solid Waste Industry"
*Primary Fields:* Industrial Organization Applied Microeconomics *Secondary Fields:* Human Capital & Labor Economics Environmental Economics Growth	*References:* Chad Syverson Steven Levitt Allen Sanderson Scott Keating

VELA, Oscar E. email: velatre@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~velatre
*Thesis:* “Essays on Tax Compliance"
*Job Market Paper:* "Social Values, Professional Reputation and Tax Evasion"
*Primary Fields:* Public Finance Public Sector Economics Applied Econometrics *Secondary Field:* Macroeconomics/Money and Banking	*References:* Casey B. Mulligan (Chair) Roger B. Myerson Austan Goolsbee

VICENTE, Pedro C. email: pedro.vicente@economics.ox.ac.uk homepage: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~econ0192/
*Thesis:* “Essays on Corruption and the Natural Resource Curse”
*Primary Fields:* Development Economics Political Economy Experimental Economics *Secondary Fields:* Microeconomic Theory Applied Econometrics	*References:* Roger Myerson Marianne Bertrand Casey Mulligan Paul Collier Marcel Fafchamps

YAMADA, Hiroyuki email: yamada@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~yamada
*Thesis:* “The Impact of the Introduction of Sectoral Minimum Wage on Low Wage Markets in a Low Income Country: Evidence from South Africa"
*Primary Fields:* Development Economics Labor/Population Economics Applied Econometrics *Secondary Fields:* Public Economics Environmental Economics	*References:* Casey Mulligan Robert Townsend Robert LaLonde