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.
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 | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
| AGRAWAL, Ashwini K. email: aagrawal@chicagogsb.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~aagrawa1 |
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| Thesis: “Corporate Governance and the Role of Labor Unions” | |
| Job Market Paper: “Corporate Governance Objectives of Labor Union Shareholders” | |
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| AKKUS, Oktay email: akkus@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~akkus |
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| Thesis: “Essays on Applications of Endogenous Matching” | |
| Job Market Paper: “Endogenous Matching and the Determinants of Underpricing in IPO Markets” | |
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| BATISTA, Catia email: catia.batista@economics.ox.ac.uk homepage: http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/members/catia.batista/ |
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| 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” | |
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| CARVALHO, Vasco M. email: carvalho@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~carvalho/ |
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| Thesis: “Aggregate Fluctuations and the Network Structure of Intersectoral Trade” | |
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| CHERIF, Abderrahmane Reda email: cherif@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~cherif |
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| Thesis: “The OPEC Syndrom, Windfalls and Technological Diversification” | |
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| CHOI, Seung Mo email: choism@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~choism |
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| Thesis & Job Market Paper: “Sources of Growth and Sources of Knowledge” | |
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| DE LOS SANTOS, Babur email: babur@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~babur |
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| Thesis: “Consumer Search on the Internet” | |
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| FIACCADORI, Marco email: fiacca@uchicago.edu homepage: http://marco.fiaccadori.googlepages.com/ |
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| 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 |
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FILLAT, Jose L. |
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| Thesis: “Housing as a Measure for the Long-run Risk” | |
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| GARDUNO, Hugo A. email: hgarduno@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~hgarduno |
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| 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 (Chair) Fernando Alvarez John H. Cochrane Monika Piazzesi Pietro Veronesi |
| GARETTO, Stefania email: garettos@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~garettos |
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| 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 |
| GUGLIELMO, Mark email: markg@cpe.uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~mgugliel/ |
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| Thesis: “Illinois State Bank Failures in the Great Depression” | |
| Job Market Paper: "The Role of Economists in Military Intelligence in World War II" | |
| Primary Fields: Macroeconomics Money and Banking Secondary Fields: Economic Development Economic History |
References: Robert Fogel Lester D. Telser |
| GUO, Sheng email: shengguo@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~shengguo/ |
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| 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 |
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| KAMDAR, Amee email: akamdar@chicagogsb.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~akamdar/ |
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| 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 Marianne Bertrand Jonathan Guryan |
| KENDALL, Todd D. email: todd@toddkendall.net homepage: http://www.toddkendall.net/ |
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| Job Market Paper: “Technology, 'Superstars,' and 'The Long Tail'” "The Effect of Search Costs on Divorce: Evidence from the Rise of the Internet" |
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References: Gary Becker Robert Tamura Robert Tollison |
| KIM, Young-II Albert email: kimyia@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~kimyia |
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| Thesis: “Impact of Birth Subsidies on Fertility: Empirical Study of Allowance for Newborn Children, a Pronatal Policy” | |
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References: Gary Becker John List Patrick Heuveline |
| KORIYAMA, Yukio email: yukio@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~yukio |
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| Thesis: “Essays on Social Decision Making Mechanisms” | |
| Job Market Paper: "A Resurrection of the Condorcet Jury Theorem" | |
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References: Roger Myerson (Chair) Philip Reny Balazs Szentes Robert Townsend |
| KOVRIJNYKH, Andrei email: kovrijny@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~kovrijny |
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| Thesis: “Career Uncertainty and Dynamic Incentives” | |
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References: Canice Prendergast Balazs Szentes Robert Shimer Derek Neal |
| KOVRIJNYKH, Natalia email: nkovrijn@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~nkovrijn |
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| Thesis: “Dynamic Lender-Borrower Relationships” | |
| Job Market Paper: "Debt Contracts with Short-Term Commitment" | |
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References: Robert E. Lucas, Jr. Robert Shimer Hugo Sonnenschein Balazs Szentes |
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| LEE, Min Sok email: mslee@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~mslee |
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| Thesis: “Tomorrow Never Dies: Reputation under Positive and Negative Reciprocity” | |
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References: John List (Chair) Uri Gneezy Ali Hortacsu Steven Levitt |
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| LI, Bin email: binli@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~binli/ |
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| Thesis: “Evaluating Structural Vector Autoregression Models in Monetary Economies” | |
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References: Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (Chair) Casey Mulligan Nancy Stokey Harald Uhlig |
| MATHEW, Benjamin email: bgm@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~bgm/ |
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| Thesis: “Sorting by Stock Performance Among Merging Firms” | |
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References: Casey Mulligan Gary Becker Chad Syverson |
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MATHUR, Divya |
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| 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 |
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MELZER, Brian |
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| Thesis: “The Real Costs of Credit Access: Evidence from the Payday Lending Market” | |
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References: Marianne Bertrand Toby Moskowitz Erik Hurst Amir Sufi Luigi Zingales |
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MITYAKOV, Sergey |
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| 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 |
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PAWASUTIPAISIT, Anan |
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| Thesis: “Family Formation and Dissolution in Walrasian Markets” | |
| Job Market Paper: "Family Formation in Walrasian Markets" | |
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| PIONER, Heleno Martins email: pioner@uchicago.edu homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~pioner |
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| 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 |
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STIXRUD, Jora |
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| 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 |
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TOMARELLI PETKUS, Marie |
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| 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 |
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VELA, Oscar E. |
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| 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 |
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VICENTE, Pedro C. |
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| Thesis: “Essays on Corruption and the Natural Resource Curse” | |
| Job Market Paper: "Is Vote Buying Effective? Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa" | |
| 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 |
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YAMADA, Hiroyuki |
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| Thesis: “The Impact of the Introduction of Sectoral Minimum Wage on Low Wage Markets in a Low Income Country: Evidence from South Africa" | |
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References: Casey Mulligan Robert Townsend Robert LaLonde |
