The doctoral program at Harris Public Policy prepares students interested in research-oriented careers in such areas as crime, education, conflict, health, microeconomics, and political economy.

2023–24 Job Market Candidates


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Laura Montenegro

Laura Montenegro

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Job Market Paper

Forging Apartheid: Market Access and the Rise of National Identity in Colonial South Africa

Research Fields

  • Economic History
  • Political Economy
  • Development Economics

Faculty Advisors

  • James Robinson
  • Christopher Blattman
  • Richard Hornbeck

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Mythili Vinnakota

Mythili Vinnakota

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Job Market Paper

Levees: Infrastructure and Insurance as Adaptation to Flood Risk

Research Fields

  • Environmental Economics
  • Public Finance

Faculty Advisors

  • Koichiro Ito (Chair)
  • Ryan Kellogg
  • Manasi Deshpande

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Wendy Wong

Wendy Wong

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Job Market Paper

Optimal Monitoring and Bureaucrat Adjustments

Research Fields

  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Development Economics
  • Personnel Economics

Faculty Advisors

  • Michael Kremer
  • Canice Prendergast
  • Konstantin Sonin
  • Luis Martinez

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Angela Wyse

Angela Wyse

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Job Market Paper

Saved by Medicaid: New Evidence on Health Insurance and Mortality from the Universe of Low-Income Adults

Research Fields

  • Labor Economics
  • Public Economics
  • Urban Economics

Faculty Advisors

  • Bruce D. Meyer
  • Dan Black
  • Dmitri Koustas

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Ruochen Yi

Ruochen Yi

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Job Market Paper

Political structure and Balance of power, evidence from mid-level officials' promotion in China

Research Fields

  • Political Economy
    • Non-Democratic Countries
  • Development
  • Comparative Politics

Faculty Advisors

  • Steven Durlauf
  • Roger Myerson
  • James Robinson

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Daria Zelenina

Daria Zelenina

Research Fields

  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Political Economy
  • Development Economics

Faculty Advisors

  • Jens Ludwig
  • Dan Black
  • Anthony Fowler
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Steans Professor in Educational Policy

Steven Durlauf

Steven Durlauf’s research spans many topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics. His most important substantive contributions involve the areas of poverty, inequality and economic growth.