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.

2022–23 Job Market Candidates

Chinmaya Kumar

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Job Market Paper

Complaint Resolution Systems: Experimental Evidence from Rural India

Research Fields

• Development Economics
• Political Economy
• Behavioral Economics
• Labor Economics

Faculty Advisors

• Marianne Bertrand
• Christopher Blattman
• Leonardo Bursztyn
• Michael Kremer

Diego Escobar Salce

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Job Market Paper

When Schools Do Not Like Students: Direct and Spillover Effects of Schools’ Screening

Research Fields

• Labor Economics
• Applied Microeconomics
• Education

Faculty Advisors

• Steven Durlauf
• Marianne Bertrand
• Dan Black

Yuqi Song

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Job Market Paper

The Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts: Differential Labor Responses to "Good" and "Bad" Temperature Forecasts in China

Research Fields

• Environmental and Energy Economics
• Climate Economics
• Chinese Economy

Faculty Advisors

• Ryan Kellogg
• Michael Greenstone
• Amir Jina

Maria Adelaida Martinez Cabrera

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Job Market Paper

How Does Immigration Affect Incumbent Students? Evidence from Venezuelan Migration to Peru” (with Diana Martínez Heredia)

Research Fields

• Applied Microeconomics
• Labor
• Development
• Education
• Migration

Faculty Advisors

• Steven Durlauf
• James Robinson
• Anjali Adukia
• Dan Black

Justin Holz

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Job Market Paper

Minimum Wages and Racial Differences in Hiring: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment

Research Fields

• Public Economics
• Economics of Crime
• Behavioral Economics
• Development Economics

Faculty Advisors

• John List
• Steven Durlauf
• Leonardo Bursztyn

Seunghoon Lee

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Job Market Paper

The Benefits and Costs of a Small Food Waste Tax and Implications for Climate Change Mitigation

Research Fields

• Environmental Economics
• Urban Economics
• Public Economics
• Agricultural Economics

Faculty Advisors

• Ryan Kellogg
• Koichiro Ito
• Siqi Zheng

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