PhDs on the Job Market

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daria Zelenina

Research Fields

• Applied Microeconomics
• Political Economy
• Development Economics

Faculty Advisors

• Jens Ludwig
• Dan Black
• Anthony Fowler