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.

2025–26 Job Market Candidates

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Claire Fan

Claire Fan 

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Dam thy neighbor: International relations and the externalities of impounding rivers

Research Fields

  • Environmental Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy

Faculty Advisors

  • Koichiro Ito
  • Oeindrila Dube
  • Amir Jina
  • James Robinson

    Haoran Gao

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    Haoran Gao

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    Job Market Papers

    Trade Wars Begin in Boardrooms: How Chinese Competition Pulled Cooperate America Towards Protectionism

     

    Research Fields

    • Political Economy
    • Development Economics
    • International Economics

    Rubina Hundal

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    Rubina Hundal

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    Job Market Papers

    Discrimination on a Mutable Trait: Labor-Market Penalties for Oral Appearance

    Learning by Doing (Work): Experimental Evidence from a School-Based Internship Program in India

    Research Fields

    • Development Economics
    • Labor Economics
    • Education

    Faculty Advisors

    • Anjali Adukia
    • Dan Black
    • Alex Imas
    • Joshua Dean

    Steve Kim

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    Steve Kim

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    Job Market Paper

    The Political Foundations of Developmental States

    Research Fields

    • Political Economy
    • Development Economics
    • Comparative Politics

    Faculty Advisors

    • James Robinson
    • Konstantin Sonin
    • Steven Durlauf

    Laura Montenegro Helfer

    Visiting Fellow | Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science

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    Laura Montenegro Helfer

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    Job Market Paper

    Gilded Apartheid: Market Access & the Forging of Afrikaner National Identity in Colonial South Africa

    Research Fields

    • Political Economy
    • Economic History
    • Development Economics

    Faculty Advisors

    • James Robinson
    • Christopher Blattman
    • Richard Hornbeck

    Danielle Nemschoff

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    Danielle Nemschoff

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    Job Market Paper

    Does Distance from Home Matter in Prison? Effects on Visitation and Recidivism

    Research Fields

    • Labor Economics
    • Applied Microeconomics
    • Economics of Crime

    Faculty Advisors

    • Dan Black
    • Evan Rose
    • Dmitri Koustas

    Daniel Sonnenstuhl 

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    Daniel Sonnenstuhl

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    Job Market Paper

    Working Without Wages: The Consequences of Widespread Pay Delays

    Research Fields

    • Development Economics
    • Labor Economics
    • Experimental Economics
    • Political Economy

    Faculty Advisors

    • James Robinson
    • Gregory Lane
    • Eduardo Montero

     

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    Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor

    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.