Ph.D.s 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.

2024–25 Job Market Candidates

Ari Anisfeld

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Job Market Paper

Language, Identity and Ethnic Cohesion in Schools

Research Fields

• Labor Economics
• Applied Econometrics
• Development Economics

Faculty Advisors

• Steven Durlauf
• Lesley Turner
• Anjali Adukia
• Raul Sanchez de la Sierra

Emileigh Harrison

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Job Market Papers

Impact of Free Community College: Evidence from Chicago

Separation of Church and State Curricula? Examining Public and Religious Private School Textbooks

Research Fields

• Labor Economics
• Economics of Education

Faculty Advisors

• Anjali Adukia
• Steven Durlauf
• Marianne Bertrand
• Michael Dinerstein

Kisoo Kim

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Pepi Pandiloski

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Social Learning in Segregated Networks

Research Fields

• Development
• Political Economy
• Social Networks

Faculty Advisors

• James Robinson
• Steven Durlauf
• Oeindrila Dube
• Leonardo Bursztyn

Goya Razavi

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Job Market Paper

Universal Higher Education and Upward Mobility: Degree Returns, Admission Policies and Student Sorting

Research Fields

• Labor Economics
• Economics of Education
• Urban Economics

Faculty Advisors

• Steven Durlauf
• Atila Abdulkadiroglu
• Dan Black
• James Heckman

Rohen Shah

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When the Student Becomes the Master: A Field Experiment on Learning by Creating Math Tutoring Videos

Research Fields

• Experimental Economics
• Economics of Education
• Behavioral Economics

Faculty Advisors

• Ariel Kalil
• John List
• Jens Ludwig
• Lesley Turner