UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022
PLACEMENT CHAIR: Benjamin Handel Associate Professor Phone: (609) 240-5199 Email: [email protected]
PLACEMENT COORDINATOR: Janene C. Vernard Asst. Director of Graduate Student Services Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: UC Berkeley Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, # 3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
PLACEMENT WEBSITE: https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates
Department of Economics University of California, Berkeley Graduate Placement Office
This roster contains all Curriculum Vitae for the 2020-2021 candidates available for positions in the 2021-2022 academic year. It will not be revised in the event that additions, deletions, or modifications are made to individual vita.
For updated candidate information, please visit our Job Market web site at https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates starting on November 2, 2020.
SUMMARY LISTING OF UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS JOB MARKET CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR
Primary Desired Research and Fields of Expected Date of References Name/Degree Interest Dissertation Title Completion (*Supervisor) Aoyagi, Jun Finance “Essays in Market Microstructure” May 2021 *Nicole Garleanu B.A. (Economics), University of Tokyo Financial Economics Terrence Hendershott M.A. (Economics), University of Tokyo Christine Parlour
Baek, ChaeWon Macroeconomics "Essays in Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Monetary Policy, and Labor Market" May 2021 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko B.A. (Economics- Summa Cum Laude), Seoul National University Macro-Labor Economics David H. Romer M.A. (Economics), Seoul National University Benjamin Schoefer
Bleemer, Zachary Labor Economics "Essays in Labor Economics, Economic Mobility, and Higher Education" May 2021 *David Card B.A. (Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy), Amherst College Applied Econometrics Jesse Rothstein Christopher Walters Henry Brady
Brown, Christina Development Economics “Essays on Personnel Economics in Low-Income Countries” May 2021 *Supreet Kaur B.A. (Physics and Political Science), University of California, Los Angeles Labor Economics Edward (Ted) Miguel M.Ed. (Curriculum and Teaching), Boston University Christopher Walters M.A. (Development Economics), Tufts University Asim Khwaja
Campos, Christopher Labor Economics "Essays on the Economics of School Choice" May 2021 *Christopher Walters B.A., B.S. (Economics, Statistics), University of California, San Diego Economics of Education David Card M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley Jesse Rothstein Reed Walker
Cohen, Isabelle Development Economics “Innovations in Service Delivery: Tax Compliance, Decentralization and International May 2021 *Frederico Finan B.A. (International Relations), William & Mary Public Economics Aid” Edward (Ted) Miguel M.P.P. (Public Policy), William & Mary Ernesto Dal Bó
Dordal Carreras, Marc Macroeconomics "Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy: Theory, Evidence and Policy May 2021 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko B.A. (Economics), Universitat Pompeu Fabra International Economics Prescriptions" Andres Rodriguez-Clare M.Sc. (Economics), Universitat Pompeu Fabra Christina Romer M. Res. (Economics), Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Garcia-Lembergman, Ezequiel International Trade "Essays on Multi-regional Firms in Domestic and Foreign Markets" May 2021 *Benjamin Faber B.A. (Economics), Universidad de Buenos Aires Urban Economics Andres Rodriguez-Clare M.A. (Economics), University of San Andres Cecile Gaubert Stefano DellaVigna Gonzalez-Lira, Andres Industrial Organization “Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies” May 2021 *Steve Tadelis B.A. (Business, Economics), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Applied Microeconomics Kei Kawai M.A. (Economics), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Reed Walker
Graziani, Grant Behavioral Economics "Essays on Race and Health in the US" May 2021 *Hilary Hoynes B.A. (Economics- Statistics), Columbia University Labor Economics David Card Ben Handel Jonathan Kolstad
Holmes, Jonathan Public Economics "Essays on Health Insurance Policy and Inequality in the United States" May 2021 *Ben Handel B.Soc. Sci. (Economics), University of Ottawa Health Economics Jonathan Kolstad M.A. (Economics), Queen's University Danny Yagan
Hou, Junyi Development Economics “Essays in Development Economics and Political Economy" May 2021 *Gerard Roland B.A. (Economics), Nankai University Political Economy Yuriy Gorodnichenko M.Sc. (Economics & Mathematical Economics), London School of Economics Andres Rodriguez-Clare
Khan, Muhammad Yasir Development Economics "Essays on the Incentives and Motivations of State Personnel" May 2021 *Ernesto Dal Bo B.Sc. (Economics), Lahore University of Management Sciences Personnel Economics *Edward Miguel M.P.P. (Public Policy), National University of Singapore Political Economy Frederico Finan M.P.A. (Public Administration), Columbia University Noam Yuchtman
McCrory, Peter Macroeconomics "Essays in Macroeconomics" May 2021 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko B.A. (Economics, Philosophy), Covenant College Public Policy Alan Auerbach Emi Nakamura David Romer
SUMMARY LISTING OF UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS JOB MARKET CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR
Primary Desired Research and Fields of Expected Date of References Name/Degree Interest Dissertation Title Completion (*Supervisor) Messer, Todd International Economics "Essays in Macroeconomics and Trade" May 2021 *Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas B.A. (Economics, Mathematics), Rutgers University Macroeconomics Benjamin Faber Christina Romer
Panigrahi, Piyush International Trade “Essays on Spatial Production Networks” May 2021 *Andres Rodriguez-Clare B.Tech. (Mining Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Economic Geography Dave Donaldson M.Sc. (Econometrics & Mathematical Economics), London School of Economics Thibault Fally Cecile Gaubert Pourbabaee, Farzad Economic Theory "Essays in Venture capital, Reputation and Learning" May 2021 *Robert M. Anderson B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), Sharif University of Technology Finance Gustavo Manso M.A. (Mathematics), McMaster University Chris Shannon M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley
Qiu, Wenfeng Economic Theory "Essays in Microeconomic Theory" May 2021 *David Ahn B.A. (Economics), Sun Yat-sen University Haluk Ergin M.S. (Economics), Tufts University Larry Karp Chris Shannon
Roussille, Nina Labor Economics "Essays in Labor Economics" May 2021 *Patrick Kline B.A. (Economics), Université Paris Dauphine Applied Econometrics Hilary Hoynes M.A. (Economics), Polytechnique and Paris School of Economics Gabriel Zucman
Sauzet, Maxime International Finance & Macroeconomics "Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice in an International Context" May 2021 *Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas M.Eng. (Computer Science), INSA Lyon Finance (Asset Pricing) Nicolae Garleanu M.Sc. (Economics, Public Policy), SciencesPo Paris, École Polytechnique, ENSAE Macroeconomics Martin Lettau Hélène Rey Jón Steinsson Scot, Thiago Development Economics "Essays in Development Economics" May 2021 *Ernesto Dal Bó B.A. (International Relations), Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio de Janeiro Public Economics Frederico Finan M.A. (Economics), Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio de Janeiro Reed Walker Guo Xu
Unrath, Matt Labor Economics "Essays in Labor and Public Economics" May 2021 *Jesse Rothstein B.A. (International Studies), Boston College Public Hilary Hoynes M.P.P. (Public Policy), UC Berkeley Economics Alexander Gelber
CROSS LISTING BY PRIMARY FIELDS UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR
APPLIED ECONOMETRICS FINANCIAL ECONOMICS MACRO- LABOR ECONOMICS Bleemer, Zachary Aoyagi, Jun Roussille, Nina Sauzet, Maxime Baek, ChaeWon
APPLIED HEALTH ECONOMICS PERSONNEL ECONOMICS MICROECONOMICS Holmes, Jonathan Khan, Muhammad Yasir Gonzalez-Lira, Andres INDUSTRIAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS ORGANIZATION Hou, Junyi Graziani, Grant Gonzalez-Lira, Andres Khan, Muhammad Yasir
DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ECONOMICS/ ECONOMICS ECONOMICS/TRADE FINANCE
Brown, Christina Dordal Carreras, Marc Aoyagi, Jun Cohen, Isabelle Garcia-Lembergman, Ezequiel Cohen, Isabelle Hou, Junyi Panigrahi, Piyush Holmes, Jonathan Khan, Muhammad Yasir Messer, Todd Pourbabaee, Farzad Scot, Thiago Scot, Thiago INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Unrath, Matthew
ECONOMICS OF Sauzet, Maxime PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION LABOR ECONOMICS McCrory, Peter Campos, Christopher Bleemer, Zachary URBAN ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY Brown, Christina Campos, Christopher Garcia-Lembergman, Ezequiel Panigrahi, Piyush Graziani, Grant Roussille, Nina ECONOMIC THEORY Unrath, Matthew
Pourbabaee, Farzad MACROECONOMICS Qiu, Wenfeng Baek, ChaeWon Dordal Carreras, Marc McCrory, Peter Messer, Todd Sauzet, Maxime
PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES OF REFERENCES FOR UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS JOB MARKET CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR
References Email Anderson, Robert [email protected] Auerbach, Alan [email protected] Brady, Henry [email protected] Card, David [email protected] Dal Bo, Ernesto [email protected] Donaldson, David [email protected] Faber, Benjamin [email protected] Fally, Thibault [email protected] Finan, Frederico [email protected] Garleanu, Nicolae [email protected] Gaubert, Cecile [email protected] Gorodnichenko, Yuriy [email protected] Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier [email protected] Graham, Bryan [email protected] Handel, Benjamin [email protected] Hendershott, Terrence [email protected] Hoynes, Hilary [email protected] Jansson, Michael [email protected] Kaur, Supreet [email protected] Khwaja, Asim [email protected] Kline, Patrick [email protected] Kolstad, Jonathan [email protected] Lettau, Martin [email protected] Manso, Gustavo [email protected] Miguel, Edward [email protected] Nakamura, Emi [email protected] Parlour, Christine [email protected] Powell, James [email protected] Rey, Helene [email protected] Rodriguez-Clare, Andres [email protected] Roland, Gerard [email protected] Romer, Christina [email protected] Romer, David [email protected] Rothstein, Jesse [email protected] Schoefer, Benjamin [email protected] Shannon, Chris [email protected] Steinsson, Jon [email protected] Walker, Reed [email protected] Walters, Christopher [email protected] Yagan, Danny [email protected] Zucman, Gabriel [email protected]
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] Jun Aoyagi [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/junaoyagi19900505/home
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Finance Market Microstructure Financial Economics Asset Pricing, FinTech
DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays in Market Microstructure” Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Nicolae Garleanu Other References: Professors Christine Parlour and Terrence Hendershott
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD The University of Tokyo M.A. 2015 Economics The University of Tokyo B.A. 2013 Economics
PAPERS: 1. “Dark Side of Delaying Order Execution,” Job Market Paper 2. “Quality Uncertainty and Market Transparency with Decentralized Information Management” with D. Adachi 3. “Endogenous Information Cycles” 4. “Liquidity Provision by Automated Market Makers” 5. “Lean Against Bubbles vs. Clean Up After Bubble Collapses,” with T. Hirano (Univ. of London) and I. Masaru (Kansai) 6. Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology, (2020), Ch. 3 “Implications to the real economic transactions,” with D. Adachi, The German National Library
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (*presented by co-author): 2020: NFA Conference (Banff, Canada)/ Northeastern University Finance Conference (Boston)/ ES European Winter Meeting (planned) 2019: FRA Conference (Las Vegas)/ GSU-RFS FinTech Conference/ NYU-Stern Annual Microstructure Meeting/ NFA Conference (Vancouver, Canada)/ Southampton Cryptocurrency Research Conference* 2018: Junior Finance Conference (University of Tokyo)/ Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium/ ISER Moriguchi Prize Report Session (Osaka University)/ Summer Workshop in Economic Theory (Hokkaido University)
RESEARCH POSITION: 2019: Summer Internship Program at IMF/ Research Assistant for Professor Christine Parlour (UC Berkeley) 2017 -18: Research Assistant for Professor Katsuhito Iwai (ICU) 2015 -16: Research Assistant for Professor Tomohiro Hirano (University of Tokyo)
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Department of Economics, UC Berkeley Wage Theory and Policy (2016)/ Introduction to Mathematical Economics (2015) Department of Economics, University of Tokyo Macroeconomics I, II (graduate level; 2014, 2015)/ Proactive seminar in macroeconomics (2015)/ Corporate Finance (2014)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, UC Berkeley 2019 FRA Travel Grant/ Ripple Blockchain Initiative Award 2018 The 2018 Moriguchi Prize, ISER Osaka University 2016-18 The Japan-IMF Scholarship, IMF 2015-20 The Nakajima Foundation Fellowship 2015 The First Year Fellowship, UC Berkeley/ JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1) OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English (fluent), Japanese (native) Citizenship: Japan (visa status: J-1)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
ChaeWon Baek [email protected] http://sites.google.com/view/100cwbcw BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Macroeconomics International Economics Macro-labor Economics Macro-econometrics FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Monetary Policy, and Labor Market" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko Other References: Professors David H. Romer and Benjamin Schoefer PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Seoul National University M.A. 2015 Economics Seoul National University B.A., Summa Cum Laude 2013 Economics PAPERS: ● Good Jobs and Bad Jobs over the Business Cycle: Implications for Inclusive Monetary Policy (Job Market Paper) ● A Guide to Single Equation Regressions for Impulse Response Estimations (with Byoungchan Lee), submitted ● Estimating the Effects of Central Bank Communications (with Nick Sander)
PUBLICATIONS: ● Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data (with Peter McCrory, Todd Messer, and Preston Mui), Review of Economics and Statistics (Accepted)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Graduate Student Researcher Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Summers 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) Research Assistant Jae-Young Kim, Department of Economics, Seoul National University (2013-2015) TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2015- Spring 2020) Macroeconomic Theory for Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Graduate), Macroeconomic Theory for Jón Steinsson (Graduate), International Monetary Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics (Regular and Honors) Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Seoul National University (Fall 2013- Fall 2015) Introductory Statistics for Economists (Graduate), Dynamic Economics (Graduate), Time Series Econometrics FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2021 Spring Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2020/21 Berkeley Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2019 Research Grant, Clausen Center for International Business and Policy 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (awarded to top 10% of GSIs) 2019 Graduate Assembly Travel Award, U.C. Berkeley 2017 Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance 2015-2020 Doctoral Study Abroad Fellowship, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation 2014 Full Scholarship for a Meritorious Student, Gwanak Corporation 2010-2013 Full Scholarship for a Meritorious Student, Altwell Mincho Scholarship Foundation 2009 Scholarship for Superior Academic Performance, Seoul National University REFERREEING: Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Korean Programming: Matlab, fortran, Python, Stata Citizenship: South Korea
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
ZACHARY BLEEMER [email protected] http://zacharybleemer.com BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Labor Economics Economic History Applied Econometrics Economics of Education DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Labor Economics, Economic Mobility, and Higher Education" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor David Card Other References: Professors Jesse Rothstein, Christopher Walters, and Henry Brady
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Amherst College B.A. 2013 Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy
PAPERS: ● Top Percent Policies and the Return to Postsecondary Selectivity. Job Market Paper. ● Affirmative Action, Mismatch, and Economic Mobility after California’s Proposition 209. ● Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major, with Aashish Mehta. Conditionally Accepted, AEJ: Applied Economics. ● Human Capital Formation and Regional Recovery from the Great Depression, with Sarah Quincy. PUBLICATIONS: Metrics that Matter: Student Life in the Quantified University, with coauthors. Forthcoming, Johns Hopkins University Press. “Echoes of Rising Tuition in Student Borrowing, Educational Attainment, and Homeownership”, with Meta Brown, Donghoon Lee, and Wilbert van der Klaauw. Forthcoming, Journal of Urban Economics. “Long-Run Net Distributionary Effects of Federal Disaster Insurance: The Case of Hurricane Katrina,” with Wilbert van der Klaauw. 2019. Journal of Urban Economics 110: 70-88. “Intended College Attendance: Evidence from an Experiment on College Returns and Costs,” with Basit Zafar. 2018. Journal of Public Economics 157: 184-211. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant to David Card (2016) and Henry Brady (2016-2017). Senior Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2013-2015). TEACHING: Supervisor, ECON 199: Independent Study in Research (2016-2020): 28 students, avg. 2.5 semesters each. Graduate Student Instructor, ECON 100: Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall 2016). FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Best Paper Award, 2020 Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) Conference 2020 Center for Equitable Growth Fellowship; IRLE Dissertation Fellowship; O-Lab Labor Science Grant 2019 National Academy of Education / Spencer Dissertation Fellowship 2018 UCHRI Residential Research Fellowship at UC Irvine 2016 UC Berkeley: INET Prize for Best First-Year Paper in Economic History 2013 Amherst College: James Nelson Award in Economics; Gail Kennedy Award in Philosophy
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES: 2020 UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSB, UCSC, NBER Economic Mobility, MD4SG, EMCON, EGSC, AERA, AEFP. 2019 Georgia State, SF State, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, U. of Georgia, WEAI Grad. Workshop, UC Regents. REFEREE: AEJ: Applied Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, American Economic Review, American Sociological Review, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Journal, Economica, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, MIT Press, Review of Economic Studies.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] CHRISTINA BROWN
BUSINESS ADDRESS: CONTACT: Department of Economics christinalbrown.com 530 Evans Hall, #3880 [email protected] Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 (408) 835-8494
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Behavioral Economics Labor Economics Economics of Education
DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays on Personnel Economics in Low-Income Countries” Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Supreet Kaur Other References: Professors Christopher Walters and Edward Miguel
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Tufts University, Fletcher School M.A. 2014 Development Economics Boston University, School of Education M.Ed. 2012 Curriculum and Teaching University of California, Los Angeles B.A. 2010 Physics and Political Science
WORKING PAPERS: “Inducing Positive Selection through Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from Pakistani Schools” with Tahir Andrabi (JMP) “Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity” with Tahir Andrabi “Attention as Human Capital” with Supreet Kaur, Geeta Kingdon & Heather Schofield
WORK IN PROGRESS: “Statistical and Financial Discrimination by Managers” (Fieldwork Completed) “Search and Matching Frictions for Daily Wage Laborers” with Maryiam Haroon (Pilot Completed)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant to Professor Edward Miguel (2015-2016) Research Fellow to Professor Asim Khawaja, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (2014-2015) Research Consultant, Save the Children, (2013-2014) TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2016-2017), Development Economics & Behavioral Economics Teaching Assistant, Fletcher School, Tufts University (2013), Microeconomics of Development (Graduate) High School Teacher, Teach for America, (2010-2012), AP Physics, Physics and Biology
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2020 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship 2019 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship IGC Grant (£20,000); PEDL Exploratory Grant (£41,000); JPAL Post-Primary Education Grant ($50,000) Weiss Foundation Development Research Grant with Supreet Kaur & Heather Schofield ($72,000) 2018 Weiss Foundation Development Research Grant ($31,000) CEGA Development Economics Challenge Grant ($30,000); Strandberg Research Grant ($21,000) Selected participant, Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics Excellence in Refereeing, American Economic Review 2017 DFID RISE Programme Grant with Tahir Andrabi ($180,000) 2010 Chancellor’s Service Award, for outstanding leadership and service, given to <1% of graduates, UCLA
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: 2020 RISE Summer Series, PacDev, IZA, DEVPEC, BREAD, NEUDC 2019 Center for Economic Research in Pakistan, RISE, Stanford
SERVICE: Referee: American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Development Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics Advisory Board: DFID Pakistan KP Education Sector Programme Evaluation (2018 – present)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] Christopher Campos [email protected] www.cqcampos.com
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Labor Economics Applied Microeconomics Economics of Education Applied Econometrics
FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Labor Economics, Industrial Organization
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on the Economics of School Choice" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Christopher Walters Other References: Professors David Card, Jesse Rothstein, and Reed Walker
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD University of California, Berkeley M.A. 2020 Statistics University of California, San Diego B.A., B.S. 2015 Economics, Statistics
JOB MARKET PAPER: The Impacts of Neighborhood School Choice: Evidence from the Zones of Choice (with Caitlin Kearns)
OTHER RESEARCH: -What do parents value in schools? Experimental evidence from Los Angeles -Immigrants’ Human Capital Decisions in Response to DACA -The Impact of ICE Raids on Electoral Outcomes -The “Gig Economy” and Independent Contracting: Evidence from California Tax Data (with Annette Bernhardt, Allen Prohofsky, and Jesse Rothstein)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: California Policy Lab Research Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (2019-2020) U.S. Census Bureau Sworn Status Researcher, U.C. Berkeley (2015-2018) Research Assistant for Professor Reed Walker, Haas Business School, U.C. Berkeley (2015-2017)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2017- Fall 2018) Econometrics, Industrial Organization and Public Policy Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. San Diego (Fall 2014-Spring 2015) Intermediate Microeconomics, Market Imperfections and Policy
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2019-2020 Statistics Departmental Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2019 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Student Research Award, U.C. Berkeley 2017 Grace Katagiri Prize (Best Empirical Second Year Paper), U.C. Berkeley 2015-2016 Chancellors Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2015 Seymour Harris Award (top undergraduate student in economics), U.C. San Diego
OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: Spanish (native) Citizenship: United States
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] Isabelle M. Cohen [email protected] https://sites.google.com/view/isabelle-cohen/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Microeconomics Public Economics Political Economy Public Policy DISSERTATION TITLE: “Innovations in Service Delivery: Tax Compliance, Decentralization and International Aid” Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Fred Finan Other References: Professors Ted Miguel and Ernesto Dal Bó
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD William & Mary M.P.P. 2012 Public Policy William & Mary B.A. 2011 International Relations WORKING PAPERS: “Low-Cost Tax Capacity: A Randomized Evaluation with the Uganda Revenue Authority” (Job Market Paper) “How Do Disadvantaged Groups Seek Information about Public Services? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Communication Technologies” with Katerina Linos, Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli, Nadia Dalma, Afroditi Veloudaki and Stavros Spyrellis PUBLICATIONS: "Iron Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Peru” With Alberto Chong, Erica Field, Eduardo Nakasone and Maximo Torero, American Economic Journal – Applied Economics, vol. 8 (4), 2016.
WORK IN PROGESS: “Teacher Rotation and Student Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Uganda” with Fred Finan, Ernesto Dal Bó, David Schönholzer and Kizito Omala (Fieldwork ongoing) “Take Up and Impact of Digital Repayment in Microfinance” with Denise Ferris (Fieldwork ongoing)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Transparency Fellow, J-PAL (2018) Graduate Student Research to Fred Finan, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley (2016) Research Manager to Rohini Pande and Erica Field, Centre for Microfinance, India (2013-2015) Research Assistant to Rohini Pande and Erica Field, Duke University and Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard (2012-2013) Consultant, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, Washington D.C. (2009)
TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2016-2018), Microeconomics, Development Economics Senior Data Science Fellow and Instructor, D-Lab, UC Berkeley (2016-2020), Stata and LaTeX Teaching Assistant, Public Policy Department, College of William & Mary (2011-2012), Microeconomics for Public Policy
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2019 Development Innovation Ventures USAID ($900,000) with Finan, Dal Bó, Schönholzer, and Omala BRAC-CEGA Learning Collaborative ($64,901), Digital Credit Observatory with Ferris ($41,000) 2018 George Break Prize in Public Finance CEGA Development Economics Challenge Grant ($14,950); International Growth Centre ($25,000), JPAL Governance Initiative ($5,070) USAID Economic & Development Institutions ($130,000) with Finan, Dal Bó, Schönholzer, and Omala 2017 JPAL Governance Initiative ($243,822), International Growth Center ($40,000) with Finan, Dal Bó, Schönholzer, and Omala 2012 William & Mary Outstanding Graduate Assistant (Public Policy) 2010 William & Mary Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program Trice Fellowship, Phi Beta Kappa
OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: American Economic Association Citizenship: United States of America UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
Marc Dordal Carreras marcdordal@ berkeley.edu homepage BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Macroeconomics Macroeconomic Policy International Economics Banking Economic History Financial Networks FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Macroeconomics, Economic History DISSERTATION TITLE: "Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy: Theory, Evidence and Policy Prescriptions " Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko Other References: Professors Christina Romer and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Universitat Pompeu Fabra M.Res. 2013 Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra M.Sc. 2012 Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra B.A. (llicenciatura) 2011 Economics
PAPERS: ● "A Trade Model of the Banking Sector" (Job Market Paper) With M. Hoelzlein and J. Orben. ● What Do We Learn From Reading Every FOMC Transcript? (in preparation) With O. Coibion, Y. Gorodnichencko and C. Howes. ASSA 2020 presentation link. ● U.S. Banking Panics and the Credit Channel: Evidence from 1870-1910 (in preparation)
PUBLICATIONS: "Infrequent but Long-Lived Zero Lower Bound Episodes and the Optimal Rate of Inflation" With O. Coibion, Y. Gorodnichenko, J. Wieland, Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 8, 497-520 (2016). Also see VOX, CEPR Policy Portal Article.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Spring 2016) Research with Professors C. Romer and D. Romer on the dating and severity of international financial crises. . TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley Topics in Economic Research, Economic Theory–Macro, Macroeconomic Policy from the Great Depression to Today, The World Economy in the Twentieth Century. Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U. Pompeu Fabra Microeconomics II, Econometrics III, Macroeconomics II, Advanced Macroeconomics II.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2019 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, UC Berkeley 2016 Bank of Spain Study Grant, Bank of Spain. 2015 BEHL 2nd Year Student Mentored Fellowship, Berkeley Economics History Laboratory. 2012 “La Caixa” Foundation Scholarship for graduate studies and research in the USA, “LaCaixa” Foundation. OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Catalan, Spanish Citizenship: Spain, F-1 student visa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
Ezequiel Garcia Lembergman
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Contact: Department of Economics [email protected] 666 Evans Hall, #3880 +1 (510) 944-7201 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 https://elembergman.com
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY International Trade Development Economics Urban Economics Applied Econometrics FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION International Trade, Urban Economics, Development Economics
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on Multi-regional Firms in Domestic and Foreign Markets" Expected Date of Completion: August 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Benjamin Faber Other References: Professors: Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Cecile Gaubert, Stefano DellaVigna PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: M.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, University of San Andres (Argentina) 2013 B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2012
WORKING PAPERS • Multi-establishment Firms, Pricing and the Propagation of Local Shocks: Evidence from US Retail (Job Market Paper) • Multi-destination Exporters, Market Power and the Elasticity of Markups across Destinations (w/ Federico Bernini) • Importing after Exporting (w/ Facundo Albornoz)
WORK IN PROGRESS • Multinational Production and Climate Change (w/ Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Joseph Shapiro) • Price controls, market power and inequality on consumption baskets: evidence from retail scanner data in Argentina (w/ Bernardo Diaz-Astarola and Dario Tortarolo)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2015): Research Assistant for Professor Yuriy Gordnichenko. Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2017): Research Assistant for Professor Andres Rodriguez Clare.
TEACHING: UC Berkeley Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016- Spring 2019) Mentor for Undergraduate Research Assistants, U.C. Berkeley (2017) Leader in Workshop for new Teaching Assistants, U.C. Berkeley (2019/2020)
REFEREE Journal of International Economics, Journal of Games and Economic Behavior FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2019 Dissertation Completion Fellowship (UC-Berkley) 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2015 Economic Department Fellowship
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES: 2019 Trade, Integration and Growth Network, Inter-American Development Bank 2017 LACEA Conference
TECHNICAL SKILLS: R, Stata, MATLAB, LaTex. OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: UC-Berkeley. Languages: English, Spanish Citizenship: Argentina, Spain
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Aashna Avachat HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected]
ANDRES GONZALEZ-LIRA [email protected] https://sites.google.com/view/andres-gonzalez-lira BUSINESS ADDRESS: Haas School of Business 2220 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Industrial Organization Applied Microeconomics Organizational Economics
DISSERTATION TITLE: “Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies” Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Steve Tadelis Other References: Professors Kei Kawai and Reed Walker PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile M.A. 2012 Economics Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile B.A. 2011 Economics, Business PAPERS: “Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies” [Job Market Paper] (with Rodrigo Carril and Michael S. Walker) “Slippery Fish: Enforcing Regulation when Agents Learn and Adapt” (with Mushfiq Mobarak)
WORK IN PROGRESS “E-Procurement and Firms' Relations: Evidence from Ukraine” “Auction Duration and Bidder Participation”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant - Professor Reed Walker (UC Berkeley) 2016 - 2017 Research Associate - J-PAL (University based) 2013 - 2015 Research Assistant - Professor Juan-Pablo Montero (PUC-Chile) 2013 - 2015
TEACHING: U.C. Berkeley - Haas School of Business Lecturer, “Game Theory,” “Corporate Social Responsibility” (B-BAY) 2018, 2019 Teaching Assistant, “Data and Decisions” core MBA 2018, 2019
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile - Department of Economics Lecturer, “Principles of Economics” 2013 Teaching Assistant, “Industrial Organization” (Graduate), “Organization’s Strategies and Incentives” (MBA), “Advanced Macroeconomics,” “Advanced Microeconomics,” and “Principles of Economics” 2009 - 2014
PRESENTATIONS 2020 NBER Summer Institute, NBER EEE Spring Meeting, UC Berkeley 2019 Dept. of Defense (Pentagon) Acquisition Analytics Forum, University of Zurich Public Finance Conference 2018 AEA Meetings Philadelphia, UC Berkeley 2017 UC Berkeley PERL, PUC-Chile 2014 LAMES Sao Paulo, SECHI
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 The Oliver Williamson Fund 2019 Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship, Clausen Center Grant for Doctoral Research 2018 Bradley Foundation Fellowship
2017 Levin Family Grant 2012 Maximum Distinction for M.A. Thesis in Economics, PUC-Chile OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent) Citizenship: Chile
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] GRANT GRAZIANI [email protected] (252) 412-8750 https://sites.google.com/site/grantgraziani
BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Behavioral Economics Health Economics Labor Economics
EDUCATION: DEGREE DATE FIELD University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. May 2020 Economics Columbia University B.A. May 2011 Economics-Statistics
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on Race and Health in the US" Date of Completion: May 18 2020 Principal Advisor: Professor Hilary Hoynes Other References: Professors Ben Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, David Card
JOB MARKET PAPER “Physician Quality and Patient Race: Evidence from Primary Care” Racial disparities in health outcomes in the US are large, persistent and for black Americans, largely due to chronic conditions that can be managed by primary care. One commonly referenced explanation for these disparities is that minority patients tend to be treated by lower quality providers. Additionally, a growing body of evidence shows that even holding a provider fixed, patients of different races are treated differently. I utilize administrative data for the universe of primary care patients in the Veterans Health Administration to test both hypotheses. First, I show that disparities in healthcare utilization are not explained by patients of different races being treated by different primary care providers. Second, I show using a two-way fixed effect model that a given PCP’s quality is not constant across their black and white patients. I do this by developing a novel measure of PCP quality, predicted one-year survival.
PUBLICATIONS: “Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland” with Marcella Alsan and Owen Garrick. American Economic Review – Vol. 109, No. 12, December 2019, pp. 4047-4111. “Workers' Spending Response to the 2011 Payroll Tax Cuts” with Basit Zafar and Wilbert van der Klaauw. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy – Vol. 8, No. 4, November 2016, pp. 124-159.
CURRENT POSITION: BD-Step Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Dept of Veterans Affairs (July 2020-present) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant for Reed Walker at Haas School of Business – UCB (2015-2017) Research Assistant for Ben Handel at Department of Economics – UCB (2015-2016) Research Assistant for Amy Finkelstein and Heidi Williams at the NBER (2013-2014) Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY – Microeconomics Group (2011-2012) TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor, Department of Economics, UCB - Summer 2019, 2018, 2017 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UCB, Fall 2015 to Spring 2020 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2016 Outstanding GSI Award 2015 Honorable Mention – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2011 Latin Honors cum laude (Columbia)
OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: American Economic Association Languages: English (fluent); Citizenship: USA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
Jonathan Holmes [email protected] https://www.jonathan-holmes.com/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Public Economics Applied Econometrics Health Economics Industrial Organization FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Public Economics, Health Economics DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays on Health Insurance Policy and Inequality in the United States” Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Ben Handel Other References: Professors Danny Yagan and Jonathan Kolstad PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Queen’s University M.A. 2012 Economics University of Ottawa B.Soc.Sci. 2011 Economics PAPERS: • Adverse Selection and Inequality Across U.S. Health Insurance Markets (Job Market Paper) • Insurer Innovation and Health Care Efficiency: Evidence from Utah (in preparation) With: Ben Handel, Jon Kolstad, and Kurt Lavetti
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley PIs: Ben Handel and Jonathan Kolstad (2016-2018), Alex Gelber (2015-2016) Research Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University PIs: Amitabh Chandra (2012-2014), Rema Hanna (2012-2013) TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley MBA Data and Decisions (Fall, 2020), Public Economics (Fall, 2016)
PUBLICATIONS: Chandra, Amitabh, Jonathan Holmes, and Jonathan Skinner. 2013. “Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Health Spending.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 47(2): 261-323. Chandra, Amitabh, Maurice Dalton, and Jonathan Holmes. 2013. “Large Increases In Spending On Postacute Care In Medicare Point To The Potential For Cost Savings In These Settings.” Health Affairs 32(5): 864-72.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: Spring 2021 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship 2020-2021 Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Dissertation Fellowship 2017-2019 NBER Pre-doctoral Fellowship on the Economics of an Aging Workforce 2016 Edward Hildebrand Graduate Fellowship 2014-2018 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Doctoral Award 2011-2012 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship 2007-2011 The Loran Award, the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation’s National Award OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: American Economic Association, Canadian Economic Association Languages: English, French Citizenship: Canada
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Aashna Avachat HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected]
MUHAMMAD YASIR KHAN [email protected] www.yasirkhan.org BUSINESS ADDRESS: Haas School of Business 2220 Piedmont Ave, 545 Student Services Building, Berkeley, CA 94720
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Health Economics Personnel Economics Public Policy Political Economy Behavioral Economics FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Development Economics, Political Economy DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on the Incentives and Motivations of State Personnel" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisors: Professor Ernesto Dal Bo and Professor Edward (Ted) Miguel Other References: Professor Frederico (Fred) Finan and Professor Noam Yuchtman
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Columbia University M.P.A. 2009 Public Administration National University of Singapore M.P.P. 2009 Public Policy Lahore University of Management Sciences B.Sc. 2007 Economics SELECTED WORKING PAPERS: • “Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” (Job Market Paper) • “Social Motivations, Political Candidacy, and Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” with Saad Gulzar • “Norms, Beliefs, and Networks: Descriptive Findings on Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan” with Saad Gulzar and Luke Sonnet • “Using Preference Parameter Estimates to Optimize Public Sector Wage Contracts: A field study in Pakistan” with James Andreoni, Michael Callen, Charles Sprenger and Karrar Hussain, NBER Working Paper No. 22019 • “Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” with Michael Callen, Ali Hasanain, Saad Gulzar and Arman Rezaee, NBER Working Paper No. 21180 • “The Political Economy of Public Employee Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” with Michael Callen, Ali Hasanain, Saad Gulzar and Arman Rezaee, NBER Working Paper No. 22340 • “Coordinating Farmers with Cell Phones: Technology Innovation in Livestock Extension in Pakistan” with Ali Hasanain and Arman Rezaee
WORK IN PROGRESS • “Social Spillovers and the Gender Gap in Political Participation in Pakistan” with Saad Gulzar and Luke Sonnet • “Organizational Prestige and the Decision to Become a Public Health Worker” with Zain Chaudhry and Karrar Hussain • “Teamwork in Public Sector: Evidence from Police in Pakistan”, with Zain Chaudhry, Aprajit Mahajan and Karrar Hussain • “Barriers to Political Entry: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan”, with Saad Gulzar
PUBLICATIONS: • "Data and Policy Decisions: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan" with Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar, Ali Hasanain and Arman Rezaee, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 146, September 2020.
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2020 IRLE Fellowship, Sasakawa Fellowship, Oliver Williamson Fund 2019 CEGA Development Economics Grant, Weiss Family Fund, International Growth Centre
PRE-DOCTORAL WORK EXPERIENCE : 2011-2015 Country Economist, International Growth Centre, Pakistan 2010-2011 Research Officer, Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Urdu, Pashto Citizenship: Pakistan UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
Junyi Hou [email protected] https://junyi-hou.github.io BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Economic Growth Political Economy Applied Microeconomics FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Development Economics, Political Economy DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays in Development Economics and Political Economy" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Gerard Roland Other References: Professors Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Professor Yuryi Gorodnichenko
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD London School of Economics MSc. 2014 Econometrics and Mathematical Economics Nankai University B.A. 2013 Economics
WORKING PAPERS: ● Resource Misallocation in the R&D Sector: Evidence From China (Job Market Paper)
WORK IN PROGRESS: ● Political Connections, Market Frictions, and Resource Misallocation: Evidence From China ● Rewarding Political Loyalty: Allocation Poverty Relief Funds and Revolutionary Bases
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Scientist (part-time), Uber Inc. (2019-2020) Business Economic Team Research Assistant, Department of Politics, U.C. Berkeley (2016-2017) to Professor Peter Lorentzen Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Stanford (2014-2015) to Professor Dave Donaldson Research Assistant, Centre of Economic Performance, London School of Economics (Summer 2014) to Professor Silvana Tenreyro
TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Topics in Economic Research.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020-2021 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2015-2016 Ning Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2014 Ely Devons Prize, London School of Economics 2009-2013 Outstanding Student Awards, Nankai University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Referee: Journal of Comparative Economics
OTHER INFORMATION: Programming Language: Python; STATA; SQL Languages: English, Mandarin Citizenship: China UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
Peter B. McCrory [email protected] https://peter-mccrory.github.io BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Macroeconomics Banking and Finance Public Policy International Economics Applied Theory
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Macroeconomics" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko Other References: Professors Alan Auerbach, Emi Nakamura, and David Romer PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Covenant College B.A. 2012 Economics and Philosophy PAPERS: “Tradable Spillovers of Fiscal Policy: Evidence from the 2009 Recovery Act” Job Market Paper “A Local-Spillover Decomposition of the Causal Effect of U.S. Defense Spending Shocks,” With Timothy Conley, Bill Dupor, Mahdi Ebsim, and Jingchao Li. Working Paper 2020-014A, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2020. “Delegated Learning and Non-Credible Communication,” With Farzad Pourbabaee. “Bank Networks, Credit Frictions, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cross-State Banking Deregulation,” With Todd Messer. PUBLICATIONS: “A Cup Runneth Over: Fiscal Policy Spillovers from the 2009 Recovery Act” With Bill Dupor, Economic Journal, vol. 128 (611), 2018. “Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data,” With ChaeWon Baek, Todd Messer, and Preston Mui. Accepted for publication at the Review of Economics and Statistics. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (February 2019; Summer 2019) Research Assistant to Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko (2016-2018) Research Assistant to Professor Benjamin Schoefer (Summer 2017) Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2013-2015) TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016- Fall 2018) Microeconomic Theory (Graduate), Economic History Developmental Math Course Instructor, San Quentin Prison, Prison University Project (Summer 2017) FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2020 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation fellowship 2019 Burch Center Continuing Student Fellowship 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2016 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2015 Departmental Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2008 Maclellan Scholarship, Covenant College OTHER INFORMATION: Referee: Journal of Monetary Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Citizenship: United States UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
Todd Messer [email protected] https://messertodd.github.io BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY International Economics Economic History Macroeconomics DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Macroeconomics and Trade" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Other References: Professors Christina Romer and Benjamin Faber PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Rutgers University B.A. 2012 Economics, Mathematics PAPERS: “Foreign Currency as a Barrier to International Trade: Evidence from Brazil” Job Market Paper “The Economics of Sovereign Debt, Bailouts, and the Eurozone Crisis” with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Philippe Martin. “Bank Networks, Credit Frictions, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cross-State Banking Deregulation” with Peter McCrory. “Financial Failures and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations in California”
PUBLICATIONS: “Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data” with ChaeWon Baek, Peter McCrory, and Preston Mui. Accepted for Publication at The Review of Economics and Statistics “Firm Entry and Macroeconomic Dynamics” with Francois Gourio and Michael Siemer. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 106 (5), 2016 “Fiscal Consequences of Paying Interest on Reserves” with Macro Bassetto. Fiscal Studies, vol 34 (4), 2013 “Forecasting Inflation and the Great Recession” with Marco Bassetto and Christine Ostrowski. FRB Chicago: Economic Perspectives, vol 37 (Q3), 2013 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant to P.O. Gourinchas, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Summer 2017, Summer 2018) Summer Intern to Mark L.J. Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Summer 2016). Senior Economic Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2012-2015) TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016- Spring 2020) Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Graduate Macroeconomics
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2020 Summer Economics Research Grant, U.C. Berkeley 2019, 2020 Clausen Center Graduate Research Grant 2018 All-UC Group Travel and Data Grant 2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley 2015 Berkeley Economic History Laboratory Graduate Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2008 Rutgers Scarlet Scholarship, Rutgers University OTHER INFORMATION: Referee: American Economic Review: Insights, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of International Economics Citizenship: United States Languages: English (native), Portuguese (basic)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]
PIYUSH PARITOSH PANIGRAHI BUSINESS ADDRESS: CONTACT: Department of Economics www.piyush-panigrahi.com 530 Evans Hall, #3880 [email protected] Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 +1 (617) 952-8610 DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY International Trade Economic Growth Economic Geography Firm Dynamics DOCTORAL STUDIES: University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Economics, May 2021 (expected) Dissertation Title: “Essays on Spatial Production Networks” Principal Advisor: Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Clare Other References: Professors Dave Donaldson, Thibault Fally, and Cécile Gaubert PRIOR EDUCATION: DEGREE DATE FIELD London School of Economics M.Sc. (Distinction) 2013 Econometrics & Mathematical Economics Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur B.Tech. 2011 Mining Engineering JOB MARKET PAPER: Endogenous Spatial Production Networks: Quantitative Implications for Trade and Productivity WORK IN PROGRESS: Fossil Fuel Discoveries and Spatial Dispersion in Manufacturing Activity PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Summer 2016, Summer 2019) with Professors Andrés Rodríguez-Clare and Yuriy Gorodnichenko Research Fellow, Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard University (2014 – 2015) with Professors Dave Donaldson, Dina Pomeranz, and Monica Singhal Research Assistant, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (2013 – 2014) with Professor Dave Donaldson. TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016 – Spring 2020) International Trade (5x), Intermediate Macroeconomics (2x), International Monetary Economics (1x) OTHER: Analyst, Oxera Consulting, London, UK (Summer 2013) FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS: 2020 – 2021 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U. C. Berkeley PEDL Exploratory Research Grant, CEPR/DFID Research Initiative Clausen Center Grant Award for Doctoral Research, U. C. Berkeley 2020 Graduate Division Summer Research Grant, U. C. Berkeley 2019 – 2020 Bhattacharya Graduate Research Fellowship, U. C. Berkeley Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, George Mason University Exploratory Data and Travel Grant, Economic History Association 2018 – 2019 Weiss Fund Grant for Research in Development Economics, Harvard University 2017 – 2018 Clausen Center Grant Award for Doctoral Research, U. C. Berkeley 2015 – 2018 Economics Departmental Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2011 Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur Chandrakala Medal, Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India 3rd Place, Student Design Competition, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 2009 Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences OTHER INFORMATION: Referee: Journal of International Economics Languages: English, Hindi, Odia Citizenship: India UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] Farzad Pourbabaee [email protected] https://farzad-pourbabaee.github.io/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY: SECONDARY: Economic Theory Econometrics Finance
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Venture capital, Reputation and Learning" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Robert M. Anderson Other References: Professors Gustavo Manso and Chris Shannon
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD UC Berkeley M.A. 2019 Statistics McMaster University M.A. 2015 Mathematics Sharif University of Technology B.Sc. 2013 Electrical Engineering (Minor in Mathematics)
PAPERS: 4. Reputation, Innovation, and Externalities in Venture Capital (Job Market Paper) 3. Delegated Learning and Non-Credible Communication (with Peter B. McCrory, working paper) 2. Robust Experimentation in the Continuous Time Bandit Problem (revise and resubmit in Economic Theory) 1. Risk Minimization and Portfolio Diversification (with Minsuk Kwak and Traian A. Pirvu), Quantitative Finance, 2016.
TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, first year Ph.D. courses: Mathematical Tools for Economists (Econ 204, GSI for Professor Chris Shannon, Fall 2017, 18’, 19’ and 20’) Game Theory (Econ 201B, GSI for Professor Shachar Kariv, Spring 2019) Econometrics (Econ 240B, GSI for Professor Demian Pouzo and Professor Jim Powell, Spring 2017 and 18’) Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, undergraduate courses: Economics Department: Financial Economics (Econ 136) Haas School of Business: Investment (UGBA 133); Financial Markets (UGBA 132); Principles of Microeconomics (UGBA 101A)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020-21 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, UC Berkeley 2019 Finance Theory Group PhD Summer School 2018 Graduate Assembly Travel Award, UC Berkeley 2015-16 First- and second-year PhD fellowship, UC Berkeley, Center for Risk Management Research and Economics Department 2013-15 Two-year Graduate Fellowship, McMaster University, Department of Mathematics 2007 Silver medal in the 20th Iranian National Physics Olympiad
SEMINARS: 2020 UC Berkeley, Department of Economics, Theory and Finance weekly Seminars; Search and Matching in Macro and Finance (SaMMF, scheduled) 2019 UC Berkeley, Department of Economics, Risk Seminar; Haas School of Business, Finance Lunch 2018 Washington University in St. Louis, Economics Graduate Student Conference 2017 UC Berkeley, Department of Statistics, BSTARS; Department of Economics, Risk Seminar 2016 UC Santa Barbara, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English (fluent) Citizenship: Iran
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Diana Lazo DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS [email protected]
WENFENG QIU [email protected] https://wenfengqiu.com/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics 714 University Hall #3310 Berkeley, CA 94720-3310
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Microeconomic Theory Environmental Economics Decision Theory Behavioral Economics Financial Economics DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Microeconomic Theory" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor David Ahn Other References: Professors Haluk Ergin, Larry Karp and Chris Shannon PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Tufts University M.S. 2015 Economics Sun Yat-sen University B.A. 2013 Economics PAPERS: ● Uncertainty in the Small and in the Large (with David Ahn) [Job Market Paper] Most decisions are observed in isolation without direct measurement of correlation in beliefs across state spaces or complementarity in tastes across prize spaces. We introduce a novel model with two decision problems with distinct states and prizes, which we call small worlds, without observation of bets that are contingent on the realization of both worlds. We provide a characterization of subjective expected utility, where choices are made as if there is a joint distribution over the product of the state spaces and a joint utility index over pairs of prizes from both prize spaces. Turning to the identification problem, we show that the joint utility index over pairs of prizes and the marginal belief over each small world is identified, but the uniqueness of the joint distribution is more subtle. If the utility index is separable across prize spaces, then the correlation across state spaces is unidentified; but if there is any complementarity across prizes, then the joint distribution is exactly identified. We apply our analysis to provide behavioral foundations for independence of the distribution across state spaces. Finally, we generalize the model to allow for ambiguity about correlations. ● Hard to Measure Well: Can Feasible Policies Reduce Methane Emissions? (with Karl Dunkle Werner) ● Stochastic Choice from Gradual Attention ● Information Design with Background Risk
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2020 - present) Graduate Student Researcher for Chris Shannon Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2020 - present) Graduate Student Researcher for Gordon Rausser TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley Econ 201A: Graduate General Equilibrium Theory (Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019) Econ 138: Financial and Behavioral Economics (Spring 2019) Econ 136: Financial Economics (Spring 2018)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2017 UC Berkeley Summer Research Grant 2015 The Linda Datcher Loury Award in Economics 2014 The Henken Scholar Fellowship OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Chinese Citizenship: China
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] NINA ROUSSILLE [email protected] https://ninaroussille.github.io/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Labor Economics Personnel Economics Public Economics
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Labor Economics" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Patrick Kline Other References: Professors Hilary Hoynes and Gabriel Zucman PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Polytechnique and Paris School of Economics M.A. 2015 Economics Université Paris Dauphine B.A. 2012 Economics WORKING PAPERS: ● The Central Role Of The Ask Gap In Gender Pay Inequality (JMP)
● Tax Evasion and the Swiss Cheese Regulation
WORK IN PROGRESS: ● Biased Beliefs about Outside Options and Wage Inequality (with Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer and Christopher Roth)
● The Effect of Gender and Racial Team Composition on Career Trajectories (with Elizabeth Linos and Sanaz Mobasseri)
● Revealed Preference Job Ladders (with Benjamin Scuderi)
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES : 2021 ASSA Annual Meetings, Discrimination and Fairness session (scheduled) 2020 NBER Summer Institute Labor Studies, 3rd IDSC of IZA/University of Luxembourg Workshop: Matching Workers and Jobs Online, UC Berkeley Labor Lunch Seminar, UC Berkeley Labor Seminar, Paris School of Economics Applied Economics Seminar (scheduled) 2016: Paris School of Economics Applied Economics Seminar
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: • UC Berkeley : Research assistant to Prof. Gabriel Zucman (Fall 2019 and Fall 2020), Prof. David Card and Prof. Patrick Kline ( Fall 2018), Prof. Benjamin Schoefer (Summer and Fall 2017) • Harvard University : Research assistant to Prof. Raj Chetty and Prof. Stefanie Stantcheva at the Lab for Economic Applications and Policy, 2015-2016 • OECD : Research internship, Summer 2014 TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley: Econ 133: Global Inequality and Growth, UC Berkeley, Spring 2019 and Spring 2020 Econ 140: Economic statistics and Econometrics, UC Berkeley, Fall 2018 REFEREEING: American Economic Review
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (awarded to top 10% of GSIs) , Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship 2019 George Break Prize in Public Finance (awarded for outstanding performance in public finance field courses) + UC Berkeley Opportunity Lab, Labor science Grant 2018 UC Berkeley Economics Department Fellowship 2017 Burch Center Fellowship 2016 UC Berkeley Economics Department Fellowship + Dean Summer Research Grant
OTHER INFORMATION: Programming: Python, Stata Languages: English (fluent), French (Native) Citizenship: French
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] MAXIME SAUZET [email protected] https://sites.google.com/view/maximesauzet BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY International Finance and Macroeconomics Machine Learning Methods Asset Pricing Macroeconomics FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Finance, International Economics, Macroeconomics DISSERTATION TITLE: "Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice in an International Context" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Other References: Professors Nicolae Gârleanu, Martin Lettau, Hélène Rey, Jón Steinsson PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD SciencesPo Paris, École Polytechnique, ENSAE M.Sc. 2014 Economics, Public Policy (Summa Cum Laude) INSA Lyon, France M.Eng. 2011 Computer Science (Honors) PAPERS: ● Asset Prices, Global Portfolios, and the International Financial System. Job Market Paper, 2020. ● Global Real Rates: A Secular Approach (with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey). Working Paper, 2020. ● Projection Methods via Neural Networks for Continuous-Time Models. In preparation, 2020. ● Global Asset Manager, and the Global Financial Cycle. In preparation, 2020. PUBLICATIONS: ● The International Monetary and Financial System (with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey). Annual Review of Economics, vol. 11, 2019. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (Summer 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020). Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Summer 2016). PhD Trainee, European Central Bank, DGI, International Policy Analysis Division (2018). Research Assistant, Department of Economics, SciencesPo Paris Professor Nicolas Coeurdacier (2014-2015). TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business: Empirical Methods in Finance (MFE), Macroeconomics in the Global Economy (MBA). Department of Economics: Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Graduate Macroeconomic Theory. OTHER: Short-term positions: Accenture, French Economic Observatory (OFCE), Atos Worldline, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2015 – Pres. Departmental Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley. 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (awarded to top 10% of GSIs). 2017 Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance. 2015 – 2016 Hal R. Varian Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley. 2014 Best Master Thesis for 2013-2014, and Graduate Scholarship, SciencesPo Paris, Polytechnique, ENSAE. 2010 Global E3 Student (Engineering Education Exchange) at NJIT, Institute of International Education. 2006 – 2011 Merit Scholarship, INSA Lyon, French Government. REFEREEING: American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics. OTHER INFORMATION: Programming: Python, Matlab, Mathematica, Stata, SQL, R, Dynare, EViews. Previously: C/C++, Java, VBA, HTML, etc. Languages: English (fluent), French (native), Spanish (intermediate), German (beginner), French Cued Speech (spoken). Citizenship: France.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected]
THIAGO SCOT
[email protected] www.thiagoscot.com BUSINESS ADDRESS: Haas School of Business 2220 Piedmont Ave Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Political Economy Public Economics Organizational Economics DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Development Economics" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Ernesto Dal Bó Other References: Professors Frederico Finan, Reed Walker and Guo Xu PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro M.A. 2013 Economics Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro B.A. 2009 International Relations PAPERS: Corporate Taxation and Evasion Responses: Evidence from a Minimum Tax in Honduras (with Felipe Lobel and Pedro Zúniga) (Job Market Paper) We use administrative data on the universe of corporate taxpayers in Honduras to study the impact of a minimum tax implemente d between 2014 and 2017. While minimum taxes are widely used tools in lower income countries to ensure tax payment from large corporations, evidence on taxpayers' response and implications for tax collection and firms' profits are still scarce. We doc ument substantial tax evasion when costs are deductible: when incentives to over-report costs disappear, large corporations report significantly lower costs and larger associated profit margins, uncovering past tax evasion rates of up to 17% of profits. We then use taxpayers' reaction to the existence of a revenue-dependent exemption threshold to estimate the elasticity of reported revenue, a key behavioral parameter to assess the impact of taxing output. Our estimates suggest large elasticities in the range of [0.35,1] . Importantly, these responses are attenuated when revenue is independently observed by the tax authority, highlighting that taxpayers' behavior is endogenous to the enforcement environment.
Selecting Top Bureaucrats: Admission Exams and Performance in Brazil (with Laura Schiavon and Ricardo Dahis) In the absence of strong incentive schemes, public service delivery crucially depends on bureaucrat selection. Despite being widely adopted by governments to screen candidates, it is unclear whether civil service examinations can predict job performance. This paper investigates this question by focusing on a highly prestigious and influential set of bureaucrats in Brazil: state judges. We first explore data on judges' monthly output and cross-court movement to separately identify what share of observed performance is explained by judges and courts. We estimate that judges account for at least 23% of the observed variation in the number of cases disposed . Using a novel data set on examinations, we then show that, within cohorts of candidates taking the same exam, those with higher grades perform better than their lower-ranked peers. Our results suggest that competitive examinations can be an effective way to screen candidates, even among highly qualified contenders.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Targeting in Tax Compliance Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Honduras (with Giselle Del Carmen and Edgardo Enrique Hernandez)
Estimates of Top Income Inequality using Administrative Data in Honduras (with Santiago Garriga, Giselle Del Carmen and Edgardo Enrique Hernandez)
Political Selection and Bureaucratic Productivity (with James Habyarimana and Stuti Khemani). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8673
Building State Capacity: What is the Impact of Development Projects? (with Vincenzo di Maro, David Evans and Stuti Khemani)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Professors Ernesto Dal Bo and Frederico Finan (UC Berkeley) 2017 Stuti Khemani (World Bank Development Research Group) 2017 Professors Ketki Sheth (UC Merced) and Aprajit Mahajan (UC Berkeley) 2018
TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley: Global Growth and Inequality (Spring 2018); Economics Analysis - Microeconomics (Spring 2019); Ethics and Responsibility in Business (Fall 2019)
PRESENTATIONS: 2020 International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF); Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE); Berkeley Public Finance Seminar; Berkeley Development Seminar; NTA 113th Annual Conference*; EGSC at Washington University* (* upcoming) 2019 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development in Africa 2018 World Bank ABCDE Conference
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 International Tax and Public Finance PhD Student award at IIPF 2020 2019 UC Berkeley’s 2019 Outstanding GSI Award (awarded to top 10% of TAs) 2017 Weiss Family Fund Exploratory Grant 2012 Winner of ANBIMA Capital Markets Award for best Master’s thesis project in Brazil
OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (fluent) Citizenship: Brazil Programming: Stata, R, Python UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Cecille Cabacungan GOLDMAN OF SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY [email protected]
MATTHEW UNRATH www.mattunrath.com
BUSINESS ADDRESS: CONTACT INFORMATION: 2607 Hearst Ave 862.432.6122 Berkeley, CA 94720 [email protected]
RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY: SECONDARY: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Public Policy Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics
DISSERTATION TITLE: Essays in Labor and Public Economics Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Jesse Rothstein Other References: Professor Hilary Hoynes; Professor Alexander Gelber, UC San Diego
PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD UC Berkeley MPP 2016 Public Policy Boston College BA 2009 International Studies
WORKING PAPERS: Beating the Clock: Using Year-end Changes to Identify Intensive Margin Labor Supply Responses to Taxation, JMP Can Nudges Increase Take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit?: Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments, with Elizabeth Linos, Allen Prohofsky, Aparna Ramesh, and Jesse Rothstein Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Measuring the Labor Market at the Onset of the COVID-19 Crisis, with Alexander W. Bartik, Marianne Bertrand, Feng Lin, and Jesse Rothstein Prepared for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Targeting, Screening, and Retention: Evidence from California's Food Stamps Program
WORK IN PROGRESS: Measuring Take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit using State Administrative Data, with John Iselin Employer Search and Labor Market Slack: Evidence from Job Postings and Administrative Data, with Krista Ruffini Measuring the Discounted Value of Future Compensation, with Alexander Gelber
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Fellow, California Policy Lab (2017-2020) Research Assistant, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2019-2020) Research Assistant, Prof. Alexander Gelber (2017-2018) Research Assistant, UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (2016-2017)
TEACHING: Lecturer, Quantitative Methods, Public Policy & International Affairs Program (2016-2018) Graduate Student Instructor, Introductory Statistics and Econometrics (2015-2017)
REFEREE: Journal of Public Economics
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 NIA Training Grant; UCB IRLE Fellowship; Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, Trustee’s Award; UC Center Sacramento Emerging Scholar Award, Honorable Mention 2019 UCB Opportunity Lab Labor Science Initiative Research Grant; UW Madison IRP Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Program; UCB IRLE Research Grant 2017 Outstanding GSI Award
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES: 2020 Seminars: UCB Economics, UCB Public Policy 2019 Conferences: APPAM; CA Welfare Directors Association
OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, French (basic); Citizenship: United States