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2025-2026 Job Market Candidates:
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 | Mehrdad Baratian Reveal Email Address Website | Health Economics Innovation Labor Economics | Kevin Callison (Chair) Engy Ziedan Katy Bergstrom | “Shocks, Reallocation, and the Direction of Innovation: The Case of COVID- 19” |
 | Ruipu Gao Reveal Email Address Website | Economics of Education Labor Economics | Douglas N. Harris (Chair) Emily E. Cook Elliott Isaac | “The Impact of Optional Practice Training: The Response of Foreign And Domestic College Graduates in the Labor Market” |
 | Nicholas Lacoste Reveal Email Address Website | Public Economics Machine Learning and Non-Parametric Econometrics Development Economics | William Dodds (Chair) Katy Bergstrom Augustine Denteh | “Optimal Audit Targeting with Machine Learning: Evidence from Pakistan” with Zehra Farooq |
 | Yu Liu Reveal Email Address Website | Health Economics Economics of Education Economics of Aging Applied Econometrics | Kevin Callison (Chair) Patrick Button Douglas N. Harris Mary Olson | “Higher Education and Adult Health: Evidence from China's College Entrance Exam Suspension” |
 | Barbara Lundebjerg Reveal Email Address Website | Economics of Education Economics of Crime Discrimination Experimental Economics | Douglas N. Harris (Chair) Patrick Button Emily E. Cook Wei Long | “The Impact of DACA on Juvenile Crime and School Safety” |
 | Gabriel J. Olivier Reveal Email Address Website | Economics of Education Labor Economics Political Economy Empirical Policy Analysis | Douglas N. Harris (Chair) Patrick Testa Emily E. Cook | “Minimum Wage Policy and Human Capital Formation: College Enrollment and Major Choice” |
 | Lele Zhao Reveal Email Address Website | Economics of Education Health Economics Demographic Economics | Katy Bergstrom (Chair) Stefano Barbieri Kevin Callison Elliott Isaac | “Education as Insurance: Property Division and Women’s Education” |