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2022-2023 PhD Job Market Candidates

Thank you for visiting the Department of Economics placement page. Its purpose is to give interested institutions a preview of our PhD candidates who are available for employment.

Economics PhD alumni who are re-entering the job market and interested in using the Departmental job market services should contact Mark Patterson for more information.

Information on this year’s Job Market Candidates will be posted soon.

Current Job Market Candidates

 Placement Officer

Erik Eyster

Department Chair
Professor of Economics
Alec P. Alexander Chair of Economics
Faculty Diversity Officer
Email:
erikeyster@ucsb.edu
Portrait Candidate Research Areas Advisor(s) Job Market Paper
Ken

Ken Bao

PhD Candidate

North Hall 2045 		Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Christopher Costello Command-Control versus Market Incentive Policies for Non-point Source Pollution
Matt

Matthew Fitzgerald

PhD Candidate

North Hall 2048 		Labor Economics, Housing Economics, Econometrics Peter Rupert
Alberto

Alberto Garcia

EES PhD Candidate

Bren Hall 3031 		Environmental and Resource Economics Robert Heilmayr
Jacob

Jacob Gellman

EES PhD Candidate

Bren Hall ​3031 		Environmental and Resource Economics Andrew Plantinga Non-Market Damages of Wildfire Smoke: Evidence from Administrative Recreation Data
Woongchan

Woongchan Jeon

PhD Candidate

North Hall ​2015 		Environmental and Resource Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics Peter Rupert Pricing Externalities in the Presence of Adaptation
Jahyeon

Jahyeon Koo

PhD Candidate

North Hall ​2015 		Demographic Economics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics Shelly Lundberg The Impact of Import Competition on College Choice: Evidence from Chinese Imports in Korea
Chris

Christopher Malloy

PhD Candidate

North Hall ​2015 		Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Public Economics, Law and Economics Olivier Deschenes The Consequences of Wildfire Liability for Firm Precaution: Evidence from Power Shutoff Events in California
Tevor

Trevor Osaki

PhD Candidate

North Hall ​2045 		Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Public Economics Kelly Bedard The Effects of Test-Optional Admissions on Underrepresented Minority Enrollment and Graduation
Lucas

J. Lucas Reddinger

PhD Alumni

 Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomic Theory (Decision Theory), Labor Economics, Health Economics Gary Charness Temptation: Immediacy and Certainty
Photo of Emily Robertson

Emily Robertson

PhD Candidate

North Hall ​3020 		Environmental Economics, Urban Economics Andrew Plantinga
sarah

Sarah Robinson

PhD Candidate

North Hall 2015 		Health Economics, Public Economics Heather Royer Do Firms Avoid Health Insurance Mandates? Evidence from the Self-Funding of Employer Plans
Molly

Molly Schwarz

PhD Candidate

North Hall 2048 		Labor Economics, Education, Health Kelly Bedard Who Becomes a School Leader? An Investigation of Teacher Careers and Value-Added
vincent

Vincent Thivierge

EES PhD Candidate

 Environmental and Energy economics, Public Economics Kyle Meng Do Environmental Markets Improve Allocative Efficiency? Evidence from U.S. Air Pollution
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Guangli Zhang

PhD Alumni

North Hall ​3045 		Household Finance, Public Economics, Labor Economics, Experimental Economics Emanuel Vespa, Peter Kuhn Unemployment Insurance Monthly Benefits, Pay Frequency, and Claimants' Job Search Behavior