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Vanderbilt Economics Ph.D Job Market Candidates

2023-24 Candidates

Vanderbilt Department of Economics’ Director of Graduate Studies is Brian Beach.

LUIS C. CARVAJAL-OSORIO

Fields: Development Economics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics

Job market paper: "Safe Drinking Water at Schools and Student Outcomes"

Advisers: Lesley J. Turner and Andrew Dustan


615-705-6912

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JAE IL CHO

Fields: Health Economics, Environmental Economics, and Economic Growth

Job market paper: "Feeling Blue and Seeing Red from Yellow Dust:
The Effect of Air Pollution on Adolescent Mental Health"


Adviser: Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter


615-423-1395

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ROWAN ISAAKS

Fields: Public Economics, Urban Economics, Transportation Economics

Job market paper: "Revealed Preferences for Residential Traffic Calming:
Evidence from Low Traffic Neighborhoods"


Adviser: Lesley J. Turner

920-664-8989

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YUKUN MA

Fields: Econometric Theory and Practice, Machine-learning Methods, Causal Inference

Job market paper: "Identification-robust inference for the LATE
with high-dimensional covariates"


Adviser: Yuya Sasaki


615-710-7851

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TUCKER SMITH

Fields: Public Economics, Labor Economics, Urban Economics, Economics of Education

Job market paper: Human Capital Adjustments and Labor Market Resilience:
Evidence from Linked Education and Earnings Data"


Adviser: Lesley J. Turner


704-280-4285

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PHIL (YUAN) HUANG

Fields: International Trade, International Economics, Microeconomics

Job market paper: ''Tax Subsidy and Multinational Joint Venture's Ownership Structure"

Advisers: Eric Bond


615-602-6773

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