2023-24 Job Market Candidates

Scott Behmer 

Primary Research Focus: Public Finance
Secondary Research Focus: Political Economy, Energy and Environmental Economics
References: Leonardo Bursztyn (Chair), Mikhail Golosov, Wioletta Dziuda
Job Market Paper: "Sticks vs Carrots: Optimal Climate Policy with Government Turnovers"
Email: behmer@uchicago.edu
Behmer Personal Website

Sulagna Dasgupta

Primary Research Focus: Microeconomic Theory, Mechanism and Information Design, Matching
Secondary Research Focus: Experimental and Behavioral Economics
References: Ben Brooks, Doron Ravid, Emir Kamenica, Phil Reny
Job Market Paper Title: "Screening Knowledge"
Email: sulagna@uchicago.edu
Dasgupta Personal Website

Santiago Franco

Primary Research Focus: Macroeconomics, Spatial Economics
Secondary Research Focus: International Trade, Economic Growth, Productivity
References: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Chair), Ufuk Akcigit, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Erik Hurst
Job Market Paper Title: "Output Market Power and Spatial Misallocation"
Email: sfranco@uchicago.edu
Franco Personal Website

Zhiyu Fu

Primary Research Focus: International Finance, Asset Pricing
Secondary Research Focus: Macro Finance
References: Greg Kaplan (Co-chair), Ralph Koijen (Co-chair), Wenxin Du, Zhiguo He, Stefan Nagel
Job Market Paper Title: "Capital Flows and the Making of Risky Currencies"
Email: zhiyufu@uchicago.edu
Fu Personal Website

Michael Galperin

Primary Research Focus: Labor Economics, Public Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Economics of Education
References: Michael Greenstone, Magne Mogstad, Jack Mountjoy
Job Market Paper Title: "Targeting, Selection, and the Impact of Grant Aid on Student Outcomes"
Email: mgalperin@uchicago.edu
Galperin Personal Website

Esperanza Johnson

Primary Research Focus: Industrial Organization
Secondary Research Focus: Economics of Education
References: Ali Hortacsu (Chair), Michael Dinerstein, Gaston Illanes (Northwestern University), Margaux Luflade (University of Pennsylvania)
Job Market Paper Title: "Supply Responses to Targeted Government Aid: Evidence from Free College in Chile"
Email: esperanza@uchicago.edu
Johnson Personal Website

Toshiaki Komatsu

Primary Research Focus: International Trade, Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
References: Felix Tintelnot (Chair), Magne Mogstad, Robert Shimer
Job Market Paper Title: "Job Ladder over Production Networks"
Email: komatsu.econ@gmail.com
Komatsu Personal Website

Nadav Kunievsky

Primary Research Focus: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Secondary Research Focus: Industrial Organization
References: Stephane Bonhomme (Chair), Ben Brooks, Jack Mountjoy, Derek Neal
Job Market Paper Title: "Bridging the Gap: The Role of Information and Returns in College Attendance Disparities "
Email: nadavkunievsky@uchicago.edu
Kunievsky Personal Website

Ivan Chit Pan Kwok

Primary Research Focus: Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Industrial Organization, Political Economy
References: Leonardo Bursztyn (Chair), Devin Pope, Christopher Blattman
Job Market Paper Title: "Can Acceptance Reduce Anticipated Discrimination? Evidence from Second-Generation Immigrants"
Email: ivankwok@uchicago.edu | Kwok Personal Website

Marco Loseto

Primary Research Focus: Industrial Organization, Financial Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Household Finance
References: Ali Hortacsu (Co-Chair), Lars Hansen (Co-Chair), Scott Nelson
Job Market Paper Title: "Plan Menus, Retirement Portfolios, and Investors' Welfare"
Email: mloseto@uchicago.edu
Loseto Personal Website

Sangmin (Simon) Oh

Primary Research Focus: Financial Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Public Economics and Macroeconomics
References: Ralph Koijen, Niels Gormsen, Lars Peter Hansen, Stefan Nagel
Job Market Paper Title: "Social Inflation"
Email: oh@chicagobooth.edu
Oh Personal Website

Aleksei Oskolkov

Primary Research Focus: Macroeconomics, International Finance
Secondary Research Focus: Monetary Economics, Financial Economics
References: Fernando Alvarez, Mikhail Golosov, Lars Peter Hansen, Guido Lorenzoni
Job Market Paper Title: "Heterogeneous Impact of the Global Financial Cycle"
Email: aoskolkov@uchicago.edu
Oskolkov Personal Website

Estéfano Rubio

Primary Research Focus: Political Economy, Labor Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Public Economics, Microeconomic Theory
References: James Robinson (Chair), Joseph Root, Evan Rose
Job Market Paper Title: "Power Distribution and Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from Unionized Firms"
Email: erubio@uchicago.edu
Rubio Personal Website

Sidharth Sah

Primary Research Focus: Labor Economics, Economics of Education
Secondary Research Focus: Public Economics
References: Michael Dinerstein (Chair), Christina Brown, Jack Mountjoy
Job Market Paper Title: "Peer Gender Composition and Undergraduate Achievement and Major Choice"
Email: sidsah@uchicago.edu
Sah Personal Website

Harshil Sahai

Primary Research Focus:  Development Economics and Environmental Economics
References: Michael Greenstone, Michael Kremer, Michael Dinerstein
Job Market Paper Title: "The Welfare Implications of School Voucher Design: Evidence from India"
Email: harshil@uchicago.edu
Sahai Personal Website

Marcos Sora

Primary Research Focus: International Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Labor
References: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Co-Chair), Greg Kaplan (Co-Chair), Rodrigo Adao, Fernando Alvarez
Job Market Paper Title: "Labor Reallocation during Booms: The Role of Duration Uncertainty"
Email: soramarcos@uchicago.edu
Sora Personal Website

Michael Varley

Primary Research Focus: Financial Economics
Secondary Research Focus: Real Estate, Banking, Corporate Finance
References: Amir Sufi (Chair), Pascal Noel, Constantine Yannelis, Scott Nelson, Michael Dinerstein
Job Market Paper Title: "Contractual Lock-In: Prepayment Penalties and Mobility"
Email: varleym0@chicagobooth.edu
Varley Personal Website

Jingtao Zheng

Primary Research Focus: International Finance, Asset Pricing
Secondary Research Focus: FinTech, Commercial Real Estate
References: Raghuram Rajan (Co-Chair), Wenxin Du (Co-Chair), Stefan Nagel, Ralph Koijen, Lars Peter Hansen
Job Market Paper Title: "Dividend Flows and the Foreign Exchange Rate"
Email: jingtao.zheng@chicagobooth.edu
Zheng Personal Website

Ufuk Akcigit
Co-Director of Graduate Placement
Office: SHFE 403
Phone: (773) 702-0433 | uakcigit@uchicago.edu

Manasi Deshpande
Co-Director of Graduate Placement
Office: Office: SHFE 347
Phone: (773) 795-2944 | mdeshpande@uchicago.edu