Designed to help students prepare for the highly-competitive job market, this program offers selected Ph.D. candidates hands-on experience in job-market paper presentation skills and interview techniques. Since 2009 the workshop has been held in conjunction with WEAI’s Annual Conference, which in 2022 will be June 29–July 3, at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Oregon.
Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 - Health and Education
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University
- Elise Marifian, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
Selling College: The Effects of Advertising on Enrollment at Less-Selective Colleges
- James Flynn, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Adverse Infant Health Outcomes?
- Opinder Kaur, University of California, Riverside - Department of Economics
Intergenerational Health Effects of Adult Literacy Programs: Evidence from India
- Parker Rogers, University of California at San Diego - Department of Economics
Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies
Group #2 - Crime, Conflict, Health, and Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Roman Rivera, Columbia University - Department of Economics
The Effect of Electronic Monitoring on Defendant Outcomes
- Livia Alfonsi, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Meet Your Future: Job Search Efforts and Aspirations of Young Jobseekers
- Mohammad Ahmad, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Historical Conflict & Contemporary Economic Preferences
- Kattya Quiroga-Velasco, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Broken Trust: Forced Sterilizations in Peru
Group #3 - Applied Micro
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
- Osaretin Olurotimi, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Does Conflict Harm Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Uganda
- Christopher Malloy, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
The Socioeconomic Consequences of Wildfire Liability: Evidence from PSPS Events in California
- Molly Elder, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Calculating the Social Cost of Wildfire Emissions
- Aldo Gutiérrez Mendieta, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
A Tale of Two Goods: The Role of Environmentally Friendly Products in Consumer Choice and Public Policy
Group #4 - Public Policy
Advisor: Justin Cook, University of California, Merced
- Xinle Pang, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
Moving into the Floodplains: The Spatial Implications of Federal Disaster Relief Policies
- Maria Victoria Barone, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
Sick Pay and Labor Supply
- Minseon Park, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
Sorting, Commuting, and School Choice
- Hadar Avivi, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
One Land, Many Promises: Heterogeneous Childhood Location Effects