Current Job Market Candidates

The Department of Economics at Michigan State University is proud of its 2025/26 job market candidates listed below.

For more information, please contact Professor Raoul Minetti, Director of Graduate Placement.


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Jingyue Cui
Fields: Econometrics 
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jingyue-cui
Title of Job Market Paper: Efficient Estimation in Difference-in-Differences Designs with Staggered Entry and Exit in the Presence of Serial Correlation and Time-Varying Variances  
Primary Advisor: Jeffrey Wooldridge  


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Robin Danko
Fields: Econometrics 
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/robindanko
Title of Job Market Paper: "Cluster-Robust Inference when Treatment Effects Vary Across Clusters: A Design-Based Approach"
Primary Advisor: Jeffrey Wooldridge


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Neil Filosa
Fields: Public, Labor, Law/Crime
Website: https://www.neilfilosa.com/
Title of Job Market Paper: “Can’t Wait to Retire: Officer Retention amid Turmoil in Policing "
Primary Advisor: Stacy Dickert-Conlin


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Marc Fulmer
Fields: Health, Labor, Public
Website: https://marcfulmer.com
Title of Job Market Paper: “Understanding changes over time in the receipt of workers' compensation benefits”
Primary Advisor: Steven Haider


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Cara Haughey
Fields: Public, Health
Website: https://carahaughey.com/
Title of Job Market Paper: Neighbor Helping Neighbor: Local Giving and the Geography of Charity
Primary Advisor: Stacy Dickert-Conlin & Michael Conlin


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Jae-Yu Jung
Fields: Energy, Environment, Transportation
Website: https://jaeyu-jung.github.io/
Title of Job Market Paper: Do Charging Stations Care about Electricity Rates?
Primary Advisor: Soren T. Anderson


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Seung Yeon Jung
Fields: Public, Labor, Applied Microeconomics
Website: https://www.seungyeonjung.com/
Title of Job Market Paper: “Pass-Through of Government Transfer Payments on Retail Prices: Evidence from P-EBT"
Primary Advisor: Michael Conlin


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Eion Lange
Fields: Labor, Applied Microeconomics
Website: https://eionlange.weebly.com/ 
Title of Job Market Paper: "Estimating the Returns to Firm Tenure: What Do We Really Know?"
Primary Advisor: Steve Woodbury


 

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Iris Margetis
Fields: Environmental, Urban, Applied Microeconomics
Website: https://irismargetis.com/
Title of Job Market Paper: “The Effects of a Mandatory Flood Risk Disclosure Law on Rent Prices and Residential Sorting in Texas”
Primary Advisor: Soren Anderson


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Tyler Powell

Fields: Education, Labor
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/tylerepowell/ 
Title of Job Market Paper: Taking the Long Way Home: The Effects of Bus Commutes on Student Achievement
Primary Advisor: Scott Imberman


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Sierra Smith

Fields: Behavioral, Experimental
Website: Sierra-Smith.com 
Title of Job Market Paper: When The Storm Breaks (Expectations): Reference Dependence and Demand for Flood Insurance
Primary Advisor: Benjamin Bushong


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Seth Walker
Fields: Education, Labor
Website: https://www.sethwalker.org/
Title of Job Market Paper: Losing Aid, Losing Ground? The Academic and Career Consequences of Financial Aid Loss: Evidence from the TEXAS Grant
Primary Advisor: Scott Imberman


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Xueshi Wang
Fields: Health, Public, Applied Microeconomics
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/xueshiwang
Title of Job Market Paper: “Does Paid Family Leave Widen Infant Health Disparity”
Primary Advisor: Stacy Dickert-Conlin


Headshot Nicholas Yi.

Nicholas Yi
Fields: Macro-Finance
Website: https://nicholasjyi.github.io/
Title of Job Market Paper: Financial and Production Integration in the Macroeconomy
Primary Advisor: Raoul Minetti