The Department of Economics at Michigan State University is proud to announce their 2026-2027 job market candidates. For more information, please contact Professor Raoul Minetti, Director of Graduate Placement.
Francisca Alba
Field(s): Public, Behavioral
Website: www.franciscaalba.com
Title of Job Market Paper: “Misperceived Benefits and Tax-Filing Decisions Among Low-Income Workers”
Primary Advisor: Ben Bushong & Stacy Dickert-Conlin
Willy Chen
Field(s): Labor, Inequality
Website: www.willycecon.com
Title of Job Market Paper: "Discounted Degrees: Employer Frictions and the Misallocation of High-Skilled Immigrants"
Primary Advisor: Todd Elder & Hanzhe Zhang
Matthew Guzman
Field(s): Education, Taxation
Website: https://matthew-guzman.com/
Title of Job Market Paper: "The Effects of Local Property Taxes on Special Education"
Primary Advisor: Scott Imberman
Jeongmin Ha
Field(s): Labor, Public
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jeongminha
Title of Job Market Paper: "The Racial Wage Gap and Task Segregation"
Primary Advisor: Todd Elder
Elizabeth Kayoon Hur
Field(s): Health, Public, Labor Economics
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/elizabethkayoonhur/home
Title of Job Market Paper: "The Effects of Early Discharge from Nursing Homes on Patient Health"
Primary Advisor: Stacy Dickert-Conlin
Jaehong Lim
Field(s): Labor, Education, Applied Microeconomics
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jaehonglim/home
Title of Job Market Paper: “Investments and the Technology of Skill Formation: The Role of Children’s Time Allocation”
Primary Advisor: Steven Haider
Xin Liu
Field(s): Labor, Public
Website: https://xinliu56.github.io/
Title of Job Market Paper: "The Race between Aging and Automation: Age-biased Technology and Age Pay Gap"
Primary Advisor: Todd Elder
Patrick Massey
Field(s): Education, Labor, Public
Website: www.patricklmassey.com
Title of Job Market Paper: "Teacher Sorting and Preferences over School Disadvantage: Evidence from Performance Pay in Texas"
Primary Advisor: Scott Imberman
Kevin Mi
Field(s): Industrial Organization, Applied Micro Theory, Digital Economics
Website: www.kevinwmi.com
Title of Job Market Paper: “AI Search Features and Quality Degradation”
Primary Advisor: Jay Pil Choi
Xuexing Ong
Field(s): Applied Industrial Organization, Environmental, Public
Website: www.xuexingong.com
Title of Job Market Paper: "State on Fire: Catastrophe Insurance Markets Under Mandated Non-Renewal Moratoriums"
Primary Advisor: Kyoo il Kim
Maitri Punjabi
Field(s): Environment/Energy, Public, Development
Website: www.maitripunjabi.com
Title of Job Market Paper: "Electricity Prices and the Demand for Cooling: Evidence from India"
Primary Advisor: Prabhat Barnwal
John Reaves
Field(s): Industrial Organization, Urban, Environmental
Website: 1johnreaves.github.io
Title of Job Market Paper: “Mobile Broadband and Consumer Price Response”
Primary Advisor: Oren Ziv
Madeleine C. Smith
Field(s): Public, Labor, Education
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/madeleinecsmith/home
Title of Job Market Paper: "The Effects of Federal Guidance on Sex Crime Reporting"
Primary Advisor: Stacy Dickert-Conlin
Younghee Son
Field(s): Health, Labor
Website: https://younghee-son.github.io/
Title of Job Market Paper: "Organ Availability and Transplant Candidate Behavior"
Primary Advisor: Todd Elder
Yi Wang
Field(s): Monetary Theory
Title of Job Market Paper: "CBDC, financial disintermediation and financial stability"
Primary Advisor: Luis Araujo