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Economics is a social science that covers a broad subject matter in seeking to understand the social world. Economics studies the behavior of social systems—such as markets, corporations, legislatures, and families—as the outcome of interactions through institutions between goal-directed individuals. Doing economic research involves asking questions about the social world and addressing those questions with data and models, employing mathematical and statistical tools whenever possible to aid the analysis.

The Ph.D. program in the Department of Economics is addressed to students of high promise who wish to prepare themselves for careers in teaching and research in academia or for responsible positions in government, research organizations, or business enterprises. Students in the department are free to pursue research interests with scholars throughout the University. Faculty of Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Business School, for example, are available to students for consultation, instruction, and research guidance.

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Students who have received, or will soon receive, the Ph.D. in Economics are assisted by the Department in finding suitable career positions. The Department learns of available openings for qualified economists through an exchange of information with universities, colleges, government agencies, and research institutes.

The Department staff coordinates and facilitates placement activities, and a faculty member oversees and advises placement.  Serious effort is made to help students find positions in which their capacities will be both used and rewarded.  The Department has been highly successful in placing students, which is a reflection on the quality of its students and their training, and the importance the Department places on this activity.

Placement Outcomes

2023-2024 (jobs starting fall 2024).

• Will be updated by May 30, 2024

2022-2023 (Jobs Starting Fall 2023)

• Institute for Fiscal Studies at University College London ; Post-doc
• Haas School of Business ; Post-doc
• UC Berkeley ; Post-doc
• Nova School of Business and Economics ; Assistant Professor
• Nova School of Business and Economics; Assistant Professor 
• UCLA; Assistant Professor
• Columbia Law School; Associate Professor of Law
• Haas School of Business; Post-doc
• Chicago University; Post-doc
• Columbia; Assistant Professor of Economics
• Wharton, University of Pennsylvania ; Post-doc
• University of Michigan (AP); Assistant Professor
• Princeton; Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Santa Clara University; Assistant Professor
• U Toronto (Rotman); Assistant Professor
• Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute ; Visiting Research Fellow

Government / Research

• Fed Board; Economist
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York Research; Economist
• IMF Economist Program 
• California Budget and Policy Center Senior; Policy Analyst
• Fed Board; Economist - Research and Statistics Division
• Cornerstone; Research Associate
• Amazon; Economist-I for the PXTCS Team

2021-2022 (Jobs Starting Fall 2022)

• LMU in Germany, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• National University of Singapore, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• Oxford University, Department of Economics; Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Economics at The Queen’s College
• Toulouse School of Economics, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• UC San Diego Rady, Department of Economics & Strategic Management; Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Department of Economics; Assistant Instructional Professor
• University of Oxford Saïd Business School; Finance Department; Associate Professor
• Princeton University; Industrial Relations Section Postdoctoral Research Associate 
• Yale University, MacMillan Center; Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer
• UC Berkeley, Center for Applications of Mathematics and Statistics to Economics; Postdoctoral Fellow
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Research Unit; Economist
• World Bank, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME); Economist
• US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies; Economist
• briq Institute on Behavior & Inequality; Postdoctoral Fellow
• Employ America; Senior Economist
• Center for Global Development; Postdoctoral Researcher
• Amazon; Applied Scientist
• Google; Economist
• Uber, Middle Mile Market Place; Research Scientist

2020-2021 (Jobs Starting Fall 2021)

• Boston University, Questrom School of Business: Assistant Professory of Finance
• Caltech, Division of Humanities/Social Sciences: Postdoc in Economic Theory
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Finance Dept: Assistant Professor
• Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies: Postdoc Associate
• MIT, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile): Assistant Professor (2)
• Tufts University, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Booth School of Business: Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Ottawa, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Economics, Assistant Professor
• University of Washington,  Evans School of Public Policy and Governance: Assistant Professor
• Yale University, School of Management: Assistant Professor
• Yale University: Postdoc Fellow

Government/Public Sector

• Federal Reserve Board, International Finance: Economist
• JP Morgan, Global Economic Research: US Economics/Vice President
• McKinsey & Company, DC office: Associate
• Robinhood, Data Science

2019-2020 (Jobs Starting Fall 2020)

• University of Sydney
• University of Utah School of Business
• New Economic School
• HEC Montreal
• London School of Economics
• Naval Postgraduate School,
• University of Iowa
• Washington University Olin School of Business
• University of Chicago
• Georgetown Policy
• University of Nottingham
• NBER Household Finance Postdoc
• Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
• Bank of Canada
• Analysis Group
• Mathematica
• Capital One

2018-2019 (Jobs Starting Fall 2019)

• George Washington University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• HEC Montreal - Assistan t Professor
• Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology - Assistant Professor 
• Indiana University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• London School of Economics - Department of Finance - Assistant Professor
• National University of Singapore - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of California Los Angeles (3) – Department of Economics -Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Booth School of Business – Department of Marketing - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris Policy School – Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health – Assistant Professor
• University of Warwick, England – Department of Finance - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – Economist
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors – Economist
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Economist
• San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank – Economist
• SEC, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis– Economist
• Amazon – Economist
• Analysis Group – Economist
• Cornerstone Research (2)– Economist
• Pandora – Economist

2017-2018 (Jobs Starting Fall 2018)

• Academia Sinica - Economist
• Baruch College - Assistant Professor
• Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) - Post Doctoral Fellow
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Economist
• Monash University -  Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Public Policy Institute of California - Economist
• Stockholm University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies - Assistant Professor
• University of British Columbia – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris School – Assistant Professor
• University of Melbourne, Australia – Department of Economics - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• Urban Institute – Research Associate
• Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Post Doctoral Fellow

2016-2017 (Jobs Starting Fall 2017)

• Amazon - Economist
• Analysis Group - Associate
• Bocconi University - Department of Decision Sciences - Assistant Professor
• Columbia University - Assistant Professor
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Economist
• Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business - Assistant Professor
• Goethe University - Safe Center-
• NBER - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Northwestern - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Oxford Nuffield - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Princeton University - Assistant Professor
• PUC-Chile - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Resources for the Future - Post Doctoral Fellow
• True North Managers LLP (India) - Economist
• University of Michigan - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Wisconsin - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Wesleyan University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2015-2016 (Jobs Starting Fall 2016)

• Analysis Group- Associate
• BI Norwegian Business School – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Congressional Budget Office- Tax Analysis Division- Associate Analyst
• Cornerstone Research- Associate (2)
• Federal Housing and Finance Agency- Economist
• NYU Shanghai- Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Peterson Institute for International Economics - Research Fellow
• RAND – Economics and Statistics - Research Economist
• University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Pennyslvania - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• US Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies - Economist
• World Bank - Development Research Group - Research Economist

2014-2015 (Jobs Starting Fall 2015)

• Amazon (2) – Economist
• El Colegio de Mexico – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Harvard Business School – Assistant Professor
• Haverford College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• IMT- Department of Economics - Lucca, Italy
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Economist
• Middlebury College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Monash University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• NERA Economic Consulting – Economist
• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management – Assistant Professor
• RAND – Associate Economist
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Assistant Professor
• Stanford University – Department of Management Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor
• University College London – Department of Economics - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• University College London – Department of Economics - Post Doctoral Fellow
• University of Michigan – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2013-2014 (Jobs Starting Fall 2014)

• Banca d’Italia- Post Doctoral Researcher
• Bowdoin College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Chinese University of Hong Kong– Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Columbia University - Business School - Assistant Professor
• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Research Department – Economist
• Harvard University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Harvard University – Department of Economics - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Microsoft Research - Post Doctoral Researcher
• Stanford University - Graduate School of Business - Assistant Professor
• University of Edinburgh – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago Booth - School of Business - Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Montreal – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Munich – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Universtat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain at CREI (Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional) - Post Doctoral Researcher
• University of Queensland, Australia – School of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Yale University – Cowles Foundation - Post Doctoral Researcher
• Yale University – School of Management - Assistant Professor

2012-2013 (Jobs Starting Fall 2013)

• Alvarez and Marsal – Global Forensics and Disputes Group – Director
• Carnegie Mellon University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Center for Global Development – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Columbia University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Federal Communications Commission - Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis – Economist
• Michigan State University – Department of Finance - Assistant Professor
• OnPoint Analytics – Economist
• Peking University (Beijing, China) – HSBC Business School - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Julis-Rabinwitz Center for Public Policy and Finance – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of California, San Diego – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Iowa – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Houston – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Michigan – Ford School of Public Policy - Assistant Professor
• University of Oregon – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Southern California – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Technology (Sydney, Australia) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto (Canada) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Warwick (United Kingdom) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2011-2012 (Jobs Starting Fall 2012)

• Bank of Canada – Senior Analyst
• Black Rock - Economist
• The Brattle Group –Economist
• Columbia University – Business School – Assistant Professor
• Duke University - Assistant Professor
• International Monetary Fund – Economist
• McGill University - Assistant Professor
• Moody’s  Analytics – Economist
• National University of Singapore - Assistant Professor
• New Economics School in Moscow, Russia - Assistant Professor
• Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management - Assistant Professor
• Peking University – HSBC Business School - Assistant Professor
• Securities and Exchange Commission – Economist
• RAND Corporation – Economist
• Stanford University - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of California, San Francisco – Public Health Economist/Physician Residency
• University of Texas, Dallas – Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto – Rotman School of Business - Assistant Professor

2010-2011 (Jobs Starting Fall 2011)

• ApplEcon, LLC – Senior Economist
• Black Rock’s Global Macro Strategies Group - Associate
• Boston University – Assistant Professor
• Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Case Western, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• Claremont McKenna College, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• Columbia University – Post-Doctoral
• Cornerstone Research – Associate
• Harvard - Kennedy School of Government – Assistant Professor
• Hebrew University – Assistant Professor
• Highbridge Capital Management - Economist
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology– Assistant Professor
• Innovations for Poverty Action – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• International Monetary Fund – Economist (Total of four IMF appointments for 2011.)
• Joint Committee on Taxation – Economist
• Oakland Athletics – Director of Baseball Operations
• St. Olaf College, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of Arizona, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• World Bank – Economist (Total of two IMF appointments for 2011.)
• World Bank – Young Professionals Program

2009-2010 (Jobs Starting Fall 2010)

• American Enterprise Institute - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Applied Economics Group at MIT Sloan - Assistant Professor
• Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• ESSEC Business School in Paris, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Freddie Mac - Economist
• INCAE Business School in Costa Rica - Assistant Professor
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers - Economist
• RAND Corporation - Economist
• Reed College, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Law School - Assistant Professor of Law
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy – Lecturer
• University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Departments of Economics and Public Policy - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Wallis Institute of Political Economy - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Warwick, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Zurich, Department of Economics - Post-Doctoral Researcher

2008-2009 (Jobs Starting Fall 2009)

• Academia Sinica - Assistant Research Fellow
• El Colegio de Mexcio- Post-Doctoral Researcher
• El Colegio de Mexico, Department of Economics- Assistant Professor
• Federal Bank of New York - Economist
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - Research Economist
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Economist
• Harvard University - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy
• Institute of Economic Policy Research - Post-doctoral Researcher
• International Monetary Fund - Economist
• Northwestern Law School- Visiting Assistant Professor
• Syncsort, Inc - Market Research Analyst
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Assistant Professor
• University of California, Berkeley - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of California, Santa Barbara - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago - Assistant Professor
• University of Oklahoma - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics- Assistant Professor
• US Department of Treasury- Special Assistant
• US Government Agency - Senior Fellow
• USC, Marshall School of Business - Assistant Professor (Tenure track)
• World Bank, Young Professionals Program - Economist

2007-2008 (Jobs Starting Fall 2008)

• Arizona State University, W.P Carey School of Business - Assistant Professor
• Carleton University - Assistant Professor
• Colgate College - Assistant Professor
• Dartmouth College - Assistant Professor
• Davis Polk & Wardwell, Department of Law – Attorney/Economist
• Department of Justice - Antitrust Division – Research Economist
• Hamilton College - Assistant Professor
• Harvard University - Assistant Professor
• Haverford College - Assistant Professor
• Korea Institute of Finance – Research Economist
• London School of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Mathematica Policy Research – Economist
• McKinsey and Company – Economist          
• The Parthenon Group- Economist
• Princeton University - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of British Columbia - Assistant Professor
• University for California, Los Angeles ­- Assistant Professor
• University for California, Santa Barbara - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business – Adjunct Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs Post-doctoral Researcher
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil -- Assistant Professor
• US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Economist
• Washington University - Assistant Professor
• World Bank, Young Professionals Program
• Yale University - Lecturer
• Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies - Post-doctoral Researcher
• Gavea Investimentos, Brazil – Research Economist

2006-2007 (Jobs Starting Fall 2007)

• Barclays Global Investors – Economist
• Bank of Thailand - Economist
• Beijing University - Assistant Professor
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Research Economist
• Canada Revenue Agency – Senior Consultant
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Economist
• Collegio Carlo Alberto - Assistant Professor
• Cornerstone Research - Research Economist
• Department of Justice - Economic Analysis Group – Economist
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Economist
• Harvard University - Post-doctoral Researcher
• McKinsey & Company - Economist
• University California, Irvine - Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - Assistant Professor
• Universidad de Chile - Assistant Professor
• University of Guanajuato, Mexico - Assistant Professor
• University of Michigan - Assistant Professor
• University of Pennsylvania – Wharton School - Assistant Professor
• US Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies – Research Economist
• Vanderbilt Law School - Assistant Professor
• Yale University - Assistant Professor

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Career Placement

Wharton prepares you to become an academic leader. our phd graduates have gone on to excel at leading academic institutions, research centers, and enterprises around the globe..

Working with Wharton’s faculty, you are trained in the practices of rigorous research. You learn how to frame questions from a multi-disciplinary perspective through exposure to the broadest range of business knowledge. This breadth and depth of thinking yields new ideas, and scholars who break new ground in their selected area of research.

You leave Wharton ready to contribute meaningfully to your field, typically having published with your faculty mentors prior to graduation. Most Wharton doctoral graduates take positions at leading academic institutions, and many alumni continue working with their Wharton mentors and colleagues, returning to Wharton for conferences and colloquia throughout their careers.

Student Placements

Here’s a list of placements, by program and year of graduation, over the past 10 years:

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Applied Economics

World bank Post doc at NYU Furman center. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. UT Dallas National University of Singapore

Brattle Group University of Wisconsin Business,  Post Doc at Treasury Brattle Group Cornerstone Research Rutgers Business School Cornerstone Research

OECD Federal Reserve Board NYU, Postdoc and Hong Kong University Princeton, Postdoc

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Texas, Austin Bank of Canada NBER, Postdoc

Stanford University Cornerstone The Vanguard Group

Michigan State Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Post-doc at Chicago Booth) London School of Economics

Cornell University Microsoft Research NERA Economic Consulting University of Colorado, Boulder

Econ One Harvard Business School National Taiwan University Nuna Health Toulouse School of Economics University of California, Merced

Baruch College Clemson University Northwestern University Putnam Investments Research Affiliates

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Duke University Indiana University University of Delaware University of Wisconsin, Madison

Berkeley Research Group University of Michigan U.S. Treasury Department Sungkyunkwan University, SKK GSB

Note: The Applied Economics program was created in Fall 2008 and, therefore, has placed students beginning 2013.

Ethics & Legal Studies

Visit here for Ethics & Legal Studies PhD placements. 

BlackRock Cornerstone Research Drexel University, LeBow College of Business Harvard Business School Rothschild & Co

BlackRock Boston Consulting Group Columbia Business School Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina McGill University MIT Sloan Universidad Carlos III de Madrid University of Hong Kong

Capital One Stockholm School of Economics

Arizona State University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology University of Florida University of Warwick, Warwick Business School

BI Norwegian Business School INSEAD London Business School (2 placements) Peking University University of Hong Kong (2 placements)

Carnegie Mellon University Cornell University Cornerstone Research Peking University Southern Methodist University University of Wisconsin, Madison

AQR Capital Management Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Citadel Tulane University, Freeman School of Business University of Chicago, Booth School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

Federal Reserve Bank of New York University of Michigan University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Boston College Cornell University Federal Reserve Board Michigan State University Ohio State University University of Houston

Google University of California, Los Angeles University of Delaware University of Minnesota University of Oxford

Google University of Delaware

Mingshi Investment Management Peking University Southern Methodist University

Carnegie Mellon University University of British Columbia University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Rochester University of Wisconsin, Madison

Cornell University Getulio Vargas Foundation Southern Methodist University U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission University of Southern California

New York University University of Florida

Cornerstone Research KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) University of Iowa University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Aalto University School of Economics University of California, San Diego

Federal Reserve Board

Health Care Management & Economics

Charles River Associates Baylor University Cornell University Medical Campus (Weill) University of Miami USAID Emory University Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Harvard Business School New York University University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine NYU Langone Medical Center Analysis Group

University of Virginia Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management RAND Corporation University of Pittsburgh Analysis Group

Indiana University Bloomington John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine US Department of Health and Human Services

Asian Development Bank RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

Cornell Medical School RAND Corporation Thomas Jefferson University University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine Urban Institute

RAND-UCLA (Joint Post-Doc) San Diego State University Temple University, Fox Business School

Columbia University Peking University Urban Institute US Army Medical Department Telehealth Office

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Brigham and Women’s Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

University of Missouri University of Porto, Faculty of Economics

Bocconi University Ohio State University University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Rice University New York University, Stern School of Business Massachusetts Institute of Technology

George Washington University University of Texas, Austin

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Sungkyunkwan University

Cornell University Stanford University

University of Texas, Austin University of Wisconsin, Madison

IESE Business School, Barcelona Campus University of LUISS (Rome)

INSEAD Purdue University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Pittsburgh University of South Carolina University of Texas, Austin

George Washington University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Washington, Bothell

Georgia State University Moscow School of Management, SKLOKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies Nanyang Business School Rutgers University

George Washington University Harvard University INSEAD University of Maryland, Smith School of Business University of Minnesota, Carlson School Washington University, St. Louis

New York University University of Hartford

Instituto De Empresa University of Michigan

Brigham Young University Florida International University National University of Singapore New York Department of Economics University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Operations, Information and Decisions

Visit here for Operations, Information and Decisions PhD placements. 

University of Florida Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Rutgers University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Voleon Group

University of Chicago, Booth School of Business University of California, Berkeley Emory University Rutgers University Citadel Air Liquide

INSEAD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management University of Vienna DV01

CLVmetrics IBM Stanford University

Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Queens College Rice University Walmart Labs

Columbia University New Jersey Institute of Technology Yahoo Labs

The Climate Corporation Credit Suisse Rutgers University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Krossover Intelligence Stanford University

Northwestern University US Census Bureau

Harvard University Princeton University University of Pennsylvania

London School of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Colombia University, Earth Institute (Post-Doc)

Yale University

Questions about placement? Contact our placement officer Robert Townsend  or placement administrator  Shannon May .

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Placement History

The department plays an active role in assisting graduate students with career placement. In a typical year, every MIT Economics PhD graduate finds a job.

Over the past six years, the department has placed a total of 130 graduates in academic, research, and government jobs. Of these, 90 graduates (69%) chose positions at academic institutions and 36 graduates (28%) chose non-academic positions. Of the 90 academic placements, 35 (39%) were at top-15 US economics departments or top-10 US business schools. The tables below break out these proportions for each cohort and highlight some of our top placements.

All placements, 2018-2023

Placements to top economics departments and business schools, 2018-2023.

Recent PhD Placements

Economics phd accepted job offers.

Bank of Japan Bogazici University, Turkey Central European University, Hungary International Monetary Fund, DC Korea Information Society Development Institute Korean Institution for Industrial Economics and Trade National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan National University of Singapore (NUS) Renmin University, China Tulane University, LA University of New South Wales, Australia University of Oregon University of Sydney, Australia Wisconsin Center for Education Research, WI

Rutgers Business School, NY Banco de Mexico Banco de Mexico Bank of Canada Bank of Chile Clark University, School of Management, MA Central Michigan University Congressional Budget Office, DC European University Institute, Max Weber Fellowship, Florence, Italy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology European University Institute, Max Weber Fellowship, Florence, Italy Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors, DCInternational Monetary Fund, DC Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Libera Università Internazionale Degli Studi Sociali, Rome, Italy Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany Middle East Technical University, Turkey Oberlin College, OH University of Alberta School of Business, Canada University of Copenhagen, School of Business, Denmark University of Naples, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (post-doctoral fellowship), Italy

Analysis Group, Boston Bank of Canada Black & Veatch, Houston Blackrock, New York Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington DC Deloitte, Transfer Pricing Group, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta Fudan University, China Georgia Tech Indiana University Kelly School of Business Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai India International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC ITESMs (Monterrey Tech) Graduate School of Public Policy and ALFA, Monterey, Mexico Korean Insurance Research Institute (KIRI), Korea McKinsey and Co., Brazil Michigan State University Oberlin College, OH Singapore Management University, Singapore Stanford Business School, CA Private hedge fund, New York Toulouse School of Economics, France University of California Davis University of Exeter, UK University of Hawaii, Hilo University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management Vanderbilt University, TN

Bank Indonesia California State University East Bay Case Western Reserve, PA Department of Justice, DC El Colegio de Mexico Federal Reserve Board of Governors, DC London School of Economics, UK Multi-Cultural Mental Health Research Center, Harvard University Purdue University, IN Analysis Group, Boston University of Sao Paulo, Brazil University of Virginia

Bates White, MA DxCG Inc, MA Ernst & Young, GA Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, TX International Monetary Fund, DC NERA, NY Northwestern University (Economics), IL Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management), IL Wayne State University, MI World Bank, DC

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Bank of Japan, Japan Bank of Japan, Japan Cornerstone Research, Menlo Park, CA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Notre Dame, IN Suffolk University, MA

Note: Positions from 2005 to 2010 reflect only PhD students who entered the formal job market and accepted a job through that process. Students who already had jobs arranged or did not do a formal search are not included in those years. Hence the lists are incomplete. Students from 2011 on are those who voluntarily chose to list their new jobs, regardless of the search process.

Historical Placement of Ph.D. Students

The program of study is designed to train for research careers as faculty in public policy programs, public health programs, and other academic programs, and for non-academic research careers in think tanks, private consulting, government, or the not-for-profit sector.

At Cornell University, economists are trained in many departments, schools and colleges, and as a part of multiple graduate fields. All Cornell Ph.D. graduates with training in economics are listed here. 

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Ph.D. Placements

Your Success Story Is Waiting. Our graduates work in a variety of academic institutions, government, international organizations, and private sector firms.

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Alumni spotlight, ebehireme iyoha , phd ’21.

Harvard School of Business and the U.S. Fed (Boston)

Ebehi Iyoha’s research applies network theory to the study of firm-to-firm interactions within and across countries’ borders. In her dissertation, she explores how US publicly-listed companies are affected by the efficiency of their customers and suppliers.  Her research finds that central firms in the production network—such as General Motors, AT&T and Walmart—can have large impacts on the productivity of the US economy through their buyer-supplier relationships. Her work also assesses the influence of US multinationals on the performance of US domestic firms, and examines the impact of the US-China trade war on importer-exporter relationships in Latin America.

Upon graduation, Ebehi will spend a year as a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In 2022, she will join the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School as an Assistant Professor where she will teach a section of a first-year MBA course, “The Entrepreneurial Manager.” 

Harold Chiang , PhD’20

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

As an econometrician, Harold works on bridging the division between cutting-edge econometric theory and the frontiers of empirical economic research. The tools developed in Harold’s research can be applied to different empirical economic questions in education, labor economics, international trade, and industrial organization, among others.

Previous Placements

Class of 2023.

Lillian R. Gaeto Assistant Professor Wofford College

Jihye Heo Assistant Professor Oberlin College

Kayleigh J. McCrary Assistant Professor University of Richmond

Martin B. Schmitz Postdoctoral Research Associate Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy Chapman University

Colin Q. Sharpe Associate Cornerstone Research

Class of 2022

Patrick Flynn Associate Cornerstone Research

Cameron R. Friday Research Economist Integra FEC

Hanjo (Terry) Kim Financial Economist U.S. Department of the Treasury

Matthew T. Knowles Health Economics Senior Analyst Abt Associates

Oscar O'Flaherty Associate Data Scientist Carvana

Matthew Pesner Postdoctoral Fellow Population Studies Center University of Michigan

Craig Sylvera Research Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Thu Tran Quantitative Analytics Senior Freddie Mac

Class of 2021

Matthew L. Chambers Research Economist U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Brandyn F. Churchill Assistant Professor Department of Resource Economics University of Massachusetts Amherst

Trang Hoang Economist Division of International Finance Federal Reserve Board

Nicholas Holtkamp Economist Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Ebehi Iyoha Assistant Professor Entrepreneurial Management Unit Harvard Business School

Kristine Koutout Research Director Golup Capital Social Impact Lab Stanford University 

Zeeshan Samad Research Consultant Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Unit The World Bank 

Christopher Sichko Research Agricultural Economist Economic Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture

Bing Yang Tan Research Fellow Global Asia Institute National University of Singapore

Katherine G. Yewell Assistant Professor Department of Health Management and System Sciences University of Louisville

Jun Zhao Assistant Professor Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies University of Alabama

Class of 2020

Caroline Abraham Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Economics Union College  

Tam Bui Data Scientist Happy Elements

Harold D. Chiang Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison

Frank Ciarliero Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics Texas Tech University 

Mathew Knudson Transfer Pricing Economist, US Tax Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Nicolas A. Mäder Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics, Business School University of San Diego

Daniel Mangrum Research Economist, Research and Statistics Group Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Class of 2019

Samuel T. Eppink Prevention Effectiveness Postdoctoral Fellow Centers for Disease Control

Gracie (Hui) Hao Data Scientist The Vanguard Group

Paul S. Niekamp Assistant Professor of Economics Ball State University

Francis R. Ratsimbazafy Data Scientist, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Class of 2018

Hayri Alper Arslan Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Economics Queen’s University

Jason A. Campbell Assistant Professor Department of Economics, Business School University of San Diego

Dong (Carl) Cheng Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Economics Union College

Salama S. Freed Postdoctoral Researcher Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics University of Pennsylvania

James M. Harrison Assistant Professor Department of Economics United States Naval Academy

Emily C. Lawler Assistant Professor Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs University of Georgia

Benjamin C. Ward Lecturer Department of Economics, Terry College of Business University of Georgia

Jonah Yuen Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Economics Hamilton College

Ying (Martin) Zheng Assistant Professor Department of Economics Renmin University of China

Class of 2017

Matthew D. French Economist Amazon

Aaron M. Gamino Assistant Professor Department of Economics Middle Tennessee State University

Martin Van der Linden Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Economics and Finance Utah State University

Class of 2016

Siraj G. Bawa Economist, Economic Research Service United States Department of Agriculture

Brantly M. Callaway Assistant Professor of Economics Temple University

Christopher Cotter Assistant Professor of Economics Oberlin College

Difei Geng Assistant Professor of Economics University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Carlos Manzanares Economist Amazon

Michael Q. Moody Visiting Professor of Economics Miami University of Ohio

D. Sebastian Tello-Trillo Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy University of Virginia

Li Zhao Assistant Professor of Economics Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Class of 2015

Craig Benedict Assistant Professor of Economics State University of New York, Oswego

Kate Fritzdixon Financial Economist Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Yuanzhi Gao Core Modeling Associate J. P. Morgan Chase & Company

Zhongzhong Hu Assistant Professor of Economics University of International Business and Economics

Michael Mathes Assistant Professor of Economics Providence College

Nam Tuan Vu Assistant Professor of Economics Miami University

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