2026-2027 Job Market Candidates
Please feel free to contact the chair of our graduate program, Zack Grossman (zgrossman@ucmerced.edu), about any of our candidates.
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Advisor: Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
Fields of Research
- Health
- Immigration and Labor
Job Market Paper: Safety Concerns and Student Mobility: U.S. Gun Violence and Chinese K–12 Enrollment
Advisor: Briana Ballis
Fields of Research
- Labor
- Education
Job Market Paper: Office for Civil Rights: Special Education Law Enforcement and Effects
Advisor: Zack Grossman
Fields of Research:
- Labor Economics
- Innovation
- Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: The Professional Costs of Speech Sanctioning Events: Evidence from Academia
Advisors:
- Greg Wright
- Christian Fons-Rosen
Fields of Research
- Labor Economics
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Job Market Paper: Knowledge Spillovers or Sorting? Evidence from Displaced Inventors
Advisor: Ana Tur-Prats
Fields of Research
- Political Economy
- Migration, Religion
Job Market Paper: Refugee Placement and Voting Outcomes in the United States
