Economics - Job Market Candidates
Job Market Candidates
Economics Department PhD students are leading members of the next generation of innovative researchers, scholars and teachers. We are proud to support the next phase of their academic and professional lives.
To obtain additional information on job market candidates, please reach out to the Economics Department contacts below, or contact the candidate directly.
Placement Officer cason@purdue.edu
Junni Pan Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Junni Pan
Fields: Labor Economics; Urban Economics; Applied Microeconometrics
Dissertation Title: Migration Restrictions, College Choices, and Spatial Skill Sorting
Thesis Committee: Ben Zou (Chair), Victoria Prowse, Yong Bao, Kevin Mumford
Qilu (Lisa) Pan Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Qilu (Lisa) Pan
Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Education, and Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Title: Labor Supply under Nonlinear Tax Programs: Evidence from the Interaction of EITC and Wage Shocks
Thesis Committee: Victoria Prowse (Chair); Kevin Mumford; Timothy N. Bond; Ben Zou
Yaling Qi Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Yaling Qi
Fields: Econometrics, Bayesian Econometrics, Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Title: Bayesian Methods for High-Dimensional Dynamic Regressions
Thesis Committee: Joshua Chan (Chair), Yong Bao, Justin Tobias, Mohitosh Kejriwal
Tong Li Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Tong Li
Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Health Economics, Crime, Applied Microeconomics
Dissertation Title: Alcohol, Public Safety, and Policy: Essays on Regulation and Social Outcomes
Thesis Committee: Jillian B. Carr (Chair), Victoria Prowse, Ben Zou, Timothy N. Bond
Talha Cakir Expected Completion Date: Summer 2026
Talha Cakir
Fields: Macroeconomics, Experimental Economics
Dissertation Title: Essays on Monetary Economics of Digital Assets and Optimal Policies
Thesis Committee: Cathy Zhang (Chair), Jim Bullard, Tim Cason, Yaroslav Rosokha
Prerana Maheshwari Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Prerana Maheshwari
Fields: Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Public and Labor Economics
Dissertation Title: Breaking Behavioral Barriers to a Sustainable and Equitable Future: Experiments on Inconvenience, Observational Learning and Gender Stereotypes.
Thesis Committee: Tim Cason(Advisor), David Gill, Tim Bond & Colin Sullivan
