Placement is now on the department page, so that everyone can see it.
https://cssh.northeastern.edu/economics/phd-placements/
But we will continue to maintain this page because we can post contact information here. Please feel free to add newer employment and contact information if you have it. We can also add links to our graduates' web pages.
Thesis: The Role of Reputations and Signals in Digital and Traditional Markets
Committee: Imke Reimers, James Dana, Mindy Marks
Initial Position: Towson University
Thesis: Three Essays in Applied Economics
Committee: John Kwoka, Bilge Erten, Imke Reimers
Initial Position: New York State Insurance Fund
Thesis: Applied Microeconomic Insights: Occupational Licensing, Employer Concentration, and Social Movements
Committee: Mindy Marks, Bilge Erten, Alicia Sasser Modestino
Initial Position: Burning Glass
Thesis: Estimating the Demand for Differentiated Products and the Efficiency of the Production Line.
Committee: James Dana, Imke Reimers, John Kwoka
Initial Position: RPI, post-doc
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Committee: Mindy Marks, Robert Triest, Margarita Patria
Initial Position: Analysis Group
Thesis: Microeconomic Analysis on Entry, Regulation and Labor Supply
Committee: James Dana, John Kwoka, Imke Reimers
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Committee: James Dana (co-chair), John Friar (co-chair), Patrick Legros
Initial Position: Data and Applied Scientist, Microsoft
Thesis: Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance
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Initial Position: 2021-2022 Graduates
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Committee: Jun Ma, Ivan Petkov, Robert Triest
Initial Position: Associate at Analysis Group, Boston, MA
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Committee: James Dana, Imke Reimers, John Kwoka
Initial Position: Facebook
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Committee: James Dana, Imke Reimers, John Kwoka
Initial Position: Federal Trade Commission
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Committee: James Dana, Imke Reimers, Robert Triest
Initial Position: Boston College
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Committee: Alicia Sasser Modestino, Robest Triest, Andrew Change (FRB Boston)
Initial Position: Associate at Analysis Group, Boston, MA
Thesis: Microeconomic Analyses of the Effects of Regulation and Elections Across Europe and Turkey
Committee: James Dana (chair), Bilge Erten, Mindy Marks, Imke Reimers
Initial Position: Associate at Analysis Group, Boston, MA
Contact: 617-301-2602 or yunuscemy@gmail.com
Thesis: Essays in Demand Estimation: Illicit Drugs and Commercial Mushrooms
Committee: James Dana (chair), Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Head of Bridge Research at State Street, Boston, MA
Current Position: Research Manager at Deloitte, Boston, MA
Thesis: Sex Ratios on College Campuses and Scope-Of-Practice Laws on Access to Medical Care
Committee: Mindy Marks (chair), Angela Kilby, James Dana
Initial Position: Assistant Professor at Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, Nanjing, China
Thesis: Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance
Committee: Jun Ma (chair), Ivan Petkov, Robert Triest, Professor Chang-Jin Kim (University of Washington)
Initial Position: Assistant Professor at Renmin University, Beijing, China
Thesis: Essays in Marketing and Applied Microeconomics
Committee: James Dana (chair), Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Risk Management Analyst at Populus Financial Group, Irving, TX
Current Position: Economist at RSM US, Chicago, IL
Committee: James Dana (chair), Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Committee: James Dana (chair), Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Visiting Lecturer of Economics at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Current Position: Lecturer at Boston University, Boston, MA
Contact: https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/carlos-dominguez/
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Imke Reimers
Initial Position: Economist at Amazon, Seattle, WA
Committee: James Dana (co-chair), John Kwoka (co-chair), Imke Reimers
Initial Position: Economist at Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.
Thesis: Three Essays in Productivity and Earnings
Committee: Mindy Marks (chair), Neil Alper, Alicia Sasser Modestino
Initial Position: Lecturer of Economics at Department of Economics in University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
Thesis: Competition, Consumer Welfare And Policy Evaluation In Airline And Health Care Industries
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Imke Reimers
Initial Position: Associate at Competition Dynamics, Salem, MA
Thesis: Three Essays in Labor Economics
Committee: William Dickens (chair), Robert Triest, Alicia Sasser Modestino
Initial Position: Visiting Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
Current Position: Senior Economist and Research Lead at Emsi Burning Glass, Boston, MA
Thesis: Essays in Applied Economics on Households Demand, Housing Supply and Airline Operational Performance
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Postdoc at Center for Insurance Policy and Research (CIPR) of National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Thesis: The Impact of Economic Incentives on Health Outcomes and the Quality of Health Care
Committee: James Dana (chair), Kristin Madison, Mindy Marks, Imke Reimers
Initial Position: Beijing Sport University, Beijing Shi, China
Thesis: Understanding Mortgage Choice
Committee: Alicia Sasser Modestino (chair), Maria Luengo Prado, James Dana
Initial Position: Assistant Teaching Professor of Finance at D'Amore-McKim School of Business in Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Contact: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/mark-gooley/
Thesis: Essays in Industrial Organization: Of Energy, Environment, and Fish Markets
Committee: John Kwoka (chair), James Dana, Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at College of Environmental Science and Forestry in SUNY, Syracuse, NY
Contact: https://www.esf.edu/faculty/naim/
Committee: Steve Morrison, John Kwoka, James Dana, Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Associate at JP Morgan Chase, Columbus, OH
Current Position: Data Scientist at JP Morgan Chase, Columbus, OH
Committee: John Kwoka (chair), James Dana, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Implementing electricity reform and working for the state grid in China
Thesis: Three Essays on Airline Pricing and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Karthik Krishnan
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Finance at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Contact: https://www.usf.edu/business/contacts/wang-pinshuo.aspx
Thesis: Essays in Empirical Labor Economics
Committee: Alicia Sasser Modestino, William Dickens, Mindy Marks
Initial Position: Economist at Amazon, Seattle, WA
Current Position: Manager, Senior Economist at Amazon, Seattle, WA
Thesis: Three Essays in Applied Economics
Committee: John Kwoka (chair), Kamran Dadkhah, James Dana
Initial Position: Assistant Professor at Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Contact: birzhan@gmail.com
Thesis: Three Essays about Market Competition Effects on Firm Behavior, Performance and Risk
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Quantitative Credit Risk Analyst at CoStar Group, Brookline, MA
Current Position: Assistant Vice President at Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX
Thesis: Three Essays on Health, Retirement and Social Policy
Committee: William Dickens, Bilge Erten, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Teaching Professor at Queens College in CUNY, Queens, NY
Current Position: Research Director at Ciprun Global, Boston, MA and Part-Time Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Contact: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/xiaolin-shi/ and https://cssh.northeastern.edu/faculty/lecturer-2/
Thesis: Three Empirical Essays on Turkish Health Care System
Committee: William Dickens, Bilge Erten, Catalina Herrera Almanza
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics at Department of Public Finance in Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Initial Position: Deputy Head of Economics Department at Department of Public Finance in Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Thesis: Welfare Impacts of Pension para Adultos Mayores: Evidence from a Non-experimental Evaluation
Committee: William Dickens, Catalina Herrera Almanza, Gregory Wassall
Thesis: Human Capital Policy: Three Empirical Essays
Committee: William Dickens, James Dana, Bilge Erten
Initial Position: Assistant Professor at Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Istanbul, Turkey
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: http://econ.itu.edu.tr/en/academic_staff/faculty-member/aysun-hiziroglu
Thesis: Three Essays on Trust, Geography and Price in Online Market
Committee: James Dana (chair), Imke Reimers, Gustavo Vicentini, Zhongmin Wang
Initial Position: Senior Associate, Acquisition Modelling at Discover Financial Services, Chicago, IL
Current Position: Manager, Card Acquisition Risk Modelling at Discover Financial Services, Chicago, IL
Thesis: Three Essays on Housing Policy and Inequality
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, James Dana
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics at Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Contact: http://www.longwood.edu/directory/profile/plahovinsaktjlongwoodedu/
Thesis: Three Empirical Essays in Labor Economics
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, Gregory Wassall
Initial Position: Economist at Moody's Analytics, West Chester, PA
Current Position: Associate Director/Senior Economist at Moody's Analytics, West Chester, PA
Thesis: Three Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization and Merger Policy
Committee: John Kwoka (chair), James Dana, Steven Morrison
Initial Position: Consultant at World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Current Position: Vice President/Quant at JP Morgan Chase, Columbus, OH
Thesis: Three Essays on Labor Economics
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, Osborne Jackson
Initial Position: Economist at San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA
Thesis: Three Essays on Competition and Productivity in the U.S. Airline Industry
Committee: Steven Morrison, James Dana, John Kwoka
Initial Position: Consultant/Economist at World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Thesis: Three Essays on the Impact of Market Structure on Network Industries
Committee: John Kwoka, James Dana, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Consultant at NERA Economic Consulting, Boston, MA
Current Position: Associate Director at NERA Economic Consulting, Boston, MA
Contact: https://www.nera.com/experts/dr--laura-t--w--olive.html
Thesis: Long-term Unemployment in the Great Recession
Committee: William Dickens (chair), Hugh Courtney, Maria Luengo-Prado, Robert Triest
Initial Position: Economic Expert at Brattle Group, Cambridge, MA
Current Position: Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
Thesis: Three Empirical Essays in Industrial Organization
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Zhongmin Wang
Initial Position: Quantitative Research Analyst at State Street Global Advisors, Boston, MA
Current Position: Senior Quantitative Analyst at Windhaven Investment Management, Boston, MA
Thesis: Three Essays on Edgeworth Price Cycles in Western Australia
Committee: James Dana, John Kwoka, Zhongmin Wang
Initial Position: Associate Economist at New York State Department of Public Service, Albany, NY
Thesis: Consequences of Biotech Innovation in Crop Seed
Committee: James Dana (chair), John Kwoka, Kyle Stiegert, Gustavo Vicentini
Initial Position: Senior Associate at Charles River Associates, Boston, MA
Current Position: Associate at Analysis Group, Boston, MA
Thesis: Three Essays on Human Capital and Labor Economics
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, Lynne Zucker
Initial Position: Economist at Ernst & Young, Los Angeles, CA
Current Position: Managing Director of Data Science at Econ One Research, Los Angeles, CA and Content Review Board Member at DataScienceSalon, Los Angeles, CA and Lecturer at UCLA, Los Angeles, LA
Contact: https://www.econone.com/staff-member/amarita-natt/
Thesis: Three Essays in Labor Economics
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, Andrew Sum
Initial Position: Assistant Professor at Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China
Thesis: Three Essays on the Impacts of Public Policies on Labor Market and Health Outcomes
Committee: William Dickens, Osborne Jackson, Maria Luengo Prado, Andrew Sum
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics at Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics and Chair of School of Management at Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
Thesis: Essays on Human Capital, Expectations and Behaviors
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, Andrew Sum
Initial Position: Senior Fiscal and Policy Analysis at Iowa Department of Revenue, Des Moines, IA
Thesis: Three Essays in Industrial Organization and Applied Econometrics
Committee: John Kwoka, Kamran Dadkhah, Zhongmin Wang
Initial Position: Senior Predictive Analytics Engineer at Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA
Current Position: Vice President of Data Science at Stride Funding, Boston, MA
Thesis: Three Essays on Consumer Credit History and the Labor Market
Committee: William Dickens, Neil Alper, Osborne Jackson
Initial Position: Economist at Eastern Research Group, Charlottesville, VA
Committee: John Kwoka, Kamran Dadkhah, James Dana
Initial Position: Associate at Synapse Energy Economics, Cambridge, MA
Current Position: Director of Global Best Practices at Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA
Thesis: Three Essays on Merger Policy and Regulatory Policy
Committee: John Kwoka, Kamran Dadkhah, James Dana
Initial Position: Consultant/Economist at World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Thesis: Three Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization
Committee: James Dana, John Kwoka, Steven Morrison, Zhongmin Wang
Initial Position: Economist in Antitrust I Division at the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
Contact: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/biographies/daniel-j-greenfield
Thesis: Estimating and Predicting Merger Effects and Pass-through Rates
Committee: John Kwoka, Steven Morrison, Rick Warren-Boulton
Initial Position: Economist at Microeconomic Consulting and Research Associates, Washington, D.C.
Current Position: Principal at Brattle Group, Toronto, ON, Canada
Contact: https://www.brattle.com/experts/renee-duplantis
Thesis: Labor Market Imperfections: Effects on Occupational Injuries and Earnings
Committee: Neil Alper, William Dickens, Andrew Sum
Initial Position: Senior Research Analyst at SEIU Healthcare NW 775, Seattle, WA
Current Position: Senior Labor Economist at Genentech, San Francisco, CA
Thesis: Three Essays on Buyer Power Theory, Dominant HMOs and Technology Transfer
Committee: James Dana, Kamran Dadkhah, John Kwoka
Initial Position: Assistant Director of Product Research at Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA
Current Position: Senior Director II of Data Science at Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA
Thesis: Three Essays on U.S. Electricity Restructuring
Committee: John Kwoka, James Dana, Michael Politt
Initial Position: Associate at Brattle Group, Cambridge, MA
Current Position: Principal at Brattle Group, Cambridge, MA