Job Market Resources

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If you are interested in going for an economics PhD, check out the following resources on how to apply (and whether you should):

• • Susan Athey (Stanford): Advice for Applying to Grad School in Economics

  • Greg Mankiw (Harvard): Advice for Grad Students

  • Elgin/Solis-Garcia (Former grad students at Minnesota): So, you want to go to grad school in Economics? A practical guide of the first years (for outsiders) from insiders

  • Matthew Pearson (UC Davis): How to survive your first year of graduate school in economics

  • Miles Kimball (UMichigan)/Noah Smith (Stony Brook): The complete guide to getting into an economics PhD program

Be aware of the dark (psychological) side effects that are associated with the path you might be selecting into:

• • Chris Woolston (2016): Faking it, Nature, 529, pp. 555-557

  • Jennifer Walker (2015): There’s an awful cost to getting a PhD that no one talks about, Quartz

If you are serious about an academic career, you should aim for participating in the "Job Market" and plan accordingly, because "All you need is that one damn paper" (Yusufcan Masatlioglu). For what the Job Market is and how it works, see in particular

• • John Cawley (Cornell): A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market

A big collection of useful information is

• EconGradAdvice: Advice for Phd Students in Economics

• Stata Tex Blog: Useful links

More information is provided by:

• • Chiu Yu Ko (2019): Job Market Tips

  • Romero, Jessie (2015): Scrambling for Economists: The Ph.D. Job Search

  • Noah Smith (Stony Brook): How I survived the Econ Job Market

  • Claudia Steinwender (LSE): Some insights on the job market

  • Monika Piazzesi (Stanford): Tips on how to avoid disaster in presentations

  • David Laibson (Harvard): Job Market Tips

  • David Levine (Berkeley): Cheap Advice

  • Chris Blattmann (Columbia): Academic Job Market Advice

  • Peter Iliev: My Job Market Advice

  • Amanda Y. Agan: Writing, Presentation, and Refereeing Advice

  • Chicago Students: Economics Job Market Advice

  • Harvard: Tips for Job Market

  • Valerie Ramey (San Diego): 2004/5 Job Market Resources

  • House/Weir/Fafchamps (2002): Getting a Job: Tips for Oxford DPhil Graduates

There are numerous (idiosyncratic) guides on how to write a good job market paper:

• • Nikolov (2021): Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers

  • Cochrane (2005): Writing Tips for Ph. D. Students

  • Goldin/Katz (Harvard): The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper

  • Econscribe offers courses on paper writing and has an accompanying textbook on offer