I will be on the academic job market in Fall 2026. 

I am a PhD candidate in Business Economics and Public Policy (BEPP) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. My research is in applied microeconomics, with interests in labor and behavioral economics. I use experimental and quasi-experimental methods to study how constraints shape behavior and decision-making in labor and organizational settings, with applications to inequality, discrimination, and social preferences. 

Before my PhD, I earned an MA from Columbia University, a BA from UC Berkeley, and worked as a pre-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University. Here is my CV.

Contact: alitw@wharton.upenn.edu