Job Market Candidates 2022-2023


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PhD Candidates

Sossou Adjisse

adjisse@wisc.edu

Development Economics, Political Economy, Economic History

Job Market Paper:
"The Impacts of Women Electoral Candidates on Females' Education: Case of Benin"

References:
Paul Dower (Advisor), Ag. & Applied Economics, UW-Madison
Jeremy Foltz, Ag. & Applied Economics, UW-Madison
Priya Mukherjee, Ag. & Applied Economics, UW-Madison
Leonard Wantchekon, Economics and Politics, Princeton University

Monica Agarwal

monica2@wisc.edu

Development Economics, Economics of Education, Applied Microeconomics

Job Market Paper:
"The Role of Affirmative Action in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality: Evidence from India"

References:
Laura Schechter (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Priya Mukherjee, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Jeffrey Smith, Economics

Nicholas Gallagher

njgallagher@wisc.edu

Agricultural economics, production economics, mathematical programming, stochastic dynamic programming, sequential decision making, optimization, equilibrium models, farmer decision making, farm insurance, and risk management

Job Market Paper:
"Improving Prevented Planting Insurance to Incentivize Secondary Crop Plantings and to Reduce Indemnity Payments"

References:
Paul Mitchell (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Siwa Msangi, USDA - Economic Research Service
Thomas Rutherford, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Vikas Gawai

gawai@wisc.edu

Health, Aging, Technology, Agriculture, Public, Social Security

Job Market Paper:
"Does High-Speed Internet (Broadband) Technology Affect the Mental Health of Older Adults?"

References:
Jeremy Foltz (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Lauren Schmitz, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Priya Mukherjee, Agricultural and Applied Economics
John Mullahy, Population Health Sciences

Yating Gong

yating.gong@wisc.edu

Health Economics, Public Policy, Agricultural Economics

Job Market Paper:
"Taxing for Health: The Enduring Benefits of In-Utero Cigarette Tax Exposure on Adult Health"

References:
Sheldon Du, Agricultural and Applied Economics (advisor)
Susan Averett, Lafayette College
Yang Wang, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Ryo Sakamoto

rsakamoto@wisc.edu

Industrial Organization, applied econometrics, and agricultural economics

Job Market Paper:
"Detecting Collusion in High-Dimensional Oligopoly Models: The Case of the US Corn Seed Industry"

References:
Guanming Shi (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Kensuke Kubo, Business and Commerce, Keio University
Shinichi Taya, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of Japan

Nguyen Vuong

nguyen.vuong@wisc.edu

Development economics, and environmental economics

Job Market Paper:
"The persistent health effects of defoliating Vietnam"

References:
Ian Coxhead (advisor), Emeritus, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Quoc-Anh Do, Economics, Monash University
Corbett Grainger, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Laura Schechter, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Karin Wu

kwu75@wisc.edu

Agricultural and food policy, health policy, land use, and applied microeconomics

Job Market Paper:
"Demand Response to Avian Influenza Outbreak and Information"

References:
Sheldon Du (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Andrew Stevens, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Jason Fletcher, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Placement Director

Professor Paul Castañeda Dower
(608) 262-4499
pdower@wisc.edu