Job Market Candidates - Department of Economics

Thank you for visiting the USC Department of Economics’ Job Market Candidates webpage. Here we feature our 2023-24 candidates who are available for employment.

Placement Committee Chair
Prof. Robert Metcalfe: robert.metcalfe@usc.edu

Placement Committee Members
Prof. Marianne Andries: andries@usc.edu
Prof. Simon Quach: simonqua@usc.edu

Amanda Ang

Research Interests: Environmental and Urban Economics
Advisor: Matthew Kahn
References: Matthew Kahn, Paulina Oliva, Andrii Parkhomenko
[CV] [Website]

Jack Chapel

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Health, Labor, Public Policy
Advisor: Jeffrey Weaver
References: Matthew Kahn, Silvia Barcellos, Bryan Tysinger
[CV] [Website]

Jingyi Fang

Research Interests: Labor Economics and Development Economics
Advisor: Monica Morlacco, Thomas Chaney
References: Thomas Chaney, Monica Morlacco, and Paulina Oliva [CV] [Website]

Yi-Ju Hung

Research Interests: Labor Economics, Urban Economics, Migration
Advisor: Thomas Chaney
References: Thomas Chaney, Matthew E. Kahn, Jorge De la Roca
[CV] [Website]

Weizhao Huang

Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Development, Finance
Advisor: Caroline Marie Betts
References: Caroline Marie Betts, Thomas Chaney, Jeff Nugent
[CV] [Website]

Dario Laudati

Research Interests: Macroeconomics and Finance, International Finance, Banking
Advisor: Vincenzo Quadrini
References: Vincenzo Quadrini, Caroline Betts, Romain Ranciere, Pablo Kurlat, Wenhao Li
[CV] [Website]

Hayun Song

Research Interests: Econometrics Theory, Applied Econometrics
Advisor: Hashem Pesaran
References: Hashem Pesaran, Cheng Hsiao, Timothy Armstrong
[CV] [Website]

Fatou Thioune

Research Interests: Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics
Advisor: Caroline Betts
References: Caroline Betts, Jeffrey Nugent, Illenin Kondo, Giorgia Albertin
[CV] [Website]

Wei Zhou

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy
Advisor: Jeffrey Weaver
References: Jeffrey Weaver, John Strauss, Cheng Hsiao
[CV] [Website]