{"id":696,"date":"2023-05-02T06:50:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/econ\/?page_id=696"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:48:40","slug":"placements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/econ\/doctoral\/placements\/","title":{"rendered":"Placements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<p>Resources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-list\">\n<div class=\"article cf\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9015;\"><a style=\"color: #804100;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/joe\/listings.php\" 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Placements<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-bdjzTkLsVK\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-bdjzTkLsVK\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Bhardwaj, Shreya<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Postdoctoral Scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: USC Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Burr, Matthew<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Consultant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Analysis Group<\/p>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<h3>Giambrone, Alessandro<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Kong, Jing<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship Scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: University of Oxford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Kwak, Minji<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: KDI School of Public Policy and Management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Nimmagadda, Sneha<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Postdoctoral Scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: University of Chicago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Park, Jin Seok<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Bank of Korea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Yu, Zhengyi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Jinan University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n        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Bank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Gabriele, Francesco<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Gao, Zhan<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor of Economics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Southern Methodist University<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Huang, Xinyu &#8220;Wesley&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Quant Analyst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Citibank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Khvan, Margarita<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Postdoctoral Scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Stanford University<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Park, Rihyun<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Senior Data Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: DoorDash<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Tian,\u00a0 Jingyi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor of Business Analytics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: West Texas A&amp;M University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Wang, Qitong<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: International Monetary Fund<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Fang, Jingyi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Quantitative Specialist (QFProgram)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Hoang, Tri<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Applied Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Zillow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Huang, Wei Zhao<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Cranfield University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Hung, Yi-Ju<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: National Chung Cheng University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Laudati, Dario<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Columbia University Center for Political Economy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Nakamura, Kota<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Deputy Director of Office for Econometric Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Cabinet Office, Government of Japan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Song, Hayun<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Associate Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Thioune, Fatou<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Dickinson College<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Zhou, Wei<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Hunan University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2023 Placements<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-bdjzTkLsVK\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-bdjzTkLsVK\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Al Rakhis, Monira<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Kuwait University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Ash, Thomas<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Research Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: UCLA Anderson Forecast<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Boysel, Sam<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Ding, Yukun<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Espinosa Torres, Juan<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Associate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Analysis Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Fajury, Karim<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Associate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Cornerstone Research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Fang, Yue<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Franguridi, Grigory<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Research Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: USC Center for Economic and Social Research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Haque, Mohammad Islamul<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Post-Doctoral Associate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: MacMillan Center, Yale University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Kochhar, Rajat<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: University of Chicago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Lee, Jung Hyuk &#8220;Jay&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Deputy Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Republic of Korea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Mahler, Amy<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Associate Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: RAND Corporation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Roig, Nicolas<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Universidad de Alicante<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Roitberg, Tal<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati branch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Song, Ruozi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Research Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: World Bank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>\u00a0&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Tian, Jingyi<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Bauer College of Business, University of Houston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Yang, Liying<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Yang, Shaoshang<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position: Consultant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: Boston Consulting Group (Beijing)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2022 Placements<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-bdjzTkLsVK\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-bdjzTkLsVK\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>Chen, Zhen<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Associate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution:\u00a0Analysis Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>\u00a0&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Kim, Dongwook<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Economist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution:\u00a0Bank of Korea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Lee, Rachel<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Applied Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution:\u00a0Uber<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Park, Hae Yeun<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution:\u00a0University of Southern California<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h3>&#8211;<\/h3>\n<h3>Xu, Yejia &#8220;Richard&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Institution: The Digital, Data and Design (D^3) Institute, Harvard Business School<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-bdjzTkLsVK\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2021 Placements<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-bdjzTkLsVK\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-bdjzTkLsVK\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container 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