PhD Job Market Candidates 2025-2026

Placement Officers

rui.castro [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Rui Castro)
john.galbraith [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. John Galbraith)


Kefan Chen

Fields of Study
Development Economics, Political Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Job Market Paper

“Growth at the Margin: Political Incentives and Firm Behavior in China”

References
francesco.amodio [at] mcgill.ca (Francesco Amodio) (advisor)
nicolas.ajzenman [at] mcgill.ca (Nicolas Ajzenman) (co-advisor)
fabian.lange [at] mcgill.ca (Fabian Lange) 
 


Shu Chen

Fields of Study
Macro-Growth, Macro-Development

Job Market Paper
“Paths Out of Agriculture: Structural Change, Self-Employment, and Productivity Growth”

References
francisco.alvarez-cuadrado [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado) (advisor)
rui.castro [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Rui Castro)
markus.poschke [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Markus Poschke)
 


Guy Arnold Djolaud

Fields of Study
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Job Market Paper
Labour Market Power in Canada : Long-Term Trends and Cyclical Dynamics

References
fabian.lange [at] mcgill.ca (Fabian Lange) (advisor)
markus.poschke [at] mcgill.ca (Markus Poschke) (co-advisor)
ernan.haruvy [at] mcgill.ca (Ernan Haruvy) (Desautels Faculty of Management)
benoit.perron [at] umontreal.ca (Benoit Perron) (University of Montreal)

 


Olivier Gagnon

Fields of Study
Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Job Market Paper

"Are Recent Immigrants More Resilient to Job Loss? Evidence from Mass Layoffs in Canada"

References
nicolas.gendron-carrier [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Nicolas Gendron-Carrier) (advisor)
fernando.saltiel [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Fernando Saltiel) (co-advisor)
fabian.lange [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Fabian Lange)


Isabella Germinario

Fields of Study
Development Economics, Structural Transformation and Economic Growth, Applied Microeconometrics

Job Market Papers

"Reassessing Selection Effects on Sectoral Productivity Gaps: Evidence from Indonesia"

References
franque.grimard [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Franque Grimard) (advisor)
markus.poschke [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Markus Poschke) (co-advisor)
francesco.amodio [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Francesco Amodio)


Raphael Langevin

Fields of Study
Health Economics, Microeconometrics, Computational Economics

Job Market Paper
“Policy Learning with Observational Data: The Case of Hepatitis C Treatment for HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patients”

References
erin.strumpf [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Erin Strumpf) (advisor)
saraswata.chaudhuri [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Saraswata Chaudhuri) (co-advisor)
goulet_coulombe.philippe [at] uqam.ca (Prof. Philippe Goulet-Coulombe )(UQAM)
mehdi.ammi [at] carleton.ca (Prof. Mehdi Ammi )(Carleton)


Kaushil Patel

Fields of Study
Micro Theory, Decision Theory

Job Market Paper
“Price-Based Attention and Welfare”

References
rohan.dutta [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Rohan Dutta) (co-advisor)
larry.epstein [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Larry Epstein) (co-advisor)
licun.xue [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Licun Xue)


Tamara Pressman

Fields of Study
Behavioural Economics, Development Economics, Game Theory, Gender Economics

Job Market Paper
"Examining Controlling Behaviour in Trust Relationships: Sanctions, Restraint, and Reciprocity Across Contexts"

References
jim.engle-warnick [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Jim Engle-Warnick) (advisor)
franque.grimard [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Franque Grimard) (co-advisor)
sonia.laszlo [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Sonia Laszlo)
 


Linh Tran

Fields of Study
Applied Econometrics, Central Banks and Their Policies, Computational Techniques

Job Market Paper
“Central Bank Communication in Time of Crisis: Different Aspects of Linguistic Complexity”

References
john.galbraith [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. John Galbraith) (advisor)
francisco.ruge-murcia [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Francisco Ruge-Murcia) (co-advisor)
alessandro.riboni [at] gmail.com (Prof. Alessandro Riboni) (Ecole Polytechnique)


Fan Yang

Fields of Study
Macroeconomics, Public Economics

Job Market Paper
"A Macroeconomic Analysis of Heterogeneous Labor Market Risk"

References
daniel.barczyk [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Daniel Barczyk) (main advisor)
mkredler [at] eco.uc3m.es (Prof. Matthias Kredler) (UC3M)
markus.poschke [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Markus Poschke)
rui.castro [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Rui Castro)

 

 

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