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Placement

The department assists students, both financially and practically, to prepare and distribute job market materials to potential employers. We have an excellent record of placing students with leading research universities, liberal arts colleges, government agencies and the private sector.

Listed below is the initial placement for all 246 of our graduates receiving a Ph.D. in the years between 2010 and 2023. The unemployment rate was 0%. For academic positions, appointment is in an Economics Department except where indicated.

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2023

Academic placements

  • Becker Friedman Institute (postdoc)/University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Duke University (Business School)
  • Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Rome
  • Harvard  University (Business School) postdoc
  • McGill University
  • Michigan State University
  • Montreal School of Pharmacy (postdoc)
  • Tilburg University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Iowa (Business School)
  • Warwick University (Business School), UK
  • Yale University (Business School)

Government placements

  • Bank of Italy
  • Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC
  • Gender Innovation Lab of the World Bank

Private industry & consulting placements

  • Amazon, San Francisco
  • Compass Lexecon, Chicago
  • Cornerston Research
  • CRI Foundation
  • Jane Street Capital
  • T-Mobile US Inc., Seattle
  • Uber, New York City
  • Walmart Inc.

2022

Academic placements

  • American University (Business School)
  • Brigham Young University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Collegio Carlo Alberto
  • Florida State University
  • Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
  • MIT (Business School)
  • National University of Singapore
  • Ohio State University (Business School)
  • Peking HSBC (Business School)
  • Princeton (postdoc)/Columbia University (Business School)
  • Stanford (postdoc)/Tilburg University
  • Stanford GSB (postdoc)/University of Delaware
  • UCLA (Business School)
  • University of Alberta
  • University of Bonn (postdoc)
  • University of Chicago (postdoc)/Stanford GSB
  • University of Chicago Crime Lab
  • University of St. Gallen
  • University of Surrey
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

Government placements

  • Interamerican Development Bank
  • Kiel Institute for World Economy

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Analysis Group, LA
  • Compass Lexecon
  • PIMCO

2021

Academic placements

  • Barclays (London)
  • College of Mexico, A.C.
  • Harvard University Business School
  • London School of Economics (2)
  • Oxford University, England
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Essex, England
  • University of Mannheim, Germany
  • University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Government placements

  • Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Amazon (Seattle, WA)
  • Amazon (Washington, DC)
  • Compass Lexecon (Washington, DC)
  • Facebook
  • Research Improving People's Lives (RIPL)
  • Uber (San Francisco)
  • US Bank

2020

Academic placements

  • Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro
  • Monsah University, Australia (postdoc)
  • National University of Singapore (Business School)
  • Oxford University, England (postdoc)
  • Peking University, China 
  • Rochester University (postdoc)
  • Stanford University (postdoc)
  • Stockholm University, Sweden
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Texas, Austin
  • University of Tokyo (postdoc)

Government placements

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC
  • Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC
  • International Monetary Fund, Washington DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Analysis Group, Chicago
  • Bates White, Washington DC
  • Capital One, Chicago
  • Cornerstone Research, Chicago
  • NERA, New York City
  • Uber, Chicago

2019

Academic placements

  • Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Duke University (Business School)
  • Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Rome 
  • New York University, Abu Dhabi
  • Rice University (Business School)
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Pennsylvania (Business School)
  • University of Toronto (Business School) 

Government placements

  • International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC (2)

Private Industry and consulting placements

  • Amazon, Seattle, WA
  • Analysis Group, Boston, MA
  • Analysis Group, Dallas, TX
  • Charles Rivers Associates, Oakland CA
  • Compass Lexecon, Washington, DC
  • Quant Co, Cologne, Germany
  • Uber Technologies, San Francisco, CA

2018

Academic placements

  • Brown University (postdoc)
  • Duke University
  • Hitotsubashi University, Japan
  • Monash University, Australia
  • New York University (Stern School)
  • Ohio State University (postdoc)
  • Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Toulouse School of Economics
  • University of Calgary
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of Chicago (Public Policy)
  • University of Mannheim, Germany (2) 
  • University of Michigan (postdoc)
  • Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (postdoc)
  • Waseda University, Japan

Government placements

  • Central Bank of Mexico
  • Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors, Washington DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Analysis Group, Boston (2)
  • Charles River Associates, Oakland, CA
  • Cornerstone Research, Chicago (2)

2017

Academic placements

  • Brown University
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • International College of Economics and Finance, Moscow, Russia
  • Stevens Institute of Technology (Finance)
  • University of Florida (2)
  • University of Southern California (Law School)

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Cornerstone Research, New York City
  • Ernst & Young, Frankfurt, Germany
  • SPHERE Institute, Washington DC
  • Spring Venture Group (insurance industry) Kansas City, MO

2016

Academic placements

  • California Institute of Technology
  • Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal
  • CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Princeton University
  • Ryerson University, Canada
  • Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • University of Chicago (Public Policy)
  • University of Hong Kong
  • University of Nevada, Reno
  • University of Sydney, Australia
  • University of Toronto (Business School)
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Yale University (postdoc)

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Charles River Associates, Washington DC
  • Citadel LLC, Chicago
  • Compass Lexecon, Boston
  • Convertro Inc. (AOL Platforms), New York City
  • Cornerstone Research, New York City (2)
  • Cornerstone Research, Washington DC
  • McKinsey & Company, Chicago

2015

Academic placements

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Hitotsubashi University, Japan
  • Park School of Baltimore
  • Toulouse School of Economics
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Miami
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Government placements

  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto
  • Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC (2)
  • Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Bank of America - Merrill Lynch, New York City
  • Barclays Capital, New York City
  • Bates White, Washington DC
  • Cornerstone Research, New York City
  • Emil van Essen Managed Futures, LLC, Chicago

2014

Academic placements

  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Georgia State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Singapore Management University
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Leicester, United Kingdom
  • University of Maryland (Agricultural and Resource Economics)
  • Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
  • Yale University

Government placements

  • Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors, Washington DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Analysis Group, Dallas
  • Bates White, Washington DC
  • Copenhagen Economics, Denmark
  • Cornerstone Research, Washington DC

2013

Academic placements

  • Auburn University
  • Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy
  • Duke University
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School)
  • Northwestern University
  • Oregon State University
  • University of British Columbia (Business School)
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of Minnesota (Business School)
  • University of North Carolina
  • Universidad del Pacifico, Peru
  • University of Pennsylvania (Business School)
  • University of Rochester (Business School)
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Yale University (Business School) 

Government placements

  • Central Bank of Mexico
  • Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors, Washington DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Bates White, Washington DC
  • Compass Lexecon, Washington DC
  • Ernst & Young, Chicago

2012

Academic placements

  • Arizona State University
  • College of William and Mary
  • Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy
  • Georgetown University (Foreign Service)
  • Gettysburg College
  • Ohio State University
  • Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
  • University of Iowa
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Wisconsin (Business School)
  • University of Queensland, Australia
  • University of Texas, Austin
  • University of Toulouse, France

Government placements

  • Bank of England

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Acumen LLC, San Francisco
  • Compass Lexecon, Chicago
  • GETCO LLC, Chicago
  • McKinsey and Company, Chicago
  • National Economic Research Associates, New York City
  • PIMCO, New York City

2011

Academic placements

  •  Arizona State University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • European University Institute, Italy
  • IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy
  • Middle Tennessee State University
  • National University of Singapore
  • New York University (Stern School)
  • University of Haifa, Israel; 
  • University of Texas, Austin

Government placements

  • Bank of Canada
  • Bank of Japan
  • Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors, Washington DC

Private Industry and consulting placements

  • Bates White, Washington DC

2010

Academic placements

  • Carleton College
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Royal Holloway College, United Kingdom
  • St Gallen University, Switzerland
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Luxembourg, School of Finance, Luxembourg
  • University of Michigan, Survey Research Center
  • University of Navarra (Business School), Spain
  • University of Rochester (Business School)
  • University of Toulouse, France
  • University of Western Ontario

Government placements

  • Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors, Washington DC
  • Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC

Private industry and consulting placements

  • Acumen LLC, San Francisco
  • Deloitte, Transfer Pricing Practice, Chicago
  • Goldman Sachs, New York City