Job Candidates and Placement Information
2026-27 Job Market Candidates
Gyeongho Kim
Website | Email | CV
Job Market Paper: "Time-varying Endogenous Productivity Growth Dynamics"
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, and Technical change
Teaching Experience: Principle of Macroeconomics, Mathematics for Economists
References: Ivan Mendieta-Munoz | Codrina Rada von Arnim | Rudiger von Arnim
Mutiu Olawunmi Fakorede
Email | CV
Job Market Papers: "Valuing Caregiver Vulnerability: Development and Economic Valuation of a Multidimensional Caregiver Vulnerability Index (CVI) Using U.S. BRFSS Data"; and "The Economics of Mental Illness in Nigeria: Utilization, Productivity Loss, and System Response"
Research Interests: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics, Welfare Economics, Public Economics, Law & Political Economy, and Economic History
Teaching Experience: Principles of Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Development Microeconomics, Math for Economics
References: Fernando Wilson | Norman Waitzman | Francisco Perez | Sarah Small | Megan Reynolds
Lingyi Wei
Website | Email | CV
Job Market Paper: "All Labors Are Equal, But Some Labor Is More 'Equal' Than Others: Labor Terms of Trade and the Capitalist World-System"
Research Interests: Economic Development, International Economics, Political Economy, Chinese Economy
Teaching Experience: International Economics, Money and Banking, Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics
References: Francisco Perez | Minqi Li | Ivan Mendieta-Munoz | Brett Clark | Zhun Xu
Luis Felipe Eick
Website | Email | CV
Job Market Paper: "Minsky and Tobin Cycles: Bridging Macroeconomic and Firm-Level Evidence"
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Financial Economics, History of Economic Thought
Teaching Experience: Money and Banking, Intermediate Macroeconomics, History of Economic Doctrines
References: Codrina Rada von Arnim | Mark Setterfield | Rudiger von Arnim
Ayixunbati Nuerlantai
Website | Email | CV
Job Market Paper: "Industrial Structure and the Transmission of Granular Cost Shocks"
Research Interests: Political Economy, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics
Teaching Experience: Comparative Economic Systems, Principles & Intermediate Micro and Macro, Probability and Statistical Inference
References: Ellis Scharfenaker | Minqi Li | Rudiger von Arnim
Placement Advisor
Alberto Garcia
Assistant Professor
Email: albert.garcia@utah.edu
JOB MARKET INFORMATION
Below are links to job postings and other information relevant to the job market.
- The American Economic Association: Check here for information on the AEA/ASSA meetings and the placement service offered at the meetings.
- Job Openings for Economists: Note that there are several articles with information about the job market listed at the bottom of the page. The Cawley article may be particularly helpful and is updated annually.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- The Economic Research Network: Follow the links from the Social Science Research Network to the Economic Research Network and to "Job Openings."
- Holmes and Colander, "The Hiring of and Economist: A Case Study," The American Economist Spring 2007: This is a nice description of how the conference interview/flyout/job offer process works on the "labor demand" end.