Recent Phd Dissertations

Recent Economics PhD Graduates Thesis
Term Name Dissertation Committee Members (Chairs/Co-chairs listed in bold) Dissertation Title
Spring 2024 Yuchong Han Zhiqiang Liu, Joanne McLaughlin, Yun Pei Three Essays on Education and Health
Spring 2024 Zukhriddin Juliev Isaac Ehrlich, Neel Rao, Yun Pei Essays on the Impact of Migration on Source Country
2024 Liqiang Liu Neel Rao, Zhiqiang Liu, Minglian Li Three Essays on Labor and Health Economics
Spring 2024 Yushang Wei Zhiqiang Liu,. Neel Rao, Joanne Mclaughlin, Michael Coury Essays on Health and Transportation Economics
Spring 2024 Han Zhang Monica Tran-Xuan, Yun Pei, Kee Chung Essays on Information in Financial Markets
Summer 2023 Sirui Liu Joanne Mclaughlin, Zhiqiang Liu, Neel Rao Essays on the Economics of Education and Labor 
Summer 2023

Sungmin Park Isaac Ehrlich, Neel Rao, Yun Pei Essays on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Summer 2023

Zhenfeng Peng Chunchu Wu,, Yun Pei, Zhiqiang Liu Essays on short-sale constraint and government bailout effects
Spring 2023 Sandipa Bhattacharjee
Neel Rao, Zhiqiang Liu, Mingliang Li, Sean Fahle Essays on the Virtuous Cycle of Education & Economic Development
Summer 2022 Seungmin Baek Alex Anas, Neel Rao, Sean Fahle Essays on Quantitative Spatial and Urban Economics
Summer 2022 Jiaan Lin Zhiqiang Liu, Neel Rao, Yun Pei Empirical Essays on China’s Economic Growth
Spring 2022 Sangyong Kim Neel Rao, Zhiqiang Liu, Sanghoon Kim Essays on Labor Economics

Summer 2021

Bai, Yuting

Zhiqiang Liu; Neel Rao; Alex Anas

Three Essays on Sector Composition and City Size, the Effects of Having a sibling, and the Effect of Children’s Education on Parental Health

Summer 2021

Dao, Hoang Xuan

Alex Anas; Neel Rao; Sean Fahle

Essays on Transportation Economics: Applications of Discrete Choice Models to Analyze Topics in Transportation

Summer 2021

Yin, Yue

Neel Rao; Zhiqiang Liu; Sean Fahle

Essays on Family, Labor, and Health Economics

Spring 2021

Jiang, Ye

Neel Rao; Zhiqiang Liu; Sean Fahle

Overcoming social barriers: Progress of abolishing agricultural hukou in China

Fall 2020

He, Shuhua

Alex Anas; Peter Morgan; Neel Rao; Sean Fahle

Essays on Residential Segregation and the Spatial Interaction of Housing and Labor Markets

Fall 2020

Sun, Yenan

Neel Rao; Zhiqiang Liu; Mingliang Li

Essays on Education, Labor, and Health Economics

Summer 2020

Chen, Xinyan

Mingliang Li; Nagesh Revankar; Neel Rao

Dynamic Structure of the U.S. Health Spending