Job Candidates and Placement Information

University of Utah
Department of Economics
260 South Central Campus Drive, Rm 343
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Phone 801-581-7481
Fax 801-585-5649

Placement Advisor

Minqi Li

801-581-7697

minqi.li@economics.utah.edu

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University of Utah Job Candidates

Listed below are University of Utah Economics Ph.D. students who are seeking jobs this year (2011-2012). Unless otherwise indicated, the candidates can be reached by mail through the University of Utah Department of Economics, at the address given above. The committee chairs listed can also be reached through the department.

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Behroz Baraghoshi

Phone: 801-557-8559 / Email: behroz.baraghoshi@gmail.com / CV

Fields: Labor Economics; General Economics

Dissertation: Three Essays on US Trade Unions / Abstract

Committee:

• Cihan Bilginsoy (Chair): bilginsoy@economics.utah.edu
• Thomas Maloney: maloney@economics.utah.edu
• Richard Fowles: richard.fowles@economics.utah.edu
• Korkut Erturk: korkut@economics.utah.edu
• Michael Timberlake: timber@soc.utah.edu

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Tseveenbolor Davaa

(Information to be added)

Email: davaa@economics.utah.edu

Dissertation: Gender Inequality and Economic Liberalization in Post-Transition Hungary / Abstract

Committee:

• Gunseli Berik (Chair): berik@economics.utah.edu
• David Kiefer: kiefer@economics.utah.edu
• Thomas Maloney: maloney@economics.utah.edu
• Richard Fowles: rfowles@gmail.com
• Valeria Szekeres: szekeres.valeria@kqk.uni-obuda.hu

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Justin Polchlopek

CV / Phone: 801-664-8424 / E-mail: justin@economics.utah.edu / Website: www.econ.utah.edu/~polchlopek

Research Interests: Econometric Methodology; Crime and Employment; Health Economics; Heterodox Methods

Dissertation: Causal Models and the Economic Determinants of Recidivism

Committee:

• Richard Fowles (Chair): richard.fowles@economics.utah.edu
• Norman Waitzman: waitzman@economics.utah.edu
• Gail Blattenberger: gail.blattenberger@economics.utah.edu
• Mark Glick: glick@economics.utah.edu
• Alun Thomas: alun@genepi.med.utah.edu

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Sung-Eun Yu

CV / Phone: 801-585-4942 / Email: yusung74@hotmail.com and syu@economics.utah.edu

Fields: Money and Macroeconomics; International Economics

Research Interests: Financial Intermediation; Monetary Policy; Macroeconomics

Dissertation: The Role of Nonbank Financial Institutions in the Monetary Transmission Mechanism / Abstract

Committee:

• Lance Girton (Chair): girton@economics.utah.edu
• James Gander: gander@economics.utah.edu
• Stephen Reynolds: Stephen.reynolds@csbs.utah.edu
• David Kiefer: kiefer@economics.utah.edu
• Rungrudee Suetorsak: rungrudees@hotmail.com

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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.
• Online Phd

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July 2012