Graduate Job Candidates

Joseph Cummins
Placement Director
Phone: (951) 827-1582
Email: joseph.cummins@ucr.edu

Ph.D. Candidates 2024-2025

Yifei Ding

Yifei Ding

Website: https://yifeiding-ucr.github.io/

Paper: “Deep Learning for Individual Heterogeneity with Generated Regressors by Adversarial Training

References: Ruoyao Shi, Tae-Hwy Lee, Weixin Yao, Meng Xu, Veronica T Sovero. 

Major Fields: Causal Inference, Econometrics Theory, Machine Learning (Prediction and Causal Inference) and Applied Econometrics.

Ilsoo Han

Ilsoo Han

Website: ilsoohan.weebly.com

Paper: “Educational-Specific Decompositional Effects of Skill Loss on TFP”

References: Victor Ortego-Marti, Jang-Ting Guo, Matthew Lang.

Major Fields: Macroeconomics, Search Theory, Labor Economics.

Anirudh Iyer

Anirudh Iyer

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/aiyer/

Paper: “Dynamic Matching with Case-Based Agents

References: Siyang Xiong, Haluk Ergin, Hiroki Nishimura.

Major Fields: Microeconomics, Matching, Market Design.

Rajveer Jat

Rajveer Jat

Website: https://rajveerjat.com/

Paper: “Sufficient Instrument Filter.”

References: Tae-Hwy Lee, Marcelle Chauvet, Bharat Ramaswami, and Ruoyao Shi.

Major Fields: Econometrics, Machine Learning, Causal Inference.

Secondary Fields: Macro, Finance, Development, Empirical IO.

Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar

Website: https://www.nitish-kumar.com/

Paper: “A Search and Matching Model of Housing and Rental Market Interactions”

References: Victor Ortego-Marti, Jang-Ting Guo, Guillaume Rocheteau, Bree Lang

Major Fields: Macroeconomics, Housing Economics, Urban Economics

Daanish Padha

Daanish Padha

Website: daanishpadha.com

Paper: “Forecasting Using Supervised Factors and Idiosyncratic Elements.”

Major Fields: Econometrics, Machine Learning

References: Tae-Hwy Lee, Ruoyao Shi, Donggyu Kim, Gloria Gonzalez Rivera, Marcelle Chauvet, and Matthew Lang.

Seeun Park

Seeun Park

Website: seeun-park.com

Paper: Policy, Substance Abuse Treatment Access, and Overdose Deaths

References: Michael Bates, Bree Lang, Ajin Lee, and Veronica Sovero

Major Field: Health Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics

Murilo Silva

Murilo Silva

Website: https://murilo-silva.com/

Paper: “Climate Disaster Risk and Stock Returns”

References: Marcelle Chauvet, Jana Grittersova, and Dongwon Lee.

Major Field: Macroeconomics, Finance, Applied Econometrics

Qichen Zhou

Qichen Zhou

Website: https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/qcz/home

Paper: Forecasting Loan Risk of Banks with Machine Learning in Main Street Lending Program

References:  Marcelle Chauvet(Chair), Joseph Cummins,  Jana Grittersova , Matthew Lang

Major Field: Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Development Economics.