Current Job Market Candidates
Placement Director: Prof. John Rust
Email: jr1393@georgetown.edu
Placement Administrator: Julius J. Shapiro
Email: js3900@georgetown.edu
Welcome to the Placement website of the Department of Economics. I am pleased to provide information describing the Georgetown University Department of Economics Ph.D. candidates who are on the job market this year. Each candidate’s website includes a CV, research description, and links to papers. All will be attending the ASSA virtual meeting in January 2022 and will be available for interviews. Some of the candidates will attend the virtual EEA meeting. I am happy to provide any additional information.
Sincerely,
John Rust, Placement Director
JOB MARKET CANDIDATES 2021-2022 SUMMARY PAGE

Kevin Ankney
Job Market Paper: “Do Credit Constraints Explain the Energy Efficiency Gap? Evidence From the U.S. New Vehicle Market“
Fields: Primary: Environmental Economics
Secondary: Applied Microeconomics
References: Arik Levinson (Main Advisor), John Rust, Benjamin Leard (University of Tennessee)

Peter Caradonna
Job Market Paper: “Preference Regression“
Fields: Primary: Microeconomic Theory
Secondary: Econometrics, Industrial Organization
References: Christopher P. Chambers (Main Advisor), Roger Lagunoff, Nathan Miller, Andrea Wilson (Princeton)

Lawrence Costa
Job Market Paper: “Unemployment Risk in a Lifecycle Earnings Model“
Fields: Primary: Macroeconomics, Computational Economics,
Secondary: Economics of Education and Income Inequality
References: James Albrecht, Susan Vroman

Rodimiro Rodrigo
Job Market Paper: “Robot Adoption, Organizational Capital, and the Productivity Paradox“
Fields: Primary: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
Secondary: International Trade, Industrial Organization
References: Toshi Mukoyama (main advisor), Adriana Kugler, and John Rust

Deniz Sanin
Job Market Paper: “Paid Work for Women and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Rwandan Coffee Mills“
Fields: Primary: Development Economics
Secondary: Labor Economics
References: Garance Genicot (Main Advisor), Laurent Bouton, Mary Ann Bronson, Martin Ravallion

Mariel Siravegna
Job Market Paper: “The Gender Gap across the Wage Distribution in Chile: An Application of Copula-based Methods“
Fields: Primary: Labor Economics
Secondary: Gender Economics, Applied Econometrics
References: James Albrecht, Susan Vroman, Anna Maria Mayda

Daniel Valderrama
Job Market Paper: “Fiscal Windfalls and Missing Jobs: Evidence from close elections in Mexico“
Fields: Primary: Development Economics, Political Economy and Applied Economics
Secondary: Labor Economics
References: Laurent Bouton (Co-Main advisor), Garance Genicot, Toshihiko Mukoyama, Martin Ravallion (Co-Main advisor)

Lina Yu
Job Market Paper: “Monetary Policy, Firm Heterogeneity, and Housing Prices”
Fields: Primary: Macroeconomics
Secondary: Finance
References: Toshi Mukoyama (Main Advisor), Behzad Diba, Matthew Canzoneri