Department of Economics
University of Houston
204 McElhinney Hall
Houston, TX 77204-5019
Phone: (713) 743-3800
Fax: (713) 743-3798
Graduate Students on the Job Market
Bent Sorensen
Graduate Director
(713) 743-3841
bent.sorensen@central.uh.edu
Ms. Amber Pozo
Graduate Program Administrator
(713) 743-3805
apozo@uh.edu
2012-13 Job Candidate List
| Name | Fields of Interest/ Thesis Title | References |
|---|---|---|
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Doruk Ilgaz |
Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, Market Microstructure, Macroeconomics |
Dietrich Vollrath (advisor) |
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Valentyna Katsalap |
Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics "Labor Concessions and Saving Jobs: Lessons from German Metalworking Industry" |
Aimee Chin (co-advisor) Chinhui Juhn (co-advisor) |
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|
Joel Meléndez-Lugo |
Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Financial Intermediation “Do Geographic Deregulations of Banking Affect Product Markets? Evidence From Manufacturing” |
Bent Sorensen (advisor) |
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Olena Ogrokhina |
Macroeconomics, Applied Time Series, International Economics, Econometrics, International Trade "Three Essays on Convergence and Persistence of Prices in the European Union" |
David Papell (advisor) |
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|
Gokcen Ogruk |
Applied Time Series, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, International Finance "Essays on Carry Trade Strategies and Exchange Rate Forecasting" |
David Papell (advisor) |
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|
Adam W. Perdue |
Applied Microeconomics, "Essays in Urban Economics and Local Labor Markets: the Role of Concentrations of Employment" |
Steve Craig (advisor) Rebecca Achée Thornton |
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|
Abhilasha Singh |
Development Economics, Labor Economics “Causal Impact of Family Income on Children's Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Earned Income Tax Credit” |
Chinhui Juhn (co-advisor) Andrew Zuppann (co-advisor) |
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|
Mykhailo Sitiuk |
Health Economics, Development Economics and Networks "HIV Testing, Information Spillovers, and Peer Behavior" |
Chinhui Juhn (co-advisor) Gergely Ujhelyi (co-advisor) Steve Craig |
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|
Senay Topal |
Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education “What Is the Incidence of State Merit-based Aid to Resident University Students? Evidence from the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarships” |
Steve Craig (advisor) |
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Shu Zhang |
Applied Microeconomics, Development, Health and Labor Economics "Essays on the Long-Run Impacts of the Great Chinese Famine on Human Capital" |
Aimee Chin (advisor) |