Job Market Candidate Information
Ph.D. Candidates for 2026-2027 Placement
Director of Graduate Placement
Phone: (614) 292-3624
Email: weinberg.133@osu.edu
Coordinator of Graduate Placement
Phone: (614) 292-6867
Email: Marshall.624@osu.edu
Email: asc-econ-placement@osu.edu
Name: Dominique Araya Vergara
Email Address: araya.46@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: Does Relative Earnings Position within School Affect ADHD Diagnosis? Evidence from Entry to Junior High and High School
Area of Expertise: Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
References: Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater, Kurt Lavetti
Website: https://www.dominiquearaya.com/
Name: Jhong-Yi Huang
Email Address: huang.4622@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: Dynamic Yardstick Competition: A Study of the Japanese Railway Industry
Area of Expertise: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
References: Jose Miguel Abito, Matthew Weinberg, Jason Blevins
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jhongyihuang/home
Name: Irfan Khan
Email Address: khan.1064@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: 100 or 20 Shades of Gray: A Theory of Discretization
Area of Expertise: Microeconomic Theory, Experimental Economics, Psychology and Economics
References: Yaron Azrieli, P.J. Healy, Ian Krajbich, Collin Raymond
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/irfanecon
Name: Suha Kim
Email Address: kim.8316@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: TBD
Area of Expertise: Experimental Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics
References: John Rehbeck, Paul J Healy, Aldo Lucia
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/suhakim
Name: Hyeonggyun Ko
Email Address: ko.358@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: Delegation to a Rationally Inattentive Agent
Area of Expertise: Microeconomic Theory, Information Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics
References: Yaron Azrieli, Paul J. Healy, James Peck
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/hgko/home
Name: Sujin Lee
Email Address: lee.9962@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: Beyond the Jack-of-All-Trades Hypothesis: The Importance of Business and Specialized Skills for Self-Employment Entry and Success
Area of Expertise: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Entrepreneurship, Household Finance
References: Audrey Light, Bruce Weinberg, Meta Brown
Website: https://sujinhome.github.io/
Name: Jason Paulo Tayawa
Email Address: jasontayawa@gmail.com
Job Market Paper: Paying Too Much Attention: Theory and Evidence
Area of Expertise: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
References: Jacob K. Goeree, Yaron Azrieli, Paul J. Healy
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jasontayawa/
Name: Haoran Wang
Email Address: wang.15063@osu.edu
Job Market Paper: The Effects of Colorado’s Pay Transparency Law on Older Workers
Area of Expertise: Labor Economics, Health Economics
References: Meta A. Brown, Bruce A. Weinberg, Kurt J. Lavetti
Website: https://hwang853.github.io/