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Recent PhD Placements

Phd program, ranked no. 3 in the nation.

The applications for Fall 2025 admissions to the IEOR MS and PhD programs are now closed.

Fall 2025 Deadline To Apply: Monday, December 16, 2024, 8:59 p.m. PST

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PhD Companies (2009-2023)

Airbnb Amazon Apollo Management Apple, Inc ARPA-E Ascend Analytics Bio-G (Bioproduction Group) Blackrock Credit Suisse Cubist Facebook Financial Engines Flex Ltd Gap Inc Genentech Goldman Sachs & Company Google Google AI

IBM Illumina JD.com Jump Trading LLC KPMG Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lyft Marvell Semiconductor Microsoft Corporation Nvidia Research PROS Sentient Technologies Synopsys Inc Theorem T. Rowe Price Two Sigma Trexquant Management LLC Uber UberEverything WorldQuant LLC

PhD Academic Institutions (2009-2023)

 Alan Turing Institute Anderson School of Business Baruch College Cornell Business School Georgia Institute of Technology Hong Kong Polytechnic University Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Innovative Genomics Institute London Business School Mathematics Geneology Project McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin McGill University Massachusetts Institute of Technology National University of Singapore Naval Postgraduate School New Jersey Institute of Technology Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Syracuse University University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Universidad de los Andes Colombia Université Catholique de Louvain University of California, Berkeley University of Oxford University of Pittsburgh University of Texas University of Toronto

Charting Pathways to Success: Job Market Placements for Our 2023 Graduating Doctoral Students

Erik Bertelli Operations Research Analyst at the United States Coast Guard Yuhao Ding Research Analyst at Cubist Hansheng Jiang Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at the Rotman School…

Job market placements for this year’s doctoral graduate students

Caleb Bugg Postdoctoral Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology Anran Hu Hooke Research Fellow, University of Oxford Yusuke Kikuchi Genentech Heyuan Liu Quantitative Researcher, Two Sigma Igor Molybog Assistant Professor, University…

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Koichiro Ito, Catie Hausman, and Leslie Martin (spell ARE) in Portugal

Koichiro ito, leslie martin, and catie hausman spell are in portugal, are doctoral job placements 2003-2023.

Fields listed in abbreviations below are ARP= Agricultural Resource Policy, DEV=Development, BEC= Behavioral Economics, DEM= Demography, ECMT=Econometrics, ERE= Environmental and Resource Economics, EEE= Environment and Energy Economics, FIN= Financial Economics, HE= Health Economics, IO=Industrial Organization, HIS= Economic History, LAB= Labor, POL= Political Economy, PUB= Public Economics, PUF=Public Finance, URB= Urban Economics, TR= Trade.

Congratulations to Pierre Biscaye, Daniel Agness, Jed Silver, Leila Safavi, Michelle Chen, and Joel Ferguson on receiving your doctorate. The graduates are pictured here with ARE Graduate Advisor Carmen Karahalios at Commencement at the Greek Theater on May 13, 2024.

ARE Class of 2022 at the Greek Theater, May 15, 2022

2017 Greek Theater Commencement.

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PhD Program

In the last decade, the academic study of finance has experienced an infusion of new concepts and quantitative methodologies that places it among the most sophisticated and dynamic areas of business and economics. New developments in the traditional areas of finance—theory of rational investor portfolio choice, interpretation and determination of security prices, efficient corporate decision-making—have been approached from the perspective of a single integrating paradigm derived from economic theory. This has led to extensive joint teaching and research between the finance, applied economics, and accounting faculties at Berkeley. Academic contributions are having profound effects on financial practice.

There are specific requirements for the doctoral program in each field of study. The faculty group can specify how certain departmental requirements are to be met and can add requirements or increase minimum standards. Optional courses may be taken in addition to the required courses, not instead of them. Students must consult with their field advisor to ensure that their choices make a sensible program.

Students are encouraged to take four courses in each semester of the first year. Not all courses might be offered each semester and the list of classes is subject to change.

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Students who have received, or will soon receive, the Ph.D. in Economics are assisted by the Department in finding suitable career positions. The Department learns of available openings for qualified economists through an exchange of information with universities, colleges, government agencies, and research institutes.

The Department staff coordinates and facilitates placement activities, and a faculty member oversees and advises placement.  Serious effort is made to help students find positions in which their capacities will be both used and rewarded.  The Department has been highly successful in placing students, which is a reflection on the quality of its students and their training, and the importance the Department places on this activity.

Placement Outcomes

2023-2024 (jobs starting fall 2024).

• Baylor University; Clinical Assistant Professor
• Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School; Assistant Professor
• Duke University; Assistant Professor of Economics
• Georgia State University; Assistant Professor 
• Hoover Institution at Stanford; Fellow
• NYU; Assistant Professor
• Pepperdine University; Assistant Professor 
• Princeton University; Post-doc, Assistant Professor
• UCL; Assistant Professor

Government / Research

• Boston Fed; Economist
• DOJ; Economist
• IMF; Economist
• Office of Management and Budget; Economist
• Open Philanthropy; Research Fellow
• Treasury Office of Tax Analysis; Financial Economist
• US Department of the Treasury; Researcher
• World Bank; Economist
• Amazon (PXT Central Science, SF office); Economist
• Susquehanna International Group; Equity Options Trader
• Uber; Applied Scientist

2022-2023 (Jobs Starting Fall 2023)

• Institute for Fiscal Studies at University College London ; Post-doc
• Haas School of Business ; Post-doc
• UC Berkeley ; Post-doc
• Nova School of Business and Economics ; Assistant Professor
• Nova School of Business and Economics; Assistant Professor 
• UCLA; Assistant Professor
• Columbia Law School; Associate Professor of Law
• Haas School of Business; Post-doc
• Chicago University; Post-doc
• Columbia; Assistant Professor of Economics
• Wharton, University of Pennsylvania ; Post-doc
• University of Michigan (AP); Assistant Professor
• Princeton; Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Santa Clara University; Assistant Professor
• U Toronto (Rotman); Assistant Professor
• Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute ; Visiting Research Fellow
• Fed Board; Economist
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York Research; Economist
• IMF Economist Program 
• California Budget and Policy Center Senior; Policy Analyst
• Fed Board; Economist - Research and Statistics Division
• Cornerstone; Research Associate
• Amazon; Economist-I for the PXTCS Team

2021-2022 (Jobs Starting Fall 2022)

• LMU in Germany, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• National University of Singapore, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• Oxford University, Department of Economics; Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Economics at The Queen’s College
• Toulouse School of Economics, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• UC San Diego Rady, Department of Economics & Strategic Management; Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Department of Economics; Assistant Instructional Professor
• University of Oxford Saïd Business School; Finance Department; Associate Professor
• Princeton University; Industrial Relations Section Postdoctoral Research Associate 
• Yale University, MacMillan Center; Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer
• UC Berkeley, Center for Applications of Mathematics and Statistics to Economics; Postdoctoral Fellow
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Research Unit; Economist
• World Bank, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME); Economist
• US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies; Economist
• briq Institute on Behavior & Inequality; Postdoctoral Fellow
• Employ America; Senior Economist
• Center for Global Development; Postdoctoral Researcher
• Amazon; Applied Scientist
• Google; Economist
• Uber, Middle Mile Market Place; Research Scientist

2020-2021 (Jobs Starting Fall 2021)

• Boston University, Questrom School of Business: Assistant Professory of Finance
• Caltech, Division of Humanities/Social Sciences: Postdoc in Economic Theory
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Finance Dept: Assistant Professor
• Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies: Postdoc Associate
• MIT, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile): Assistant Professor (2)
• Tufts University, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Booth School of Business: Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Ottawa, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Economics, Assistant Professor
• University of Washington,  Evans School of Public Policy and Governance: Assistant Professor
• Yale University, School of Management: Assistant Professor
• Yale University: Postdoc Fellow

Government/Public Sector

• Federal Reserve Board, International Finance: Economist
• JP Morgan, Global Economic Research: US Economics/Vice President
• McKinsey & Company, DC office: Associate
• Robinhood, Data Science

2019-2020 (Jobs Starting Fall 2020)

• University of Sydney
• University of Utah School of Business
• New Economic School
• HEC Montreal
• London School of Economics
• Naval Postgraduate School,
• University of Iowa
• Washington University Olin School of Business
• University of Chicago
• Georgetown Policy
• University of Nottingham
• NBER Household Finance Postdoc
• Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
• Bank of Canada
• Analysis Group
• Mathematica
• Capital One

2018-2019 (Jobs Starting Fall 2019)

• George Washington University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• HEC Montreal - Assistan t Professor
• Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology - Assistant Professor 
• Indiana University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• London School of Economics - Department of Finance - Assistant Professor
• National University of Singapore - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of California Los Angeles (3) – Department of Economics -Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Booth School of Business – Department of Marketing - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris Policy School – Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health – Assistant Professor
• University of Warwick, England – Department of Finance - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – Economist
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors – Economist
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Economist
• San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank – Economist
• SEC, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis– Economist
• Amazon – Economist
• Analysis Group – Economist
• Cornerstone Research (2)– Economist
• Pandora – Economist

2017-2018 (Jobs Starting Fall 2018)

• Academia Sinica - Economist
• Baruch College - Assistant Professor
• Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) - Post Doctoral Fellow
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Economist
• Monash University -  Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Public Policy Institute of California - Economist
• Stockholm University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies - Assistant Professor
• University of British Columbia – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris School – Assistant Professor
• University of Melbourne, Australia – Department of Economics - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• Urban Institute – Research Associate
• Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Post Doctoral Fellow

2016-2017 (Jobs Starting Fall 2017)

• Amazon - Economist
• Analysis Group - Associate
• Bocconi University - Department of Decision Sciences - Assistant Professor
• Columbia University - Assistant Professor
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Economist
• Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business - Assistant Professor
• Goethe University - Safe Center-
• NBER - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Northwestern - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Oxford Nuffield - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Princeton University - Assistant Professor
• PUC-Chile - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Resources for the Future - Post Doctoral Fellow
• True North Managers LLP (India) - Economist
• University of Michigan - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Wisconsin - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Wesleyan University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2015-2016 (Jobs Starting Fall 2016)

• Analysis Group- Associate
• BI Norwegian Business School – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Congressional Budget Office- Tax Analysis Division- Associate Analyst
• Cornerstone Research- Associate (2)
• Federal Housing and Finance Agency- Economist
• NYU Shanghai- Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Peterson Institute for International Economics - Research Fellow
• RAND – Economics and Statistics - Research Economist
• University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Pennyslvania - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• US Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies - Economist
• World Bank - Development Research Group - Research Economist

2014-2015 (Jobs Starting Fall 2015)

• Amazon (2) – Economist
• El Colegio de Mexico – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Harvard Business School – Assistant Professor
• Haverford College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• IMT- Department of Economics - Lucca, Italy
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Economist
• Middlebury College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Monash University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• NERA Economic Consulting – Economist
• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management – Assistant Professor
• RAND – Associate Economist
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Assistant Professor
• Stanford University – Department of Management Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor
• University College London – Department of Economics - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• University College London – Department of Economics - Post Doctoral Fellow
• University of Michigan – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2013-2014 (Jobs Starting Fall 2014)

• Banca d’Italia- Post Doctoral Researcher
• Bowdoin College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Chinese University of Hong Kong– Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Columbia University - Business School - Assistant Professor
• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Research Department – Economist
• Harvard University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Harvard University – Department of Economics - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Microsoft Research - Post Doctoral Researcher
• Stanford University - Graduate School of Business - Assistant Professor
• University of Edinburgh – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago Booth - School of Business - Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Montreal – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Munich – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Universtat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain at CREI (Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional) - Post Doctoral Researcher
• University of Queensland, Australia – School of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Yale University – Cowles Foundation - Post Doctoral Researcher
• Yale University – School of Management - Assistant Professor

2012-2013 (Jobs Starting Fall 2013)

• Alvarez and Marsal – Global Forensics and Disputes Group – Director
• Carnegie Mellon University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Center for Global Development – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Columbia University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Federal Communications Commission - Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis – Economist
• Michigan State University – Department of Finance - Assistant Professor
• OnPoint Analytics – Economist
• Peking University (Beijing, China) – HSBC Business School - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Julis-Rabinwitz Center for Public Policy and Finance – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of California, San Diego – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Iowa – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Houston – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Michigan – Ford School of Public Policy - Assistant Professor
• University of Oregon – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Southern California – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Technology (Sydney, Australia) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto (Canada) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Warwick (United Kingdom) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2011-2012 (Jobs Starting Fall 2012)

• Bank of Canada – Senior Analyst
• Black Rock - Economist
• The Brattle Group –Economist
• Columbia University – Business School – Assistant Professor
• Duke University - Assistant Professor
• International Monetary Fund – Economist
• McGill University - Assistant Professor
• Moody’s  Analytics – Economist
• National University of Singapore - Assistant Professor
• New Economics School in Moscow, Russia - Assistant Professor
• Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management - Assistant Professor
• Peking University – HSBC Business School - Assistant Professor
• Securities and Exchange Commission – Economist
• RAND Corporation – Economist
• Stanford University - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of California, San Francisco – Public Health Economist/Physician Residency
• University of Texas, Dallas – Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto – Rotman School of Business - Assistant Professor

2010-2011 (Jobs Starting Fall 2011)

• ApplEcon, LLC – Senior Economist
• Black Rock’s Global Macro Strategies Group - Associate
• Boston University – Assistant Professor
• Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Case Western, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• Claremont McKenna College, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• Columbia University – Post-Doctoral
• Cornerstone Research – Associate
• Harvard - Kennedy School of Government – Assistant Professor
• Hebrew University – Assistant Professor
• Highbridge Capital Management - Economist
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology– Assistant Professor
• Innovations for Poverty Action – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• International Monetary Fund – Economist (Total of four IMF appointments for 2011.)
• Joint Committee on Taxation – Economist
• Oakland Athletics – Director of Baseball Operations
• St. Olaf College, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of Arizona, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• World Bank – Economist (Total of two IMF appointments for 2011.)
• World Bank – Young Professionals Program

2009-2010 (Jobs Starting Fall 2010)

• American Enterprise Institute - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Applied Economics Group at MIT Sloan - Assistant Professor
• Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• ESSEC Business School in Paris, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Freddie Mac - Economist
• INCAE Business School in Costa Rica - Assistant Professor
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers - Economist
• RAND Corporation - Economist
• Reed College, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Law School - Assistant Professor of Law
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy – Lecturer
• University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Departments of Economics and Public Policy - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Wallis Institute of Political Economy - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Warwick, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Zurich, Department of Economics - Post-Doctoral Researcher

2008-2009 (Jobs Starting Fall 2009)

• Academia Sinica - Assistant Research Fellow
• El Colegio de Mexcio- Post-Doctoral Researcher
• El Colegio de Mexico, Department of Economics- Assistant Professor
• Federal Bank of New York - Economist
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - Research Economist
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Economist
• Harvard University - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy
• Institute of Economic Policy Research - Post-doctoral Researcher
• International Monetary Fund - Economist
• Northwestern Law School- Visiting Assistant Professor
• Syncsort, Inc - Market Research Analyst
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Assistant Professor
• University of California, Berkeley - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of California, Santa Barbara - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago - Assistant Professor
• University of Oklahoma - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics- Assistant Professor
• US Department of Treasury- Special Assistant
• US Government Agency - Senior Fellow
• USC, Marshall School of Business - Assistant Professor (Tenure track)
• World Bank, Young Professionals Program - Economist

2007-2008 (Jobs Starting Fall 2008)

• Arizona State University, W.P Carey School of Business - Assistant Professor
• Carleton University - Assistant Professor
• Colgate College - Assistant Professor
• Dartmouth College - Assistant Professor
• Davis Polk & Wardwell, Department of Law – Attorney/Economist
• Department of Justice - Antitrust Division – Research Economist
• Hamilton College - Assistant Professor
• Harvard University - Assistant Professor
• Haverford College - Assistant Professor
• Korea Institute of Finance – Research Economist
• London School of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Mathematica Policy Research – Economist
• McKinsey and Company – Economist          
• The Parthenon Group- Economist
• Princeton University - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of British Columbia - Assistant Professor
• University for California, Los Angeles ­- Assistant Professor
• University for California, Santa Barbara - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business – Adjunct Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs Post-doctoral Researcher
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil -- Assistant Professor
• US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Economist
• Washington University - Assistant Professor
• World Bank, Young Professionals Program
• Yale University - Lecturer
• Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies - Post-doctoral Researcher
• Gavea Investimentos, Brazil – Research Economist

2006-2007 (Jobs Starting Fall 2007)

• Barclays Global Investors – Economist
• Bank of Thailand - Economist
• Beijing University - Assistant Professor
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Research Economist
• Canada Revenue Agency – Senior Consultant
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Economist
• Collegio Carlo Alberto - Assistant Professor
• Cornerstone Research - Research Economist
• Department of Justice - Economic Analysis Group – Economist
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Economist
• Harvard University - Post-doctoral Researcher
• McKinsey & Company - Economist
• University California, Irvine - Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - Assistant Professor
• Universidad de Chile - Assistant Professor
• University of Guanajuato, Mexico - Assistant Professor
• University of Michigan - Assistant Professor
• University of Pennsylvania – Wharton School - Assistant Professor
• US Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies – Research Economist
• Vanderbilt Law School - Assistant Professor
• Yale University - Assistant Professor