Please reach out to me or my colleagues - real-estate.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/facu..., plus
Brad Ross (joining summer 2026!) - if you have any questions. Happy to connect you with current or previous pre-docs as well!

4. Dedicated faculty mentorship to help you figure out what you want to do next and how to get there.

5. Courses/resources/advising geared to help you develop your research ideas into a grad-school-ready agenda (if that's what you decide you want to do next!).

2. Direct work with and training from faculty. Limited post-doc/PhD student layer between faculty and pre-docs.

3. Opportunities to hang out with and learn from a talented set of 15+ applied econ predocs.

1. Exposure to a broad range of fields/methods. Pre-docs each work with two faculty matched on interest, which span urban, public, development, IO, HH finance, spatial, trade, transportation, etc.

🚨 undergrads and masters students interested in careers in applied econ research:

My department is recruiting 4-5 full-time RAs to start summer 2026. See the announcement here for more details: jessiehandbury.com/misc/RAflyer...

A few reasons you should apply...