The Vancouver School of Economics is still accepting applications to its MA and PhD programs. We would encourage anyone who is interested in the techniques used for addressing important economic questions.

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#EconJobMarket candidate Sara Benetti’s job market paper studies the impact of early U.S. electrification on social cohesion between immigrant and native workers. Profile: www.sarabenetti.com; Job Market Paper: sarabenetti.github.io/Benetti_JMP_...

#EconJobMarket candidate Zhaoxuan Wang studies the labour market effects of China’s higher education expansion since 1999, providing new evidence on how this reform reshaped employment and wage structures across regions and cohorts. Profile: sites.google.com/view/zhaoxua...

#EconJobMarket candidate Bernardo B. Ribeiro's job market paper examines how public housing affects intergenerational mobility, drawing evidence from a large-scale program in Brazil. Profile: bbribeiro.github.io

#EconJobMarket candidate Igor Carreira’s job market paper explores how IMF-style conditionality shapes long-run reserve accumulation under sovereign default risk. Profile:https://sites.google.com/view/igorcarreira/

#EconJobMarket candidate Oliver Vogt employs mutual fund holdings data to estimate FX market depth for a wide range of currencies, documenting pronounced state dependence. Profile: oliver-vogt.github.io

#EconJobMarket candidate Thomas Chan’s job market paper develops adaptive experiment designs to efficiently estimate diverse causal parameters, from average to distributional effects, to better inform decision making. Profile: cytthomas.github.io; JMP: drive.google.com/file/d/1JiQC...

#EconJobMarket candidate Vibhu Pratyush's job market paper studies the effect of land ownership on intergenerational mobility in rural agrarian India. Profile: vibhupratyush.github.io

#EconJobMarket candidate Spreeha Aggarwal’s job market paper studies how changes in the demand for women’s domestic labour affect their marriage timing and outcomes in rural India. Profile: www.spreehaaggarwal.com

#EconJobMarket candidate Pierre-Loup Beauregard’s (@plbeauregard.bsky.social) job market paper studies the impact of social housing on parental labour market outcomes and long-term child outcomes. Profile: economics.ubc.ca/profile/pier...; JMP: plbeauregard.github.io/document/bea...

#EconJobMarket candidate Shiming Wu’s job market paper disentangles the roles of capital requirements and credit ratings in constraining insolvency in the U.S. property insurance market. Profile: economics.ubc.ca/profile/shim... JMP: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0yxy7...

Yuxuan studies the international spillover effects of industrial policy through trade. Her job market paper examines how China’s high-tech industrial policy affects German industries and workers via upstream–downstream linkages. Profile: sites.google.com/view/yuxuanwu

Meet the Vancouver School of Economics’ 2025/26 PhD job market candidates! View their profiles here: economics.ubc.ca/people/phd-j... @plbeauregard.bsky.social

Looking for a globally-focused Economics degree? UBC’s Bachelor of International Economics (BIE) offers a unique, cohort-based experience where students gain expertise in international trade, finance, and data science.

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Congratulations to Jane Platt on receiving the Wesbrook Scholarship, one of UBC's most prestigious awards!

Wishing her success as she continues her research in public policy!

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