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Ph.D. candidates seeking positions in 2011 - 2012

Basole, Amit  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Development Economics
Political Economy
Gender and Development
History of Economic Thought
Dissertation title:
Knowledge, Gender, and Production Relations in India's Informal Economy
(Abstract)
References:
J. Mohan Rao**, James K. Boyce**, Mwangi wa Githinji, Ananya Vajpeyi

Cohen, Jennifer  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Political Economy
Economic Development
Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity
Labor Economics
Dissertation title:
Street Traders in Johannesburg, South Africa: Linking Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Determinants of Informal Employment Opportunities
(Abstract)
References:
Diane Flaherty** James K. Boyce, James Heintz, Patrick Dolenc, Barbara Bergmann

Konstantinidis, Charalampos  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Political Economy
Ecological Economics
History of Economic Thought
Dissertation title:
Rethinking Sustainability: Organic Farming and Rural Transformations in the European Union
(Abstract)
References:
James K. Boyce**, Mwangi wa Githinji**, Michael Ash

Oh, Seung-Yun  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Labor and Demographic Economics
Public Economics
Family Economics
Game Theory
Mathematical Economics*
Microeconomics*
Dissertation title:
Social Emulation, the Evolution of Gender Norms, and Intergenerational Transfers; Three Essays on the Economics of Social Interactions
(Abstract)
References:
Nancy Folbre**, Samuel Bowles, Gerald Epstein

Ragusett, Jared  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Political Economy
Economics of Race and Ethnicity
Urban Economics
Housing Economics
Public Policy
Dissertation title:
Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Sprawl, Race, and Ethnicity
(Abstract)
References:
Michael Ash**, Carol Heim, Herbert Eskot

Seda-Irizarry, Ian  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Political Economy
Macroeconomics
Development
History of Economic Thought
Dissertation title:
The Political Economy of Cultural Production: Essays on Class and Music
(Abstract)
References:
Stephen A. Resnick**, Richard D. Wolff, Agustín Laó-Montes, Argeo Quiñones

Xu, Zhun  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Political Economy
Chinese Economy
Development
Economic History
Dissertation title:
The Political Economy of Agrarian Change in People's Republic of China
(Abstract)
References:
David Kotz**, Mwangi wa Githinji**, Deepankar Basu, Sigrid Schmalzer, Jennifer Lundquist

Zhang, Wei  CV         Email
Fields of concentration
Political economy of health, health inequality and health policies
Political economy of labor market
China's economic transition
China's health care reforms
Dissertation title:
The Impacts of Public Employment on Health
(Abstract)
References:
David Kotz**, Michael Ash**, Robert Pollin, Dean Robinson


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