The Cornell Economics community is proud to support and promote the work of our students who are seeking employment following the completion of their doctoral program. We are happy to announce the 2024 job market placements.
The graduate program of study is designed to train for research careers as faculty in public policy programs, public health programs, and other academic programs, and for non-academic research careers in think tanks, private consulting, government, or the not-for-profit sector. This list is comprised of students who have accepted job offers and are enrolled in the Ph.D. program in the Department of Economics (ECON).
Director of Placement: Levon Barseghyan
Candidates and Placements
Isaac Cohen: Senior Economist, Compass Lexecon
Yujie Feng: Associate, Analysis Group, Boston
Qiwei He: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Edinburgh
Megan Hyland: Economist, Center for Medicare
Elmer Zongyang Li: IMF Economist Program
Revathy Suryanarayana: Assistant Professor of Health Economics and Policy, UT Southwestern Medical School
Zhiyang Zhu: Visiting Assistant Professor in Economics and Management, Depauw University
This list will be updated as students accept final job offers. At Cornell University, economists are trained in many departments, schools and colleges, and as a part of multiple graduate fields. Visit our Historical Placements of PhD students page to view historical placement of Ph.D. students in the field of economics including Applied Economics Management (AEM) and Policy Management and Analysis (PAM).