CREDO is excited to host our inaugural virtual panel for students who are preparing for the job market on September 13, 2022 at 9 am Pacific/12 pm Eastern time.
The panelists include economists in academia and policy research. They have generously agreed to share a few tips, including what they’re looking for in a candidate, what they’ve done to prepare their students for the job market, and their own job market experience.
The panelists are Clara (Jace) Piano, Jeanne Lafortune, Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Joseph Kaboski, and Maria Marta Ferreyra (more info below).
Please register here by Sept. 9, 2022 so we can send you the zoom link. If you have questions, please contact Maggie Triyana (mtriyana@alumni.uchicago.edu).
Panelists
Clara Piano
Clara will be joining Austin Peay State University as an Assistant Professor of Economics. Her research interests are primarily in the institutions that undergird markets-- especially families, religion, and law. She also enjoys speaking publicly on themes in Catholic Social Thought.
Jeanne LaFortune
Jeanne is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Her primary fields of interest are labor and development economics, with a particular interest in family economics.
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
Jesus has always been very interested in Catholic social teaching, Natural law, and, more in general, philosophy. These interests led him to economics. His research includes the computation and estimation of DSGE models, on business cycle models with uncertainty shocks and, more recently, on deep learning in macro.
Joe Kaboski
Joe is the David F. and Erin M. Seng Foundation Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on growth, development and international economics, with an emphasis on structural change, finance and development, and human capital.
Maria Marta Ferreyra
Maria Marta is a cradle Catholic from Argentina. She is currently a senior economist at the World Bank. She has done research on K-12 education in the US (private school vouchers, charter schools, and public school accountability) and on higher education in Latin America and Caribbean.
