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Ed Jee @ed_jee

Econ grad student and human being.

Joined June 2015
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Max Roser
@MaxCRoser
20 Nov 2025
My @OurWorldInData article this week looks at why, after two centuries of progress against the very worst poverty, the world is now facing a future in which progress comes to a halt. The end of progress against extreme poverty? ourworldindata.org/end-progr…

The end of progress against extreme poverty?

In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form...

ourworldindata.org
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Anne Karing@AnneKaring
20 Nov 2025
Ed's job market paper is a tour de force: 27 RCTs harmonized, fundamental identification challenges solved, and the clearest empirical evidence we have on poverty traps. Brilliant work from one of the most thoughtful, ambitious, and technically gifted young economists!
UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
7 Nov 2025
Replying to @UChi_Economics
Do poverty traps exist? @ed_jee's study of 27 RCTs finds they're real but rare. Though fixed costs make traps common, forward-looking behavior & productivity differences mean they only affect 25% of households. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Edward Jee as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "traps and transfers." Research focuses include development economics and econometrics.

ALT Graphic announcing Edward Jee as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "traps and transfers." Research focuses include development economics and econometrics.
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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
11 Nov 2025
Conroy's JMP studies how to aggregate treatment effects across multiple outcomes. He evaluates several existing methods and proposes a new method for optimal aggregation that ensures weights with good properties. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Chun Pong (Conroy) Lau as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "Aggregating treatment effects across multiple outcomes." Research focuses include econometrics, applied econometrics, and industrial organization.

ALT Graphic announcing Chun Pong (Conroy) Lau as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "Aggregating treatment effects across multiple outcomes." Research focuses include econometrics, applied econometrics, and industrial organization.
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Rachel Glennerster@rglenner
7 Nov 2025
Balboni et al found poverty trap in Bangladesh due to fixed costs (eg to buy a cow) but is that unusual? Why cant ppl save up to buy the fixed asset? @ed_jee finds fixed costs of high return assets (diff by country) frequently cause traps but many ppl do save to overcome them.
UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
7 Nov 2025
Replying to @UChi_Economics
Do poverty traps exist? @ed_jee's study of 27 RCTs finds they're real but rare. Though fixed costs make traps common, forward-looking behavior & productivity differences mean they only affect 25% of households. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Edward Jee as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "traps and transfers." Research focuses include development economics and econometrics.

ALT Graphic announcing Edward Jee as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "traps and transfers." Research focuses include development economics and econometrics.
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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
7 Nov 2025
Do poverty traps exist? @ed_jee's study of 27 RCTs finds they're real but rare. Though fixed costs make traps common, forward-looking behavior & productivity differences mean they only affect 25% of households. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Edward Jee as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "traps and transfers." Research focuses include development economics and econometrics.

ALT Graphic announcing Edward Jee as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "traps and transfers." Research focuses include development economics and econometrics.

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
7 Nov 2025
Pharmacy exits cause temp. declines in medication use but long-run increases. Closure-induced reallocations to higher-dispensing pharmacies combined with meaningful impacts of pharmacies drive the increases. Read more about @econbattles: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Joseph Battles as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics 2025-26 job market candidate. Paper titled, "Do Pharmacies Matter?". Research focuses on health economics and public finance.

ALT Graphic announcing Joseph Battles as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics 2025-26 job market candidate. Paper titled, "Do Pharmacies Matter?". Research focuses on health economics and public finance.
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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
6 Nov 2025
@CunaMichae77590’s JMP studies the hidden curriculum—unwritten rules for success. Combining data and field experiments, he finds first-gen students engage less in key actions, e.g. networking, due to low awareness. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Michael G. Cuna as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "The Hidden Curriculum." Research focuses include behavioral economics, applied microeconomics, and experimental economics.

ALT Graphic announcing Michael G. Cuna as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate for 2025-26. Paper titled, "The Hidden Curriculum." Research focuses include behavioral economics, applied microeconomics, and experimental economics.

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Princeton Economics@PrincetonEcon
6 Nov 2025
Elena Aguilar’s (@tag_elena) job market paper studies location choices as a human capital investment. High-opportunity cities like New York offer superior learning environments but require paying high upfront housing costs. elena-aguilar.net/
Elena Aguilar: Credit Constraints, Learning, and Spatial Misallocation. Areas: International Trade, Macroeconomics, and Spatial Economics. Letter Writers: Gene Grossman (advisor), Richard Rogerson (advisor), John Becko, and Gianluca Violante. Princeton Economics.

ALT Elena Aguilar: Credit Constraints, Learning, and Spatial Misallocation. Areas: International Trade, Macroeconomics, and Spatial Economics. Letter Writers: Gene Grossman (advisor), Richard Rogerson (advisor), John Becko, and Gianluca Violante. Princeton Economics.

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
5 Nov 2025
@haruka__uchida studies labor & education. Her JMP runs 2 field experiments to measure & disentangle forms of discrimination. She finds that hiding applicant names changes representation without reducing quality. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Haruka Uchida as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate. Paper titled, "What do blind evaluations reveal? How discrimination shapes representation and quality." Research focuses are labor, education, and experimental economics.

ALT Graphic announcing Haruka Uchida as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics job market candidate. Paper titled, "What do blind evaluations reveal? How discrimination shapes representation and quality." Research focuses are labor, education, and experimental economics.

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
3 Nov 2025
When should governments target industries in specific places? @ARBhandari97 shows that optimal industrial policy is place-based when productivity is Hicks-neutral, but uniform when it is Harrod-neutral. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/direc… #UChicago #EconJobMarket
Graphic announcing Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics' job market candidate, Aditya Bhandari. Bhandari's paper is titled, "Technology and the Geography of Industrial Policy". His research focuses are spatial economics, international trade, and macroeconomics. Photo of Bhandari on the left.

ALT Graphic announcing Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics' job market candidate, Aditya Bhandari. Bhandari's paper is titled, "Technology and the Geography of Industrial Policy". His research focuses are spatial economics, international trade, and macroeconomics. Photo of Bhandari on the left.
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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
Replying to @camillaschneier
Jeanne Sorin (@jenn_slg) studies transportation and environmental challenges in developing cities. In her JMP, she examines how land acquisition costs prevent the implementation of high benefit road improvement projects in Kampala, Uganda. Read more at jeannesorin.github.io/
Screenshot of Jeanne Sorin's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Public Roads on Private Lands: Land Costs and Optimal Road Improvements in Urban Uganda"

ALT Screenshot of Jeanne Sorin's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Public Roads on Private Lands: Land Costs and Optimal Road Improvements in Urban Uganda"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
Replying to @alexpetnet @tanyarajan
.@jordanr_k studies spatial & trade economics. His JMP shows how barriers to urban expansion and high commuting costs inhibit development. Reducing urban costs would boost welfare by 66% in low-income nations and help nations adapt to climate change. jrosenthalkay.github.io
Screenshot of Jordan Rosenthal-Kay's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Urban costs around the world"

ALT Screenshot of Jordan Rosenthal-Kay's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Urban costs around the world"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
Replying to @alexpetnet
How do workers sort between formal and informal sector jobs within the same industry? @tanyarajan’s JMP collects data from Bangladeshi garment workers and quantifies the role of (1) search frictions and (2) preferences for nonwage amenities. Read more at: tanyarajan.com
Screenshot of Tanya Rajan's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Untangling Informality: Wages, Preferences, and Sectoral Sorting in Bangladesh's Garment Industry"

ALT Screenshot of Tanya Rajan's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Untangling Informality: Wages, Preferences, and Sectoral Sorting in Bangladesh's Garment Industry"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
.@alexpetnet combines spatial GE modeling and computational methods to study economic effects of borders. His JMP develops tools to analyze both existing and optimal border configurations, evaluating welfare costs of post-colonial borders in Africa. sasha-petrov.com
Screenshot of Sasha Petrov's Job Market Candidate Abstract, "From Colonial Lines to Optimal Borders: Quantifying Welfare Gains in Africa"

ALT Screenshot of Sasha Petrov's Job Market Candidate Abstract, "From Colonial Lines to Optimal Borders: Quantifying Welfare Gains in Africa"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
Labor markets in LMICs have high turnover & unemployment, even with high demand. Through 3 field experiments, Varun K examines how limited commitment liquidity constraints on both sides of the market cause mismatch in labor supply-demand, which partly explains this phenomenon.
Screenshot of Varun K's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Limited commitment and liquidity constraints in informal labor markets: Evidence from India"

ALT Screenshot of Varun K's Job Market Paper Abstract, "Limited commitment and liquidity constraints in informal labor markets: Evidence from India"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
How do social divisions shape the benefits of agglomeration? @ShanonHMHsu's job market paper studies a 1950s ethnic-based resettlement in British Malaya, finding that while the clustering of Chinese created agglomeration economies, ethnic divisions limited gains for other groups.
Screenshot of Shanon Hsuan-Ming Hsu's Job Market Paper Abstract "Coercive Growth: Forced Resettlement and Ethnicity-Based Agglomeration"

ALT Screenshot of Shanon Hsuan-Ming Hsu's Job Market Paper Abstract "Coercive Growth: Forced Resettlement and Ethnicity-Based Agglomeration"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
How can we optimize experiments to inform policy decisions? @SamuelHigbee develops a two-wave adaptive experimental design which tailors the experiment to the objectives and constraints of policymakers. Read: samuelhigbee.github.io.
Screenshot of the abstract for Samuel Higbee's Job Market Paper, "Experimental Design for Policy Choice"

ALT Screenshot of the abstract for Samuel Higbee's Job Market Paper, "Experimental Design for Policy Choice"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
Thomas Bourany @TBourany works at the intersection of Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, and International Trade. In his JMP, he shows how to design optimal climate agreements to implement carbon policy in the presence of free-riding and inequality. thomasbourany.github.io/
A screenshot of Thomas Bourany's Job Market Paper abstract, "The Optimal Design of Climate Agreements"

ALT A screenshot of Thomas Bourany's Job Market Paper abstract, "The Optimal Design of Climate Agreements"

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UChicago Economics@UChi_Economics
4 Nov 2024
Replying to @ShanonHMHsu @joshuadhigbee
Thomas Hierons (@tom_hierons) works in urban and spatial economics, international trade, and econometrics. In his job market paper, he studies the welfare gains from optimal congestion pricing with an application to New York City. Learn more at trhierons.github.io.
Screenshot of Thomas Heirons' Job Market Paper Abstract, "Spreading the Jam: Optimal Congestion Pricing in General Equilibrium"

ALT Screenshot of Thomas Heirons' Job Market Paper Abstract, "Spreading the Jam: Optimal Congestion Pricing in General Equilibrium"

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Yana Gallen@GallenYana
27 Sep 2024
Social image is an important tool, sometimes interact with individual monetary incentives to change optimal policy @AnneKaring @ed_jee
Becker Friedman Institute for Economics@BeckerFriedman
27 Sep 2024
Replying to @BeckerFriedman
Next: @AnneKaring presents a field experiment in Kenya showing that social image concerns influence deworming decisions. Take-up drops with distance but increases when adults signal their status, leading to suboptimal treatment placement. Discussion to follow with @BelotMichele.
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