I am a 5th year PhD at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. My research interests lie in the fields of political economy & development economics. In my dissertation, I am studying the relationship between political systems, poverty & social mobility. Before this, I have completed my B.Sc. (Research) in Economics degree from Shiv Nadar University, with minors in Sociology & International Relations.

Kamal Bookwala is a fifth-year PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Irvine. Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of labor & public economics, with a particular focus on immigration & education policy. Currently, she is studying the impact of the Optional Practical Training Extension on undergraduate students' choices here in the United States. Before beginning her PhD program, she received her B.A. in Economics from Lafayette College.

Leticia C. Donoso Peña is a dedicated economist specializing in development & gender economics. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics & Public Policy at Tufts University, her research focuses on adolescent fertility & its impacts on later-life outcomes. She has extensive professional experience as a consultant at the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, & the International Monetary Fund. Leticia holds an M.A. in International Affairs from American University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar & received the Harold Davis Memorial Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Latin American Studies. She also has a B.A. in International Business Administration from USM, in her hometown of Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Andrea Cornejo is currently a Ph.D. student at the Paris School of Economics. Her research interests are in labor & development economics, with a focus on education & human capital development. Her work studies how to leverage education & skill development initiatives to reduce educational & socio-economic inequalities. Currently, she is undertaking a project to better understand & reduce the learning gaps between non-migrant students & the increasing population of migrant students in K-12 education.

Danielle Purcell is a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Her research interests are in combining Experimental, Behavioral, & Development Economics. Her current work seeks to further the understanding of the economic impact of corruption awareness & whistleblower incentives. She holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, & a Bachelor of Science in Economics & Banking/Finance from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at UCD, specializing in Education & Labour Economics. My research focuses on human capital formation, development, & its broader implications for society. I like to think about models & how to better translate lived experiences into mathematical forms.

Raj is focusing his research on development economics to better underst& how interventions & policies affect the well being of the population. Prior to joining the University of Delhi, he worked as a research academic at the prestigious Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He has research experience in diverse fields of economics with the focus on sectors such as energy policy, health economics, & development. He also has publications in international peer-reviewed journals to his credit. Prominent among them is the paper "Renewable Deployment in India: Financing Costs & Implications for Policy,” published in the Energy Policy Journal. Currently he is pursuing PhD in the area of health economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.

I am a rising fifth-year PhD student in the Economics and Public Policy program at Tufts University. I also hold an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BSc (Hons.) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan. I will be on the 2024/2025 job market. My research interests lie at the intersection of development, public, and gender economics.

Marcelo Álvez is currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Economics at Arizona State University, specializing in urban economics.

Before pursuing his Ph.D., he received an M.A. in Economics at Universidad de la República, Uruguay. While studying, he also worked, gaining seven years of professional experience as a research economist, including four years at the research department of the Central Bank of Uruguay.

Marcelo's research interests center around understanding how heterogeneous workers & households sort within cities, their commuting behavior, & the aggregate effects of their choices on housing & labor markets. His current projects seek to gain insight into the role of transportation infrastructure & land use regulations in this context.

I am a PhD Candidate at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota & a Population Trainee alum of the Minnesota Population Center (MPC). My work spans climate, health & fertility, & gender in developing countries.

I presently work as a Graduate Research Assistant with the IPUMS-MICS project at the Institute of Social Research & Data Innovation (ISRDI). I have previously worked at the New Delhi office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on agriculture & climate change projects across South Asia. I also hold a Masters in Public Policy (MPP) from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.