Zeyu (Peter) Li is a fourth-year PhD student in economics at the University of California, Irvine. His current research is in the fields of labor, urban, and education. His recent paper examines the effect of housing wealth on private school enrollment. In one of his ongoing projects, he studies the effect of urban density on productivity. Before studying at UC-Irvine, he received a bachelor’s degree from the Central University of Finance and Economics in China, and a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Monica is a Ph.D. candidate in applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interest is primarily development economics, the economics of education, and school choice. In her recent work, she is studying how an educational affirmative action policy in India impacts children's outcomes and parental investments in children. She is also interested in understanding the welfare implications of school choice algorithms. Outside of the office, she enjoys spending her time playing the ukulele, and singing.

My name is Ameh David Enemune, a Nigerian citizen from Kogi State. I'm a trained M&E and project management Specialist and works with Kogi Agricultural Development Projects as Asst Director in the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department.

My academic qualifications include B.Agriculture (Agricultural Economics & Extension), Master of Science in Project Management and currently a PhD Student in Agricultural Economics Departments of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State. I currently research on Economic Efficiency of Rain
-fed and Dry Season Rice Production under the Anchor Borrowers Programme in Kogi State, Nigeria.

The main objective of the study is to determine the technical as well as allocative efficiencies of the rice farmers under the programme and how these efficiencies affect the profitability of rice production under the programme. I have carried out a hand full of studies under different development projects particularly in the field of agriculture and had also carried out mid -term and endline evaluation of agricultural projects along with other researchers.

I'm married with children and open to jobs in the academia and project
management sector

Karin Wu is a Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to the US, she was a research assistant at the Agricultural Policy Research Group in Taiwan, where she analyzed agricultural policy impact evaluations. Her research interest is at the intersection of applied econometrics, agricultural and food policy, and industrial organization. She is interested in analyzing how individuals react to policy changes or shocks. In her free time, she enjoys growing vegetables, snowboarding, and camping.

I am a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. My current research interests include labor markets, agricultural labor, migration, and applied microeconomics. My ongoing research focuses on the United States as well as developing countries. I hold a Bachelor of Business Information Systems from Kathmandu University in Nepal and an M.S. in Applied Economics from Montana State University. Before joining the doctoral program, I worked as a Research Consultant at Precision Agriculture for Development.

I am a first-year PhD candidate at the LMU Munich and a Junior Economist at the ifo Institute, where I work for the research group on taxation and fiscal policies. Before joining the Ifo Institute, I interned for UN ESCAP in 2021 and received my M.A. from LMU Munich in 2020. My research interests focus on public and gender economics, particularly on gender inequalities within the household and their long-term impact on female wages. Besides my PhD journey, I am also highly interested in music, and I used to play professional basketball

Amanda is a PhD candidate at the University of California San Diego. Amanda uses both applied and experimental methods to study questions stemming from discrimination, inequality, and disparate impacts. She studies how structures (institutions, digital platforms, policies) influence behavior towards others differentially, and how these behavioral differences translate to unequal outcomes. Amanda’s research has been furthered by the UCSD Diversity Research Fellowship and the Frieda Daum Urey Endowment grant. Her previous experience includes the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the World Bank

Maxwell Bullard is a third-year PhD student in the department of economics at Texas A&M University. He is an applied microeconomic and experimental economist, with a particular focus on child welfare topics. Currently, his current research examines the two-sided matching process of private child adoptions and how the process informs fundamental behavioral questions. Additionally, his research looks to identify causal mechanisms within the foster care system that can be used to help inform future policy. Maxwell holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics and Master of Science in Applied Economics from Marquette University.

Chila is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at Binghamton University. Her research interests include Development Economics, Environmental Economics, and Behavioral Economics. Her work focuses on the social and environmental injustices caused by policies that affect minorities, women, and the poor. In recent work, she studies how the policy that required tanneries or leather manufacturers to treat their effluent affected the downstream farmer's productivity in India. Before her Ph.D., Chila worked at the Asian Development Bank and for the Philippine government. She received her MA in Economics and BS in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines, Diliman

I am a second-year PhD student at Georgia State University focusing on health economics, specifically on tobacco policies. My current research investigates the effect of FDA's first-ever Modified Risk Tobacco Product order on the sales of General Snus, a smokeless snus product introduced from Sweden to the U.S. Additionally, being a woman and first-generation college student gains me natural interests in gender and education equality. In my spare time, I enjoy watching movies, biking, and film photographing.