Aastha Rajan is a 3rd year Economics Phd student at Northwestern University. Her research interests are related to topics in labor & public economics. She has extensive experience in project management, data analysis, & policy evaluation. Most recently, she worked as a Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to starting her PhD, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Economics from Texas A&M University in 2018.