Martin Saavedra

Post-Doctoral Research Scholar, Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies

Tessie Krishna’s fields are health economics and the economics of crime. Her JMP studies the effects of a juvenile diversion program on recidivism.

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pimmy pinitjitsamut I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University, with research interests in crime economics, urban economics, and labor economics. Contact: pimmypinit@gmail.com or pim.pi...

Pim Pinitjitsamut’s fields are crime, urban, and labor economics. Her JMP studies the effect of arbitration caps on police performance in New Jersey.

www.pimpinitjitsamut.com

O'Neill, Roisin Department of Economics, The School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Roisin O'Neill’s fields are labor, public, and family/gender economics. Her JMP studies how paid family leave and paternal leave-taking affect the child penalty.

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Home Hi! I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University. My research interest lies in labor economics, focusing on migration and policy in developing countries. You can contact m...

Shailee Manandhar’s fields are labor, development, and migration. Her JMP studies how the 2015 earthquake affected migration trends in Nepal.

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Md Wahid Ferdous Ibon Hi! I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University, New-Brunswick. My research interests are in Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Development Economics, and Applied E...

Md Wahid Ferdous Ibon’s fields are labor, education, and development. His JMP studies whether the effect of parental job loss on college enrollment and dropout varies with the academic calendar.

www.wahidferdousibon.com

Home Hello, I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University. My research interests are in labor and family economics. I'll be on the 2025-2026 job market. You can contact me ...

Ji Hye Choi’s fields are labor, household/gender economics, and crime. Her JMP studies the mechanism through which marriage reduces male criminal behavior, focusing on bargaining power within the household.

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Job Market Department of Economics, The School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

I am pleased to announce the Rutgers Economics 2025–2026 Job Market candidates. We’ve got six students this year, all in applied microeconomics.

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COME ON! IT’S NOT SO BAD!

Despite the increase in anti-vaccine discourse, pro-mandate court decisions still reduced mortality. In short, while mandates did energize the anti-vaccine movement, this backlash wasn't large enough to negate the mortality benefits. N/N

We then measure how court decisions upholding vaccine mandates affect anti-vaccine discourse. Pro-mandate decisions led to a rise in anti-vaccine discourse for two years before returning to baseline. 4/N

We use ML models to measure anti-smallpox vaccine discourse in American newspapers. Below is an example from a particularly anti-vaccine paper: 3/N

A common argument is that vaccine mandates might be counterproductive because they energize the anti-vaccine movement, potentially rendering mandates ineffective. 2/N

My paper with Paul Brehm, “Vaccines and Verdicts: How Smallpox Court Decisions Affect Anti-Vaccine Discourse and Mortality,” has been accepted at The Economic Journal!

Here’s a quick thread summarizing the findings: 1/N
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Just joined this place and am still finding my way around. If you post interesting work in econ history, health econ, text as data, or applied micro more generally, let me know and I’ll follow.