Students & RAs

I advise PhD students in Economics, Applied Economics and Management, and Public Policy at Cornell University. If you would like to work with me during your PhD, I encourage you to apply to one of these programs. I’m afraid I don’t have capacity to take on students from other universities.

In most years, I hire one or two Research Assistants (RAs) to be based either at Cornell, or at Busara in Nairobi, for terms of at least two years. Please check the J-PAL jobs database for an ad. The deadline is typically in January. Unfortunately I don’t have capacity to take on interns.

Here is some more information for current and prospective students and RAs: PDF

Current and Former Students and Postdocs

Chaning Jang
Postdoc
Princeton University
2014–2017
Subsequent Position: CEO, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics

Prachi Jain
Postdoc
Princeton University
2016–2017
Subsequent Position: Associate Professor of Economics, Loyola Marymount University

Jeremy Shapiro
Research Scholar
Princeton University
2014–2015
Subsequent Position: President & Director, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics