Job Market Candidates

Candidates for the 2020–21 academic year

Placement Officer:
Ted Loch-Temzelides
George and Cynthia Mitchell Professor in Sustainable Development
(713) 348-2129
tedt@rice.edu

Placement Coordinator:
Kimesha Webb
PhD Placement Coordinator
(713) 348-4875
Kimesha.Webb@rice.edu

Mahya Amani Hamedani

Rice University
Department of Economics
Kraft Hall, Room 444
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005
mahya.amani@rice.edu
Website
CV
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. in Economics, Rice University, (Expected) 2021
- M.A. in Economics, Rice University, (Expected) 2021
- M.Sc. in Economics, Sharif University of Technology, 2015
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2013
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Dissertation Summary
Fields of Concentration:
- Empirical IO
- Applied Microeconomics
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Dario Biolcati Rinaldi

Rice University
Department of Economics
Kraft Hall, Room 444
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005
dario.biolcati.rinaldi@rice.edu
Website
CV
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. (anticipated), Economics, Rice University, May 2020
- M.Sc., Economics, University of Bologna, July 2014
- B.A., Economics and Finance, University of Bologna, July 2012
Dissertation Title:
Essays on Income Inequality
Fields of Concentration:
- Income and Wealth Inequality
- Macroeconomics
- Political Economy
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Daniel Prudencio

Rice University
Department of Economics
Kraft Hall, Room 444
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005
danielprudencio@rice.edu
Website
CV
Job Market Paper:
Elections and Productivity in Procurement Auctions of Pavement Contracts in Mexico
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. in Economics, Rice University, (Expected) May 2021
- M.A. in Economics, Rice University, (Expected) Dec 2020
- M.A. in Applied Statistics, Tecnologico de Monterrey, May 2015
- B.A. in Economics, Tecnologico de Monterrey, May 2013
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Fields of Concentration:
- Education Economics
- Empirical Industrial Organization
- Development Economics
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Kerda Varaku

Rice University
Department of Economics
Kraft Hall, Room 444
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005
kerda.varaku@rice.edu
Website
CV
Job Market Paper:
“Public Subsidies and Innovation: A Double Machine Learning Approach Leveraging Deep Neural Networks”
Educational Background:
- Ph.D in Economics, Rice University, May 2021 (Anticipated)
- M.A. in Economics, Rice University, May 2021 (Anticipated)
- M.A in Statistics, Rice University, May 2021 (Anticipated)
- M.Sc in Economics, University of Bologna, July 2016
- B.A in Economics, B.A in Mathematics, American University in Bulgaria, May 2014
Dissertation Title:
Essays on Causal Inference and Treatment Effects in Productivity and Finance: Double Robust Machine Learning with Deep Neural Networks and Random Forests
Fields of Concentration:
- Causal Inference with Machine Learning
- Financial Econometrics
- Microeconometrics
- Big Data Analytics
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Candidates for the 2020–21 academic year

Mahya Amani Hamedani

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Dario Biolcati Rinaldi

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Daniel Prudencio

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Kerda Varaku

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