Department of Economics
University of Houston
204 McElhinney Hall
Houston, TX 77204-5019
Phone: (713) 743-3800
Fax: (713) 743-3798

Graduate Students on the Job Market

Advisors

Bent Sorensen
Graduate Director
(713) 743-3841
bent.sorensen@mail.uh.edu

Ms. Amber Pozo
Graduate Program Administrator
(713) 743-3805
apozo@uh.edu

2012-13 Job Candidate List

NameFields of Interest/ Thesis Title References

Doruk Ilgaz
210-421-9875 (cell)
dilgaz@uh.edu
drdoruk@gmail.com

Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, Market Microstructure, Macroeconomics
 
 “Essays in Capital Structure”

Dietrich Vollrath (advisor)

David Papell

Chris Murray

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Valentyna Katsalap
713-540-3691 (cell)
vkatsalap@gmail.com
vkatsalap3@uh.edu
www.uh.edu/~vkatsala

Labor Economics,  Applied Microeconomics

"Labor Concessions and Saving Jobs: Lessons from German Metalworking Industry"

Aimee Chin (co-advisor)

Chinhui Juhn (co-advisor)

Bent Sorensen

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Joel Meléndez-Lugo
713-743-3824 (office)
jmelende@central.uh.edu
melendez.joel@yahoo.com

Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Financial Intermediation

“Do Geographic Deregulations of Banking Affect Product Markets? Evidence From Manufacturing”

Bent Sorensen (advisor)

Steve Craig

Dietrich Vollrath

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Olena Ogrokhina
713 743 3821 (office)
859 815 9283 (cell)
oogrokhina2@uh.edu
https://sites.google.com/site/lenaogrokhina/

Macroeconomics, Applied Time Series, International Economics, Econometrics, International Trade

"Three Essays on Convergence and Persistence of Prices in the European Union"

David Papell (advisor)

Bent Sorensen

Dietrich Vollrath

Rebecca Achée Thornton

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Gokcen Ogruk
832 324 9368 (cell)
ogruk.gokcen@gmail.com
gogruk@uh.edu
www.uh.edu/~gogruk/

Applied Time Series, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, International Finance

"Essays on Carry Trade Strategies and Exchange Rate Forecasting"

David Papell (advisor)

Chris Murray

Dietrich Vollrath

Ruxandra Boul

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Adam W. Perdue
281-451-2795 (cell)
aperdue@uh.edu
www.uh.edu/~awperdue/

Applied Microeconomics,
Urban Economics, Labor Economics, Transportation Economics, Public Policy

"Essays in Urban Economics and Local Labor Markets: the Role of Concentrations of Employment"

Steve Craig (advisor)

Janet Kohlhase

Rebecca Achée Thornton
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Abhilasha Singh
713-791-3167 (cell)
asingh10@uh.edu
abhilasha2708@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/abhilashasinghuh/

Development Economics, Labor Economics

“Causal Impact of Family Income on Children's Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Earned Income Tax Credit”

Chinhui Juhn (co-advisor)

Andrew Zuppann (co-advisor)

Elaine Liu

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Mykhailo Sitiuk
713-918-9402 (cell)
m.sitiuk@gmail.com
www.sitiuk.com

Health Economics, Development Economics and Networks

"HIV Testing, Information Spillovers, and Peer Behavior"

Chinhui Juhn (co-advisor)

Gergely Ujhelyi (co-advisor)

Steve Craig
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Senay Topal
281-433-6806 (Cell)
senaytopal@yahoo.com
http://www.uh.edu/~sdtopal

Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education

“What Is the Incidence of State Merit-based Aid to Resident University Students?  Evidence from the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarships”

Steve Craig (advisor)

Aimee Chin

Vikram Maheshri

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Shu Zhang
713-503-8128 (Cell)
zhangshusue@gmail.com
http://www.uh.edu/%7eszhang25/

Applied Microeconomics, Development, Health and Labor Economics

"Essays on the Long-Run Impacts of the Great Chinese Famine on Human Capital"

Aimee Chin (advisor)

Elaine Liu

Chinhui Juhn