Zejin Shi
Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Arizona.
I am a labor economist and macroeconomist interested in understanding life-cycle decisions including education, marital choices, and labor market participation. I specialize in estimating structural models and conducting counterfactucal analysis for policy evaluations.
My research develops new methodologies and estimation strategies to account for rich household heterogeneity and general equilibrium effects.Â
I am on the job market 2024-2025.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, 2025 (expected)
University of Arizona
visiting University of Minnesota (2022-2023)
M.A. in Economics, 2018
University of Tokyo
B.A. in Economics, 2016
Central University of Finance and Economics
Interests
Labor economics
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Computational economics