PhD Job Market Placement
The market for PhD economists is strong, with ample job opportunities at universities, international organizations, government agencies, and the private sector.
At the Vancouver School of Economics, we dedicate ourselves to ensuring our students’ success in the job market. The following are recent job market candidates and their initial placement:
Institution | Position | Country | |
2024-25 Ohio State University
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2025 UQAM | Postdoc
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Assistant Professor | United States
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Canada | |
Charles River Associates | Senior Associate | Canada | |
Connor, Clark & Lunn | Quantitative Researcher | Canada | |
Global Talent Lab | Postdoc | United States | |
Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) | Associate | United States | |
Morningstar | Director of Research, Investment Advice and Planning | Canada | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai College of Economics and Management | Assistant Professor | China | |
Universidad de Piura | Assistant Professor | Peru | |
University of Connecticut, Dept. of Economics | Assistant Professor | United States | |
University of Hawai'i at Manoa | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics | United States | |
University of New South Wales | Postdoctoral Fellow
(Obtained off-market) | Australia | |
University of Stellenbosch | Post-doctoral Fellow | South Africa | |
University of Washington | Assistant Teaching Professor | United States | |
Institution | Country | Position |
Bowdoin College | USA | Assistant Professor |
Department of Politics, Princeton University | USA | Postdoctoral Associate |
GiveWell | USA | Senior Research Associate |
University of Essex | UK | Lecturer (Assistant Professor) |
University of Liverpool Management School | UK | Lecturer (Assistant Professor) |
University of Manitoba | Canada | Assistant Professor |
University of Peru | Peru | Assistant Professor |
University of Waterloo | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Ashoka University, Dept. of Economics | India | Assistant Professor |
Institute on Behavior and Inequality (2022-2023) / Duke University, Department of Economics (2023 onwards) | Bonn, Germany / USA | Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023) / Assistant Professor (2023 onwards) |
Moody's Analytics | USA | Assistant Director |
Reserve Bank of India | India | Manager |
Stanford University, King Center on Global Development (2022-2023) / Georgetown University, Department of Economics (2023 onwards) | USA | Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023) / Assistant Professor (2023 onwards) |
Veeva Systems Inc. | Canada | Economist |
Institution | Country | Position |
Aalto University | Finland | Postdoctoral Fellow |
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, School of Management and Economics | China | Assistant Professor |
IIT Kanpur, Dept. of Economic Sciences | India | Assistant Professor |
Université de Montréal, Dept. of Economics | Canada | Assistant Professor |
University of Hong Kong, Business School | | Assistant Professor |
University of Victoria | Canada | Visiting Assistant Professor |
University of Warwick, Dept. of Economics | England | Teaching Fellow |
Institution | Country | Position |
East China University of Science & Technology, The Oliver Hart Research Center of Contracts and Governance | China | Postdoctoral Researcher |
European University Institute, Postdoc (2020-21),
University of Manchester, Dept. of Economics (2021-onwards) | Italy (2020-21),
UK (2021-onwards) | Postdoc (2020-21),
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) (2021-onwards) |
Novantas | Canada | Senior Machine Learning Engineer |
University of Alberta, Dept. of Economics | Canada | Assistant Professor |
University of International Business and Economics, Finance Dept. | China | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
HEC Montreal | Canada | Assistant Professor |
HEC Montreal, Retirement and Savings Institute | Canada | Postdoctoral Fellow |
Insper Institute of Education and Research | Brazil | Assistant Professor |
Tilburg University | Netherlands | Assistant Professor |
Western University, Ivey Business School | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
Central Bank of Colombia | Colombia | Economist |
LinkedIn | USA | Data Scientist |
Universite de Montreal | Canada | Assistant Professor |
University of Haifa | Israel | Assistant Professor |
University of Houston | USA | Assistant Professor |
University of Sydney | Australia | Assistant Professor |
Western University | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
Fundação Getulio Vargas | Brazil | Assistant Professor |
University of British Columbia | Canada | Instructor (tenure track) |
University of California, Davis | USA | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
Federal Reserve Board | USA | Economist |
National University of Singapore | Singapore | Assistant Professor |
Osaka University | Japan | Research Fellow |
Purdue University | USA | Assistant Professor |
Statistics Canada | Canada | Economist |
Universidad de los Andes | Colombia | Assistant Professor |
University of Rochester | USA | Assistant Professor |
University of Saskatchewan | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Xiamen University | China | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Academia Sinica | Taiwan | Assistant Professor |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
Carleton University | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Federal Reserve Board | USA | Economist |
Indian Statistical Institute | India | Lecturer cum Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Johns Hopkins University | USA | Assistant Professor |
Queen’s University | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Renmin University | China | Assistant Professor |
Shiv Nadar University | India | Lecturer |
Syracuse University | USA | Assistant Professor |
Tsukuba University | Japan | Assistant Professor |
University of International Business and Economics | China | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Analysis Group | Canada | Economist |
Concordia University | Canada | Lecturer |
Laval University | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Mathematica | USA | Economist |
Renmin University of China | China | Assistant Professor |
University of International Business and Economics | China | Assistant Professor |
University of Southern California | USA | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Dalhousie University | Canada | Assistant Professor |
National University of Singapore | Singapore | Assistant Professor |
Simon Fraser University | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Universidad Diego Portales | Chile | Assistant Professor |
University College London | UK | Assistant Professor |
University of South Carolina | USA | Assistant Professor |
University of Victoria | Canada | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Bank of Canada | Canada | Economist |
Fudan University | China | Assistant Professor |
Shiv Nadar University | India | Assistant Professor |
University of International Business and Economics | China | Assistant Professor |
University of Manchester | UK | Assistant Professor |
Institution | Country | Position |
Fundação Getulio Vargas | Brazil | Assistant Professor |
Princeton University | USA | Assistant Professor |
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | China | Assistant Professor |
Universidad de Piura | Peru | Assistant Professor |
Université de Sherbrooke | Canada | Assistant Professor |
University of Toronto | Canada | Assistant Professor |