Jane A. Doe
Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Studying how markets, policy, and institutions shape opportunity.
I am an economist working at the intersection of labor markets, public policy, and development. My research combines applied microeconomics, causal inference, and policy evaluation to understand how institutions affect employment, inequality, and public outcomes.
Current appointment
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Northwestern Policy Institute
Research interests
- Labor economics and wage inequality
- Public finance and tax policy
- Human capital, education, and social mobility
- Applied causal inference and policy evaluation
- Development economics and urban policy
Selected recent work
Labor Market Frictions and the Geography of Employment
Examines how commuting constraints and local labor demand shocks affect job matching, wages, and labor supply across metropolitan labor markets.
Public Finance in the Age of Automation
Studies the distributional consequences of tax policy when technological change alters the skill composition of work.
Education Policy and Long-run Mobility
Uses administrative data to evaluate how tuition subsidies and academic support programs alter graduation and earnings trajectories.
News
- 2026: New working paper on wage dispersion and regional labor markets.
- 2025: Invited speaker, Midwest Economics Association annual meeting.
- 2024: Grant awarded for study of public insurance and labor supply.