2024
Xu, Wenzuo
Thesis: Applications of Machine Learning on Econometrics for Two-Step Regression, Test for High Dimension and Sensitivity.
Supervisor: Chen, Tao
Placement:
Email: w222xu@uwaterloo.ca
Zhang, Zhuojing
Thesis: Essays on Empirical likelihood for Heaviness Estimation, Outlier Detection and Clustering
Supervisor: Chen, Tao
Placement:
Email: z793zhang@uwaterloo.ca
Baker, John
Thesis: Monetary Policy Analysis and its Contemporary Challenges
Supervisor: Lam, Jean-Paul
Placement:
Email: jd2baker@uwaterloo.ca
2023
Nesterova, Iuliia
Thesis: Conspicuous Consumption and Inequality
Supervisor: Gonzalez, Francisco
Placement:
Email: inesterova@uwaterloo.ca
2022
Li, Yixuan
Thesis: Essays on Portfolio Selection, Continuous-time Analysis, and Market Incompleteness
Supervisor: Tao Chen
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science, MacEwan University
E-mail: y584li@uwaterloo.ca
Yang, Xinyuan
Supervisor: Margaret Insley
Placement: To Be Determined
E-mail: x283yang@uwaterloo.ca
2021
Chen, Zongjia
Thesis: The Relative Performance of International Students and Their Academic Program Choices
Supervisor: Mikal Skuterud
Placement: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture
E-mail: zj5chen@uwaterloo.ca
Mascella, Allison
Thesis: The Time-Use of Canadian Immigrant Families: Differences in Time Inputs on Child Raising
Supervisor: Ana Ferrer
Placement: To Be Determined
E-mail: amascella@uwaterloo.ca
Pan, Zehua
Supervisor: Roy Brouwer
Placement: Senior Manager, Fraud Research and Analytics, RBC
E-mail: z64pan@uwaterloo.ca
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2020
Arcila-Vasquez, Andres
Thesis: Three Essays In Policy Evaluation
Supervisor: Ana Ferrer
Placement: TD Bank, Quantitative Associate, Risk Management Department
Huang, Yichun
Supervisor: Margaret Insley
Placement: Post-doctoral fellowship - The Water Institute, University of Waterloo
Email: y247huan@uwaterloo.ca
Pan, Yazhuo
Thesis: Essays in Wealth Effect, Family Structure, and Female Labour Supply
Supervisors: Ana Ferrer & Stephanie Lluis
Placement: University of Toronto, Research Officer
Tian, Renfang
Thesis: On Functional Data Analysis: Methodologies and Applications
Supervisor: Tao Chen
Placement: Assistant Professor, King's University College, Western University
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2018
Aghakazemjourabbaf, Sara
Supervisor: Margaret Insley
Placement: Senior Associate, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC Canada
McLeod, Shernette
Thesis:Commodity prices, stock prices and economic activity in a small open economy
Supervisor: Jean-Paul Lam
Placement: TD Bank, Economist
Memartoluie, Ghazal
Thesis: Empirical essays in water and electricity use
Supervisor: Anindya Sen
Placement:
2017
Chen, Yu
Thesis: Skill mismatch in the labour market
Supervisor: Francisco Gonzalez
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Gao, Hang
Thesis: Essays in Earnings, Academic Productivity,and School Competition
Supervisor: Anindya Sen
Placement: Post-doctoral position, Chinese Institute of Engineering Development Strategies (CIEDS), School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM), Tsinghua University, China.
Ghaziaskar, Mohamad
Thesis: Essays in Consumer Debt, Personal Saving Rate, and Household Insolvency in Canada
Supervisors: Thomas Parker and Anindya Sen
Placement: Definite Term Lecturer, King's - Western University
Li, Hongxiu
Thesis: Three essays on the economics of innovation as adaptation to climate change
Supervisor: Horatiu Rus
Placement: Data Scientist, Sun Life Financial
Zhang, Jue
Thesis: The labour market integration of immigrants and their role on innovation
Supervisor: Mikal Skuterud
Placement: Research Analyst, Immigration, Refugee, and Canadian Citizenship (IRCC)
2016
Amery, Behnoush
Thesis title: Three Empirical Essays on Job Training, Income Support Programs, and Household Debt
Supervisor: Anindya Sen
Placement: Senior Economist, Labour Market Information Council
Oystrakh, Mykhaylo
Thesis Title: The Effect of Technological Innovations on Economic Activity
Supervisor: Jean-Paul Lam
Placement: Senior Model Validation Analyst, Assistant Vice-President, Bank of the West
2015
Lin, Xiao Yan
Thesis title: Three Essays on Financial Modelling with Price Limits
Supervisor: Dinghai Xu
Placement: Ernst and Young
Legree, Scott
Thesis Title:Three Essays in Labour Economics and Public Finance.
Supervisor: Mikal Skuterud
Placement: Analyst, Statistics Canada
2014
Niu, Shilei
Thesis title: Economics of Ramping Rate Restrictions At Hydro Power Plants: Balancing Profitability And Environmental Concerns
Supervisors: Margaret Insley and Tony Wirjanto
Placement: Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Zelaya, Mauricio
Thesis title: The Role of Institutions on R&D, FDI, and Economic Growth
Supervisors: Joel Blit & Anindya Sen
Placement: Associate Partner, Economic Advisor, Ernst and Young
2013
Choi, Wai Hong
Thesis title: Three Papers on the Effects of Competition in Energy Markets
Supervisor: Anindya Sen
Placement: Senior Program Advisor, Programs Branch, Canada Border Services Agency
Franceschi, Francesco
Thesis title: Female Labour Supply
Supervisor: John Burbidge
Placement: Economist, Research Department, Bank of Italy
2012
Al Mansour, Abdullah
Thesis title: Essays in risk management for crude oil markets
Supervisors: Margaret Insley and Tony Wirjanto
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Finance & Economics
College of Industrial Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Shi, Jingye
Thesis title: Time allocation and the weather
Supervisor: Mikal Skuterud
Placement:Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,
China
2010
Chen, Shan
Thesis title: Modelling the dynamics of commodity prices for investment decisions under uncertainty
Supervisors: Margaret Insley and Tony Wirjanto
Placement: Manager, Enterprise Model Risk Management, Royal Bank of Canada
Entezarkheir, Mahdiyeh
Thesis title: Essays on innovation, patents, and econometrics
Supervisor:Mikko Packalen
Placement: Assistant Professor, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario
Su, Mingcui
Thesis title: Three chapters on the labour market assimilation of Canada's immigrant population
Supervisor: Mikal Skuterud
Placement: Assistant Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu City, China
