New Faculty

Randy Akee holds his Ph.D. from Harvard (2006), and is joining us from IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany), where he is a Research Associate and member of the Migration Program. He is also a Research Fellow at the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. His fields are development and labor economics. In particular, he has been working on the economics of migration and on the relation between parents' income and children's outcome on American Indian reservations. Click here to learn more about Randy's research.

Emilia Simeonova holds her Ph.D. from Columbia University (2008). She is joining us from IIES (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden), where she is an Assistant Professor of Economics. Her fields are applied microeconomics, health economics, and the economics of aging and retirement. In particular, she has been working on the causes of the racial mortality gap and on the effects of marriage on survival of the chronically ill. Click here to learn more about Emilia's research.

Heiwai Tang holds his Ph.D. from M.I.T. (2008). He is joining us from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he is an Assistant Professor of Economics. His fields are international trade, international finance, and the study of the Chinese economy. In particular, he has been working on labor markets institutions and trade patterns; spillovers from foreign direct investment; and the impact of mass migration on Hong Kong's labor market. Click here to learn more about Heiwai's research.

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