shllemon Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi there, So far I have got two offers from UCLA and Wisconsin-Madison. Would you please give some suggestions to help me make my final decision? I prefer econometrics and labor economics. Also recently I find macroeconomics is quite interesting. Thank you a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dariusi Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hey Shllemon, I think that they are both very strong in labor. If you find macro interesting, then you may also be more interested in structural work than reduced form work. Check out Moshe Buchinsky at UCLA and John Kennan at Wisconsin--they are both applied econometricians who do structural papers in labor. Wisconsin is ranked higher and is reputedly better at econometrics. If you're having trouble deciding make sure you exhaustively look through each department's website and faculty profiles. Good luck! Hi there, So far I have got two offers from UCLA and Wisconsin-Madison. Would you please give some suggestions to help me make my final decision? I prefer econometrics and labor economics. Also recently I find macroeconomics is quite interesting. Thank you a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Thank you a lot dariusi. You are absolutely right that I prefer structural work than reduced form. Also, I agree that Wisconsin is better in econometrics. There are two problems that I worry about Wisconsin now: the cold weather (seems absurd, but I have never been a place that cold) and the bad placements. There is also a question I am curious about: it seems Wisconsin does better in open macroeconomics but UCLA in macroeconomics. Seems weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrybai Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wisconsin is indeed very strong in econometrics, but UCLA is also strong: Professor Rosa Matzkin is one of most creative econometricians in the world, Professor Buchinsky and Jinyong Hahn has very good publication as well. I got offers from those two schools as well but it's a pity that both fundings are poor (even the highest funding is very poor compared to other schools). UCLA has better placement besides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dariusi Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hmm, I think you should look more closely at the placements over the past five years. The two schools seem to have pretty different macro strengths. Are you unable to visit both? Wisconsin is indeed very strong in econometrics, but UCLA is also strong: Professor Rosa Matzkin is one of most creative econometricians in the world, Professor Buchinsky and Jinyong Hahn has very good publication as well. I got offers from those two schools as well but it's a pity that both fundings are poor (even the highest funding is very poor compared to other schools). UCLA has better placement besides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 Than you very much Jerrybai, Which school will you go? Yes, I agree that Prof. Rosa Matzkin, Jinyong Hahn and Buchinsky are all excellent faculties. But still it is difficult to decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 It is a pity that I cannot visit either of them. Wisconsin does not post its placements on the website over the past few years``` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrybai Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Than you very much Jerrybai, Which school will you go? Yes, I agree that Prof. Rosa Matzkin, Jinyong Hahn and Buchinsky are all excellent faculties. But still it is difficult to decide. Hi shllemon, actually I have a school that dominates both, so I'll go to that school instead. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dariusi Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 It is a pity that I cannot visit either of them. Wisconsin does not post its placements on the website over the past few years``` What do you mean? They're right here... Graduate Program - Placement They seem to have an abnormally high number of Chinese PhD students who return to teach in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 Congratulations then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 Thank you! Yes, I know that. But how about the placements the year before 2013? Did not find that``` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thank you dariusi. I find the hidden link``` My mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Lyu Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I think both of them have good faculty in metrics. Wisc is much better in labor and international finance while UCLA is better in macro. Though Wisc's past placements are not good, they produce two super stars this year. However, LA is a much nicer place. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thank you so much Charles Lyu. Surely it helps!!! I am not quite familiar with the placements this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 BTW, would you mind telling me the names of these two stars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Lyu Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 One is Suphanit Piyapromdees and the other is Serafin Grundl. It's a strong cohort. I heard a guy has got offer from Cambridge and another person has offer from UCL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Econhead Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I would look and see who their advisors were. Obviously the quality of work someone does will dictate where they get fly outs, but this is compounded by who their advisor is and who their advisors know. It is entirely possible (having not seen their work) to say that if they had not known their advisor, and their advisor was not so well connected, that they would have got fly outs at T10 or T20s instead. My point is that you should not generalize a few good placements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shllemon Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thank you Econhead. Of course what you mentioned makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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