About Me
Welcome to my website! I’m Huilin Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Purdue University. I am on the 2024-2025 job market. My research focuses on Urban Economics, Spatial Economics, International Trade and Applied Microeconomics. My current projects use structural models and reduced-form methods to explore various topics, including (1) externalities and optimal policies, (2) globalization and CEO compensation, and (3) student-university matching and human capital production.
Job Market Paper
Productivity Externality of Working from Home: Welfare and Policy Implications
Works in Progress
- “How Globalization Changes the Level and Structure of Executive Compensation” with Jaerim Choi, David Hummels, and Jakob R. Munch
- “The Production of Human Capital in A System of Universities” with David Hummels