Jiewen Luo

Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Rice University.

My research lies at the intersection of education, development, and labor economics, with a focus on child and adolescent human capital formation and social policy evaluation. I combine models of household behavior with administrative and survey data to study how households respond to policy incentives and how these responses shape children’s outcomes. I then use these frameworks to conduct counterfactual policy analysis and inform the design of effective large-scale social programs.

I am on the 2026–2027 job market.

My job market paper examines how the identity of conditional cash transfer (CCT) recipients—mothers versus adolescents—affects schooling decisions, intrahousehold allocation, and individual welfare.

You can find my CV here.