Jiewen Luo

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

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

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.