Jacob Kohlhepp

Jacob Kohlhepp

Assistant Professor

UNC Chapel Hill

Biography

I am an assistant professor of economics and the John Stewart Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am an applied microeconomist with a background in theory and labor. My CV is available here.

My research agenda focuses on how human resource decisions within firms shape markets, but this is more of a common thread than a rule. I believe an idea is worth pursuing if it feels like magic and truth at the same time.

UPDATE: I will be presenting “The Inner Beauty of Firms” at the “Research With and Within Organizations” conference at ZEW in September and the Organizational Economics Seminar at MIT Sloan in October.

Interests

  • Labor Economics (Personnel and Organizational)
  • Microeconomic Theory
  • Industrial Organization

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2023

    UCLA

  • MA in Economics, 2020

    UCLA

  • BA in Economics & Political Science, 2016

    UCLA

Working Papers

Teaching

ECON 490: Compensation in Organizations

ECON 101: Microeconomic Theory II

ECON 201C: PhD Micreconomic Theory III

ECON 106I: Organizational Economics

ECON 11: Microeconomic Theory I

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Economic Consultant

Boulevard

Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Economist

Welch Consulting

Mar 2016 – Jul 2018 Los Angeles
  • Damage calculation
  • Adverse impact analysis
  • Pay equity

Other Projects

Micreconomic Theory Notes

Notes on Monotone Comparative Statics Notes on Hamiltonians Notes on Continuous Action Moral Hazard Notes on Common Value Auctions Notes on Multitasking with Harmful Effort

Efficient Volunteer Matching

An app that uses volunteer preferences to match volunteers to tasks.