Jacob Kohlhepp

Jacob Kohlhepp

PhD Student in Economics

University of California, Los Angeles

Biography

Jacob Kohlhepp is a PhD student in economics at UCLA. He enjoys studying questions that deal with individual labor market decisions, including daily labor supply and job search behavior. He also has a general interest in any economic question which mixes interesting theoretical forces with data.

Interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Theory

Education

  • MA in Economics, 2020

    UCLA

  • BA in Economics, 2016

    UCLA

  • BA in Political Science, 2016

    UCLA

Working Papers

Who Gets the Job: A Model of Delegated Recruitment with Multidimensional Applicants

In this paper, I construct a theoretical model of delegated recruitment. In the model, applicants are multidimensional, differing in …
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Selection Against Injury Risk: Labor Supply Decisions of Los Angeles Traffic Officers

We employ a novel data set of 219,000 workers’ compensation claims and pay records to understand whether traffic officers account …
with Michael Ludwig
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Recent Posts

Dear Julia: An R/STATA User's Journey to Learn

I began auditing Tyler Ransom’s structural econometrics course this week. part of the course involves learning to use Julia. I have heard the rumors about Julia’s fantastic speed, so I have decided to really try and learn the language!
Last updated on Aug 25, 2020 1 min read

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Economic Consultant

Boulevard

Aug 2020 – Present Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

UCLA

Sep 2019 – Jun 2020 Los Angeles
  • PhD Microeconomics III: Asymmetric Information (Econ 201C)
  • Organizational Economics (Econ 106I)
  • Intermediate Microeconomics (Econ 11)
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Economist

Welch Consulting

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

Projects

Efficient Volunteer Matching

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

Popular Topics

algorithms julia matching programming R stata statistical software volunteers