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Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy

Doctorate

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Application Deadlines

Fall: Dec 1
Spring: n/a
Summer: n/a

School/Department

Department of Economics
The Fletcher School

Program Director

Margaret McMillan

Contact

gradadmissions@tufts.edu

Location

Medford/Somerville

Format

On-campus

Commitment Options

Full-time

Average Duration

5 Years

Credits

Varies

Overview

The sustainability of economic development and growth have become central policy concerns of our time. In order to address these issues, you will need the ability to integrate comparative and international political economy perspectives. The mission of the Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy is to produce scholars and policy-makers who can address the emerging critical issues centered on economic development.

Offered jointly by Tufts Department of Economics and The Fletcher School, the Neubauer Family EPP Program draws upon the expertise of well-established scholars whose work centers on development, energy, and environmental issues, political economy and, in particular, on the intersection of these concerns.

Program Outcomes

Our faculty is dedicated to training students to address critical issues centered on economic development and the environmental as well as climate consequences of development. The program blends training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics with an understanding of institutional detail and political economy, giving students the tools necessary to address questions in economic development, energy, and environmental policy within an interdisciplinary framework that is needed for policy effectiveness. We seek candidates with an interest in applied economics, focused on issues related to the environment, development, and political economy. A background in economics coursework is essential, and experience with applied research on one of the focal topics is an asset. We encourage applications from students interested in pursuing both academic and policy jobs following graduation.

Training in this program includes research assistantships, teaching, mandatory seminar attendance, and a second-year paper course. The Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy aims to produce graduates who bring the most rigorous tools of economics to bear on critical public policy questions.

Application Requirements

Application Fee
Resume/CV
Personal Statement
Writing Sample
Official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test, if applicable
Transcripts
Three Letters of Recommendation

Tuition and Financial Aid

Thanks to generous support from the Neubauer Family Foundation, our doctoral students receive five years of funding contingent on satisfactory performance. The funding covers tuition, a stipend, and health insurance. In some cases, graduate level coursework in economics may be accepted for credit enabling students to complete the program in a shorter period. Apart from coursework, program training includes research assistantships, teaching, mandatory seminar attendance and a second-year paper course. We aim to produce graduates who bring the most rigorous tools of economics to bear on critical public policy questions.

See Tuition and Financial Aid information for GSAS Programs for additional information.

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You will work with Economics faculty trained in the technical modeling and empirical research techniques essential for accurate policy analysis and formulation, and social scientists with the institutional and cultural expertise necessary for developing integrated policy proposals that can be truly effective. All have experience in research and have also played prominent roles in policy making at both the federal and state levels.

The curriculum includes the core methods courses from the MA in Economics program as well as three fields of study for the joint PhD program, from which students in the joint doctoral program would each be required to select two:

Development Economics, or
Energy and Environmental Policy

You will take four classes from each field in addition to one or two core classes and electives. You will take a qualifying exam from one of these fields, offered on an annual basis.

Neubauer Family Program in Economics and Public Policy

Overview

Program Outcomes

Application Requirements

Tuition and Financial Aid

Fields

Faculty

Margaret McMillan

Chaewon Baek

Marcelo Bianconi

Steven Block

Drusilla Brown

Steve Cicala

Ujjayant Chakravorty

Mary Davis

Cheryl Doss

Thomas Downes

Kyle Emerick

Federico Esposito

Silke Forbes

Laura Gee

Douglas Gollin

Matthew Gudgeon

Yannis Ioannides

Maulik Jagnani

Cynthia Kinnan

Edward Kutsoati

Jing Li

William Masters

Eoin McGuirk

Melissa McInerney

Daniel Richards

Ursina Schaede

Elizabeth Setren

Alan Finkelstein Shapiro

Enrico Spolaore

Adam Storeygard

Jeffrey Zabel

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