Committee on the Job Market

In May 2020, AEA President Janet Yellen appointed the ad hoc Committee on the Job Market, which was voted to become a standing committee in January 2022.  Throughout the job market season, we will be surveying job candidates and employers, and sharing information collected by the JOE Network, with the goal of providing accurate and timely information on the supply of, and demand for, new PhD economists. Information and updates will be posted on this page.

Members of the Committee

• John Cawley, Chair
• Elisabeth “Bitsy” Perlman
• Alvin Roth
• Peter Rousseau
• Wendy Stock
• Stephen Wu

Members of the Subcommittee on Job Market Design

• Alvin Roth, Chair
• John Cawley
• Itay Fainmesser
  
  

Videos and Webinars    Memos and Guidance    Annual Reports

The committee encourages job candidates and employers to use the following AEA resources to facilitate the job market for economists:

• The JOE Network includes a database of job openings for economists. 
• Employers may sign up here: https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/employer
• Job candidates may search the database here: https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/listings
• The JOE Network also has an electronic clearinghouse for job candidates to submit job applications. Job candidates may register here: https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/candidate 
• EconSpark: a moderated forum in which one can discuss topics of interest to the profession, including the job market: 
  https://www.aeaweb.org/forum/categories
• EconTrack: a board on which employers can indicate when they have extended interview and flyout invitations, and closed their search: https://www.aeaweb.org/econtrack
  
  
  

Videos and Webinars

The European Job Market David Schindler (Tilberg University) March 11, 2024 View Video

RAND  Melanie Zaber (RAND) March 4, 2024 View Video

Government Jobs  Misty Lee Heggeness (University of Kansas) January 24, 2024 View Video

The Federal Trade Commission  Pamela Meyerhofer (FTC) January 24, 2024 View Video

Government Jobs, in particular the Joint Committee on Taxation  Rachel Moore (Joint Committee on Taxation) November 29, 2023 View Video

The Liberal Arts College Job Market Courtney Coile (Wellesley) and Stephen Wu (Hamilton)  November 21, 2023 View Video

2023 Webinar on the Economics PhD Job Market November 3, 2023 View Webinar

2022 Webinar on the Economics PhD Job Market  December 1, 2022 View Webinar

2021 Webinar on the Economics PhD Job Market Part 1: Recording providing information on the job market timeline, etc. Part 2: Recording of the live Q&A held on November 11, 2021 View Part 1   View Part 2

2020 Webinar on the Economics PhD Job Market Part 1: Recording providing information on the job market timeline, etc. Part 2: Recording of the live Q&A held on September 2, 2020 View Part 1   View Part 2

Memos and Guidance

• AEA Guidance on the 2024-25 Economics Job Cycle (August 5, 2024)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2023 versus the past 4 years (December 7, 2023)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2023 versus the past 4 years (October 26, 2023)
• AEA Guidance on the 2023-24 Economics Job Cycle (July 27, 2023)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2022 versus the past 5 years (November 18, 2022)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2022 versus the past 5 years (October 12, 2022)
• AEA Guidance on the 2022-23 Economics Job Cycle (July 1, 2022)
• Information on Labor Supply in the Economics PhD Job Market (December 9, 2021)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2021 versus 2020 and 2019 (updated November 23, 2021)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2021 versus 2020 and 2019 (Updated October 12, 2021)
• AEA Guidance on the 2021-22 Economics Job Cycle (September 16, 2021)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2021 versus 2020 and 2019 (Updated September 10, 2021)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2021 versus 2020 and 2019 (Updated August 10, 2021)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2021 versus 2020 and 2019 (Updated May 10, 2021)
• Year-end (2020) Report on the Demand for, and Supply of, PhD Economists (Updated January 15, 2021)
• Evidence on Labor Supply – Newly-Created JOE Accounts (Updated December 3, 2020)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2020 versus 2019 (Updated December 3, 2020)
• Evidence on Labor Supply – Newly-Created JOE Accounts (November 19, 2020)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2020 versus 2019(Updated November 19, 2020)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2020 versus 2019 (Updated October 23, 2020)
• JOE Job Openings by Sector, 2020 versus 2019 (October 13, 2020)
• AEA Guidance on the 2020-21 Economics Job Cycle (August 20, 2020)
• Memo on the impact of the 2008-09 Financial Crisis on the demand for PhD economists (August 11, 2020)
• Memo on trends in job listings on JOE Network (July 14, 2020)

Annual Reports

• Year-end Committee Report published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings (May 2024)
• Year-end Committee Report published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings (May 2023)
• Year-end Committee Report published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings (May 2022)
• Year-end Committee Report published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings (May 2021)