PhD Dissertation Defense: Urbashee Paul - Department of Economics

On April 26^th at 10:00 am ET, Urbashee Paul will defend her dissertation via Zoom. Urbashee will be presenting

Essay 1. “How Can Private Sector Employment Experience Improve Student Academic Outcomes?”

Essay 2. “Understanding the Determinants of H-1B Decisions: A Machine Learning Approach”

Essay 3. Unanticipated Effects of Trump’s High-Skilled Immigration Policies on Multinational Firms via Zoom.

Dissertation Committee:

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

Alicia Sasser Modestino is an Associate Professor with appointments in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics at Northeastern University, where she also serves as the Research Director of the Dukakis Center for …
Robert Triest

Chair and Professor of Economics

Before joining Northeastern University, Bob Triest was a vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where he led the Macroeconomic Applications and Policy Studies group and served as Director of the New England Public Policy …
Andrew Chang

Principal Economist

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Associate Professor Alicia Sasser Modestino,

Professor Robert Triest,

Andrew Chang (Federal Reserve Board)