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My name is Tong Ye, and I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Illinois-Chicago. I am on the job market for the fall 2025 - spring 2026 recruiting cycle.

Research Interests

Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Urban Economics, Health Economics, Public Policy

Research

Tong Ye, “The Impact of Remote Work on Women’s Labor Market Share.” (Job Market Paper)

Tong Ye, “The Effects of Automation on Population Mobility.” (Working Paper)

Richard Funderburg, Tong Ye, and Chen Xie, “Trip Distribution Post-Pandemic and Disparate Impacts of Work from Home on Demands for Transit Services in Chicago: Evaluating Mobility Network Patterns from Cellphone Tracing Data.” (Work in Progress)

Richard Funderburg, Kerry Fang, David Merriman, Josh Drucker,and Tong Ye, “Employment Center Evolution and Illinois’s Economic Vibrancy.” (Work in Progress)

Marcus Casey and Tong Ye, “Gender Gaps in Housing Tenure Choice across Cities.” (Work in Progress)

Dennis Jansen and Tong Ye, “Japanese Government Debt: It’s Not As Bad As You Might Think,” Private Enterprise Research Center (PERC) Data Points, Issue 2, 2019. https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/199513