Education

• BA, Yale University (summa cum laude; 2021)
  • Majors: Economics & Mathematics; Ethics, Politics, & Economics
• MA in Economics, Yale University (2023)
• MPhil in Economics, Yale University (2024)
• PhD in Economics, Yale University (expected 2027)
  • Primary field: Labor Economics (with distinction)
  • Secondary field: Industrial Organization

Working Papers

• Haygood, Ryan. “Do For-Profit Colleges Expand Opportunities in Higher Education? Evidence from Campus Closures.” November (2023).
• Zavala, Lucas, Ana Fernandes, Ryan Haygood, Tristan Reed, and Jose-Daniel Reyes. “Quality Regulation Creates and Reallocates Trade.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, November (2023).

Publications

• Altonji, Joseph, Zara Contractor, Lucas Finamor, Ryan Haygood, Ilse Lindenlaub, Costas Meghir, Cormac O’Dea, Dana Scott, Liana Wang, and Ebonya Washington. “The Effects of the Coronavirus on Hours of Work in Small Businesses.” Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy, July 28 (2020).
• Altonji, Joseph, Zara Contractor, Lucas Finamor, Ryan Haygood, Ilse Lindenlaub, Costas Meghir, Cormac O’Dea, Dana Scott, Liana Wang, and Ebonya Washington. “Employment effects of unemployment insurance generosity during the pandemic.” Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy, July 14 (2020).

Teaching

• ECON 159: Introduction to Game Theory (Fall 2023, 2024, Spring 2025)
• ECON 117: Data Analysis & Econometrics (Spring 2024)

Grants and Awards

• Arvid Anderson Fellowship, 2025
• Cowles Foundation Grant, 2023-28
  • With Serena Goldberg & Pamela Torola
• Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) Grant, 2022-23
  • With Lucas Zavala, Tristan Reed, Ana Fernandes, & Jose-Daniel Reyes