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Junjie Guo received his Ph.D in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. His research fields include labor economics, applied microeconomics and urban economics. Guo joined the economics department at the University of Wisconsin as a CROWE Staff Economist in 2017. Website

Professor Kim Ruhl, Co-Director of the Center, is the Department of Economics Chair and the Curt and Sue Culver Chair in Economics. From 2025–2026, Ruhl served as a Member and Acting Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Ruhl’s expertise sits at …