Jingru Jia

Welcome! I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural & Applied Economics at UIUC.
I will be on the job market in the 2025-2026 academic year. Please feel free to reach out to me at jingruj3@illinois.edu or connect with me on LinkedIn.

Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Economics, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2021-2026 (Expected)
  • M.S. in Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2019-2021
  • B.S. in Economics, Nankai University, 2015-2019

Work Experience

  • Economist Intern, Amazon, May 2025 - Aug 2025
  • Economist Intern, Amazon, May 2024 - Aug 2024

Research Fields

  • AI Economics
  • Large Language Model (LLM) Agents
  • Causal Inference
  • Behavioral and Development Economics

Highlights