Gabriel Rourke
Office B03B, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (508) 280-0704
Email: gcrourke@bu.edu
EDUCATION
Boston University, PhD., Economics. June 2028 (expected).
Boston University, M.A., Economics. January 2023.
The University of Chicago, B.S., Mathematics & B.A., Economics. Graduated with general honors, June 2019.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Labor Economics, Public Economics, Industrial Organization
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Resort Town Shortages: Effect of J-1 Visa Restrictions on the Labor Market Outcomes of Natives”
“Reserve Requirements in the 21st Century: Understand the Monetary Policy Tools of Developing Economies” (with Rodrigo Razo Solares)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
MA Prize for Academic Achievement, BU, 2023
MA Summer Fellowship, BU, 2022 ($3,500)
Merit Scholarship, BU, 2021 ($33,000)
General Honors, University of Chicago, 2019
Dean’s List, University of Chicago, 2015-2019
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, RPB Energy Economics, 2022 – present
Research Assistant for Neil Cholli, University of Chicago, 2021 – 2022
Research Assistant for Prof. Rocco Machiavello, London School of Economics (LSE), 2019 – 2020
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Empirical Economics II, Department of Economics – Boston University
Fall 2025, Spring 2026
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Microeconomics Analysis, Department of Economics – Boston University
Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant, Intro. to Analysis, Department of Mathematics - University of Chicago
Fall 2018
Summer Teaching Assistant, Calculus, Polk Brothers Foundation
Summer 2018
Teaching Assistant, Calculus III, Department of Mathematics - University of Chicago
Spring 2018
RELEVANT COURSES
Boston University: Labor Economics I & II (PhD), Advanced Econometrics (PhD), Public Finance (PhD), Monetary Policy (Master’s), Analysis I (Master’s), Environmental & Energy Economics (Master’s), Microeconomic & Macroeconomic Theory (Master’s).
The University of Chicago: Complex Analysis, Markov Chains & Stochastic Processes, Social Safety Nets & Inequality, Industrial Organization, Abstract Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Econometrics, Financial Accounting.
LANGUAGES:
English (native), French (basic)
COMPUTER SKILLS:
STATA, R, Python, LaTeX, Matlab (basic)
CITIZENSHIP:
USA & Ireland
REFERENCES:
Professor Daniele Paserman
Department of Economics,
Boston University
Email: paserman@bu.edu
Professor Kevin Lang
Department of Economics,
Boston University
Email: lang@bu.edu
Associate Professor Manasi Deshpande
Department of Economics,
University of Chicago
Email: mdeshpande@uchicago.edu