Kairon Shayne Garcia

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, expected 2024
  • Advisor: Benjamin Cowan
  • Committee members: Jonathan Yoder and Shanthi Manian
  • Dissertation: Three Essays on Education and Labor Economics
• M.A. in Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, 2015
• B.S. in Economics (with honors), University of the Philippines, Los Baños, 2013

Research Interests

• Labor Economics, Education Economics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Development Economics

Professional Articles

Working Papers

• “The Impact of U.S. School Closures on Labor Market Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic”, with Benjamin Cowan (NBER Working Paper #29641 (2022))
• “The Effect of Extreme Temperature Shocks on the Type of Firm Labor Hired: Empirical Evidence from the Philippines”, with Gregmar Galinato and Asif Islam
• “The Incidence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. workers”, with Benjamin Cowan

Research Experience

• Research Assistant
  • School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, U.S.: Fall, Spring & Summer 2022; Summer 2020
• Research Consultant
  • Asian Development Bank, South Asia Department: July 2017- July 2019
  • World Bank Group, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Department, Philippines: March-June 2018; August 2018-May 2019

Teaching Experience

• Instructor — Washington State University 
  • EconS 102 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (online): Fall 2021 
    
  • EconS 101 Fundamentals of Microeconomics (online): Summer 2021
  • EconS 323 Labor Economics (online): Spring 2021
• Teaching Assistant — Washington State University
  • EconS 301 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory with Calculus (online): Fall 2020
  • EconS 101 Fundamentals of Microeconomics (on-site; online): Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Teaching Fellow — University of the Philippines
  
  • Econ 11 Markets and the State (on-site): Fall 2014

Policy Experience

• Economic Development Specialist
  • National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines: March 2016 – July 2017

Conferences & Presentations

• Paper Presenter, Pacific Northwest Labor Day Workshop 2022
  • Paper presented: “The Impact of School and Childcare Closures on Labor Market Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
• Poster Presenter, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting 2022
  • Paper presented: “The Effect of Climate Change on Labor Allocation in the Manufacturing and Services Sectors in the Philippines”
• Paper Presenter, Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting 2022
  • Paper presented: “The Effect of Climate Change on Labor Allocation in the Manufacturing and Services Sectors in the Philippines”
• Resource Speaker,  U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), June 2022
  • Paper presented: “The Impact of School and Childcare Closures on Labor Market Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
• Participant, Washington Hydrogeology Symposium: Water Law 101 Workshop, May 2022
• Resource Speaker, Asia Regulatory Forum 2016, Singapore
  • Paper presented: “Welfare Analysis of Energy Policies: The Case in Asia and the Pacific”
• Delegate, Asia Clean Energy Summit 2016, Singapore

Professional Activities

• Referee for Economics Letters, USC Schaeffer Center COVID-19 Initiative

Grants

• Summer Sustainable Development Fellowship 2021 – Endowment for Sustainable Development, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

Press Coverage of Research

• “Childcare workers are vanishing and it’s hurting the entire economy”, CNN News Article by Alicia Wallace

Skills

• Technical: Python, STATA, LaTeX
• Languages: English (fluent), Filipino (native)

Memberships

• Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2022)
• Western Agricultural Economics Association (2022)

References

•  Dr. Benjamin W. Cowan (Committee Chairperson)
  • Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, (ben.cowan@wsu.edu)
  • Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
• Dr. Jonathan Yoder (Committee Member)
  • Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, (yoder@wsu.edu)
  • Distinguished Professor for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Professorship Program)
  • Director, State of Washington Water Research Center
  • Affiliate Faculty, Paul G. Allen School for Global Health
• Dr. Shanthi Manian (Committee Member)
  • Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, (shanthi.manian@wsu.edu)
• Dr. Gregmar Galinato
  • Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, (ggalinato@wsu.edu)