Hi, I am on the 2026–27 job market and available for interviews
Hitanshu Pandit

Research

Labor, urban and health economics

Publications and Papers in Revision

“Simply Can't Wait: Evaluating the Effect of Food Industry Minimum Wage Increase in California on Local Labor Markets.” Applied Economics Letters, 2026.
“Behavioral Responses to Time-Varying Congestion Pricing: A Natural Experiment from NYC.” Applied Economics Letters, 2026.
“Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Examining Efficiency and Equity in Designing Summer Youth Employment Programs” (with Alicia Sasser Modestino, Mindy Marks and Hanna Hoover). Revise and resubmit, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
“Who Pays for Higher Wages? Evidence from Consumer Spending after California's Fast-Food Minimum Wage Increase.” Revise and resubmit, Southern Economic Journal.

Working Papers

“Splitting the Stack: Generative AI and the Cross-Country Division of Technical Work” (job market paper).
“Who Supplies the AI Frontier? Education, Training and Mobility of the Workforce of Frontier AI Firms” (with Mahima Nambiar).
“Where Do Opportunity Zone Jobs Go? A Network Analysis of Employment Flows in Place-Based Tax Policy” (with Kishan Narayan). Presented at the 48th APPAM Fall Research Conference, 2026.
“City Limits: The Relationship Between Employment and Minimum Wage Using Mobile-Device Locations.”
“Estimating the Cost Savings of Tiered Care Coordination and High-Fidelity Wraparound: Evidence from North Carolina” (with Jeremy W. Bray and Zubab Moid).
Hitanshu Pandit  ·  Updated November 2026