Shuo Zhang

Shuo Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Computer Science at Northeastern University, affiliated with the Department of Economics in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) and Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Her research focuses on labor economics, platform design, and algorithmic fairness, with a particular emphasis on job search behaviors, employer recruitment strategies, and online labor market dynamics.

Education: Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Research Interests: She investigates empirical aspects of labor markets, including the role of digital platforms in job matching, algorithmic bias in recommendation systems, and gender disparities in recruitment. Her work bridges economics and computer science, leveraging applied econometrics to analyze real-world data.

GitHub Contributions: Shuo has developed statistical tools for econometric analysis, such as the 'twowayfeweights' package for estimating weights in two-way fixed effects regressions, reflecting her methodological expertise.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Advising & Grants: No students or grants mentioned in the provided texts. Her research likely involves collaborations across departments at Northeastern.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with interdisciplinary teams at CSSH and Khoury College, focusing on computational social science and labor market innovation.