Lucas Kaplan
Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Highest degree earned
M.Ed, Boston University, 2018
M.S., Boston College, 2022
Bio
Lucas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Economics Department. He examines how environmental conditions—and the policies we implement to adapt—shape individual well-being and regional economic outcomes. Prior to the Maxwell School, he worked as an instructional designer at MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), served as head teaching assistant at Harvard Extension School, and founded the economics program at Excel Academy, where he taught high school economics and history.
Areas of Expertise
Labor economics, environmental economics, urban and regional economics, natural disaster impacts
PhD Job Placements
Maxwell’s Ph.D. graduates are consistently hired by presitigious institutions. In the past few years, placements include Oregon State University, University of Auckland-New Zealand, Saint Louis University, Ministry of Finance and Economy-South Korea, Melbourne Institute, Niagara University, Nanjing Audit University, Shouju Technology Co. LTD.-Beijing and Amazon, among others.