Assistant Professor
Karol Mazur
Ph.D. in Economics, , European University Institute
Research Interests:Macroeconomics, Development, Human Capital, Labor Markets
0755-2603 2293
kmazur@phbs.pku.edu.cn
Office: Rm. 665, PHBS Building
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Biography

Education

Ph.D. Economics, European University Institute (EUI), Italy, 2014 - 2019.

Visiting Ph.D. Student, London School of Economics (LSE), UK, 2016 - 2017.

M.Sc. Economics, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Austria, 2012 - 2014.

B.A. Economics, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Poland, 2009 - 2012.


Experience

Junior Research Fellow in Economics, Trinity College, University of Oxford, 2019 - 2022.

Publications

1. Sharing Risk to Avoid Tragedy: Informal Insurance and Irrigation in Village Economies, Journal of Development Economics (2023).


2. College Education and Income Contingent Loans in Equilibrium (joint with K. Matsuda), Journal of Monetary Economics (2022).


3. Risky Human Capital Accumulation with Endogenous Skill Premium, Economic Theory Bulletin (2022).


4. A Note on Pessimism in Education and its Economic Consequences, Journal of Economic Inequality (2021).


5. Can Welfare Abuse Be Welfare Improving? Journal of Public Economics (2016).


6. Challenges and Alternatives to Input Subsidy Programs: Lessons from Malawi, CEPR-STEG Ideas 4 Transformation (2026)


Working Papers

1. The Mystery of Land Rights: Explorations on Informal Institutions in Ghana (joint with G. Manalis) - in preparation for the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference Series on Public Policy (Journal of Monetary Economics).


2. The Macroeconomic Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidies (joint with L. Tetenyi) - R&R in AEJ: Macroeconomics.


3. United on Divisive Waters: Decentralization of Irrigation and Conflict in India (joint with K. Krakowski) - R&R in Management Science.


4. Spatial Misallocation in Education: The Left-Behind and Land Reforms in China (joint with K. Matsuda & C. Shen)

Advanced Macroeconomics II

Social Insurance