Jessica Pan

Research Fellow

National University of Singapore

jesspan@nus.edu.sg

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Research Interests

Jessica Pan is Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore. Jessica’s research focuses on applied topics in labor economics and the economics of education. Her current projects examine gender differences in labor market and educational outcomes; international migration and the labor market effects on source and host countries; and topics in labor economics such as discrimination, marriage markets, and the returns to education. Her work has been published in several leading peer-reviewed journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. She was born in Singapore and received a Bachelor’s in economics from the University of Chicago, followed by an MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.

Jessica joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2016.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18067

Depth or Diversity? Examining the Longer Run Impacts of College Curriculum Breadth

Kelvin Seah, Jessica Pan, Poh Lin Tan

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 238, 107212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17559

The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market

Claudia Olivetti, Jessica Pan, Barbara Petrongolo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16695

Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap

Patricia Cortes, Ying Feng, Nicolás Guida-Johnson, Jessica Pan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15748

Do College Admissions Criteria Matter? Evidence from Discretionary vs. Grade-Based Admission Policies

Rais Kamis, Jessica Pan, Kelvin Seah

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, 102347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14373

Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors

Patricia Cortes, Jessica Pan, Laura Pilossoph, Basit Zafar

published as 'Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138 (4), 2069–2126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13759

Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market

Patricia Cortes, Jessica Pan

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61 (4), 1359 - 1409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13364

Breadth of University Curriculum and Labor Market Outcomes

Kelvin Seah, Jessica Pan, Poh Lin Tan

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, Article 101873

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11382

Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women

Marianne Bertrand, Patricia Cortes, Claudia Olivetti, Jessica Pan

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88 (4), 1936 - 1978