Myera Rashid
Myera Rashid

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Northwestern University. I work on economic history, labor economics, and the economics of gender. I am on the 2026–2027 job market.

My job market paper studies the mechanisms underlying occupational gender segregation. In closely related work, I study the impact of work-creating technological innovations on women's long-term outcomes. My research also studies intergenerational mobility and marital sorting.

Prior to graduate school, I worked as a pre-doctoral fellow at the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University. I also hold an MA from the University of Chicago and a BA from NYU Abu Dhabi.

My CV is linked here.

I can be reached at mrashid@u.northwestern.edu.

Working Papers and Publications

How Occupations Become Gendered: Social Learning and the Long-Run Evolution of Women's Work

Job Market Paper

Draft Coming Soon

The Immigrant Advantage in US Intergenerational Mobility

(with Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, Santiago Pérez, and Jonathan Rothbaum; Draft Coming Soon)