Dayanara M. Diaz Vargas

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Northeastern University. I am on the 2026–27 job market and will graduate in May 2027. My fields are health economics and labor economics.

I study how government policies affect economic opportunity and access to public services in historically marginalized communities. Governments try to help these communities through place-based policies or restructuring public services in an attempt to make them more efficient. My research examines whether these programs benefit the people they are intended to serve and how their costs are distributed.

I am always happy to connect and discuss new projects!