General Advice

Broad advice on navigating the economics PhD from start to finish.

• Jaya Wen: Ideas That Helped Me

• Eric Zwick: The 12 Step Program for Grad School

• Matthew Pearson: How to Survive Your First Year of Graduate School in Economics

• Chris Roth & David Schindler: Advice for Ph.D. Students

• Ingar Haaland: Twitter Thread on PhD Advice

• Berlin School of Economics: Researcher’s Guide — Comprehensive guide covering the full PhD lifecycle at BSE.

• William Thomson: A Guide for the Young Economist (Book)

• P.J. Healy: The Backwards Induction Approach to Grad School — Plan your PhD by working backwards from your desired outcome.

• The Hidden Curriculum (Podcast) — Podcast exploring the unwritten rules of academia.

• Chris Blattman: Various Pieces of Professional Advice

• Greg Mankiw: Advice for Grad Students

• Andrew Oswald: Things I Would Have Found Useful to Know as a Young Researcher

• Jeffrey Smith: Advice on Graduate School in Economics

• Jennifer Doleac: Resource Collection

• Shanjun Li: Collection of Resources for PhD Students

• INOMICS: PhD Advice

• The Econ Resources & Grad School Wiki

• Tobias Klein: Links for PhD Students

• Alex Albright: Various Resources

• Quan Le: Collection of Resources

• Keith Head: Collection of Research Advice

• Albert Ma: A Beautiful Mind — Reflections on the life of a researcher.

• Natalia Emanuel: Collection of Resources

• Thriving in Economics (Book Series)

• Marc F. Bellemare: Doing Economics (Book)

• Mitali Mathur: Flourishing in the First Year