Biography

Kate Bablyak is a pre-doctoral research assistant at CEP Urban program, working with Prof. Sturm, Dr. Bagagli and Dr. Pietrabissa in urban and spatial economics. She obtained her BSc in Economics from Humboldt Huniversity of Berlin, and visited graduate courses in labour and spatial economics, search-and-matching. Her main field of research is spatial economics, she is also interested in industrial organisation and trade.

Current areas of research include:

• Spatial and urban economics: influence of urban planning concepts on the distribution of economic activity in general equilibrium.
• Behavioural economics: influence of expectations on job market outcomes.