Economics · Migration · Education

Ke Shi

PhD Candidate in Economics
ESSEC · THEMA

PhD candidate in economics at ESSEC and member of THEMA (CY Cergy Paris Université · ESSEC · CNRS). Applied microeconomics on migration, education, identity, and family; research on legal status, institutional exclusion, discrimination, and belonging.

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Research

Selected work

Job market paper · Draft available upon request

Borders Within: Citizenship and the Paradox of Belonging for Turkish-Origin Youth

Effects of Germany’s 2000 Nationality Act on second-generation Turkish-origin youth. Difference-in-differences evidence on citizenship, belonging, educational integration, and perceived exclusion in selective institutional settings.

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Work in progress · with Maëlys De La Rupelle

Child Marriage Laws and Historical Legacies in the United States

Changes in minimum marriage age laws in the United States, with attention to cohort exposure, gender, and historical county-level legacies.

Work in progress

Hostile Environments, Aspirations, and Minority Youth in the United Kingdom

Hostile institutional environments, minority youths’ educational aspirations, identity formation, and the conversion of ambition into attainment.

Teaching

Teaching

Microeconomics for Business

BBA Program, ESSEC · Jan–Apr 2026

Microeconomics

Pre-Master Program, ESSEC · Jan–Mar 2025, 2026

CV

Curriculum vitae

Current academic CV.

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Elsewhere

Music, criticism, printed matter

Music, criticism, printed matter, and visual work outside economics. Selected links forthcoming.

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Contact

Contact

ke.shi@essec.edu

Paris, France