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I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University, specializing in homelessness, housing policy, and ecosystem service valuation. My research utilizes causal inference and machine learning methods to understand how policy interventions affect vulnerable populations and ecosystem services. I am expecting to complete my final dissertation defense in Spring 2026.

Currently on the 2025-26 Academic Job Market

I’m seeking positions in academic economics, policy research, and applied economics roles where I can contribute to evidence-based policy solutions. My job market paper, Voucher Household Mobility and Rental Market Dynamics: Evidence from Source of Income Protection Laws, can be found here. 📄 View Draft

Research Focus

My primary fields of work are Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Urban Economics, and Econometrics. My research is primarily focused on the application of policy, where I attempt to use methods in causal inference and machine learning to explain social and environmental phenomena:

• Housing & Homelessness: Federal grant funding, tenant protection policies, and counting methods
• Environmental Economics: Machine learning approaches to ecosystem service valuation
• Public Health: Social impacts of sports betting legalization

I also maintain an R Shiny application that maps Continuum of Care boundaries and homelessness summary statistics, found here at this link.

📬 Get in Touch

Email: luke.maddock@colostate.edu

Find me online: Google Scholar • GitHub • Twitter • ORCID