Caleb Kwon

Assistant Professor

Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin

✉ caleb.kwon@mccombs.utexas.edu

About

I study how retailers schedule labor. My research uses large-scale administrative data to understand worker and store productivity, the value of algorithmic scheduling tools, and the effects of labor policy.

Education

  • Ph.D., Business Administration — Harvard University (2024)
    • Committee Chair: Ananth Raman
  • M.A., Economics — Northwestern University (2017)
  • B.A., Economics — Simon Fraser University (2015)
    • Dean’s Medal, Rank 1 of ~2,500

Awards and Honours

  • UT Austin McCombs Research Excellence Grant, $15,000 (2024)
  • Teaching Award, Booth School of Business Executive Education (2023)
  • Winner: POMS College of Sustainable Operations, Best Student Paper Competition (2021)
  • Dean’s Convocation Medal for the top graduate in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Simon Fraser University
  • Jack L. Knetsch Award for Best Thesis in Economics, Simon Fraser University
  • Cliff Lloyd Memorial Award for Highest GPA in Economics, Simon Fraser University