Sean Wang is a PhD stu­dent in the Department of Economics at MIT. His research inter­ests include top­ics in labor eco­nom­ics, mar­ket design, and the eco­nom­ics of edu­ca­tion. Sean grad­u­at­ed from Washington University in St. Louis in 2014 with degrees in eco­nom­ics and physics, and before join­ing SEII he worked as a research assis­tant at the NBER study­ing behav­ioral eco­nom­ics and house­hold finance. He is cur­rent­ly involved in research that explores the opti­mal design of appli­ca­tion sys­tems to over­sub­scribed schools.