AEASP 2024 Scholar Mason Thieu

Mason Thieu is a third-year undergraduate at Princeton University studying economics, with minors in applied and computational mathematics; statistics and machine learning; and computer science. He is currently working on a junior research paper investigating the effect of extracurricular involvement on juvenile delinquency. Mason is very grateful for his mentors, Professor Stephen Redding and Professor Zachary Bleemer, for whom he works as a research assistant, and Professor Leeat Yariv and Professor Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, who taught him the joys of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory respectively. His primary research interests are in applied microeconomics, the economics of education, and health economics. After graduation, Mason hopes to go to graduate school directly or work as a predoctoral researcher at the Federal Reserve, Opportunity Insights, or wherever allows him to apply his economics knowledge for good. He enjoys reading, running, and playing clarinet!