Jared Buck

I am a Ph.D. candidate at Concordia university. My Ph.D. research goal in this project is to understand the economic reasons why young adults delay college entry (starting years after they graduate college), evaluate welfare losses associated with delayed college entry, and whether policies such as grants, scholarships, and loan programs can be used to improve overall welfare. As a result, I have strong analytical skills in economics, dynamic programming, and recursive methods in economics. I have an abundance of experience with MATLAB, Python, and Stata and their applications for numerical methods and econometrics.

Pro-Par Inc. | Sherbrooke, QC
Summer Administrative Assistant (5/2020 – 8/2020)
Engineering and sales assistant.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS

• Designed a spreadsheet in Excel that automatically produces pressure vessel volumes per inch deep of fluid given dimension inputs. (Designed for clients).
• Designed a user-friendly spreadsheet that calculates supplier-specific price inflation.

TTEC | Montreal, QC
Team Manager (6/2018 - 9/2018)
In charge of managing a team of customer service representatives for FIDO. 
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS

• Go-to expert for customer-related problems and company policies.
• Pioneered new coaching techniques to increase insurance sales.

Customer Sales Representative and Subject Matter Expert (11/2017 - 6/2018)
Handle customer service requests made to Fido. Process basic transactions.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS

• Studying company policies and given a promotion to subject matter expert within three months of hiring.

Concordia University | Montreal, QC
Ph.D. in Economics
– In progress (Expected 2024) –

Concordia University | Montreal, QC
Master of Arts in Economics
– Fast-tracked to Ph.D. Study –
– (9/2020 – 12/2020) –

Bishop’s University | Sherbrooke, QC
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics
– Graduated 6/2020 –
– (9/2018 - 6/2020) –