Update as we go along:
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-history
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-history
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-history
Why does Cambridge, a borderline top 30 school, place so well in industry and policy institutions? Just because Cambridge is Cambridge?
Boston University
https://www.bu.edu/econ/phd/outcomes/placements/
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-history
Boston University
https://www.bu.edu/econ/phd/outcomes/placements/
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-history
The Ohio State University
https://economics.osu.edu/phd-placement-history
NCSU
https://www.poole.ncsu.edu/gradecon/career-resources/recent-placements/
University of Washington
https://econ.washington.edu/job-placement
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-historyWhy does Cambridge, a borderline top 30 school, place so well in industry and policy institutions? Just because Cambridge is Cambridge?
You answered your own question. Lay prestige counts for a lot once you leave academia.
Cambridge placed well (for their rank) in academia as well. Just last year (Booth, Notre Dame, Simon Fraser). Their cohorts are tiny and they get a lot of crap on EJMR but they place more than decently across the spectrum.
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-historyWhy does Cambridge, a borderline top 30 school, place so well in industry and policy institutions? Just because Cambridge is Cambridge?
You answered your own question. Lay prestige counts for a lot once you leave academia.
Boston University
https://www.bu.edu/econ/phd/outcomes/placements/
University of Cambridge
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/phd-economics/phd-placements
University of Virginia
http://economics.virginia.edu/placement-history
The Ohio State University
https://economics.osu.edu/phd-placement-history
NCSU
https://www.poole.ncsu.edu/gradecon/career-resources/recent-placements/
University of Washington
https://econ.washington.edu/job-placement
George Mason University
https://economics.gmu.edu/job-market-candidates/job-placements