Nathan Franz is a PhD candidate at UT-Austin Economics, on the 2025–26 job market. His focus is in development and health economics, especially maternal and child health in India.

His job market paper is part of his larger research project investigating a mortality puzzle: In rural north India, richer mothers pay more for riskier (private) care. His paper develops an econometric model of selection and uses a spatial RDD at district borders to show public facilities save over 35,000 lives annually with skin-to-skin care.

His CV is available here.