Review Articles

"Worker Diversity and Wage Growth Since 1940"
with  Makenzie Peake
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, First Quarter 2020
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.102.1-18

"Why Are Life-Cycle Earnings Profiles Getting Flatter?"
with B. Ravikumar
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Third Quarter 2017
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2017.245-257

"Aging and Wealth Inequality in a Neoclassical Growth Model"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, First Quarter 2016
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2016.61-80

Economic Synopses Articles

"The COVID-19 New Business Boom"
with  Victoria Yin
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2022, No. 6
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2022.6

"The Association Between Poverty and Mortality"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2021, No. 26
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2021.26

"Personal Saving During the COVID-19 Recession"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2021, No. 2
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2021.2

"Geographic Dispersion in COVID-19 Death Rates across the United States"
with B. Ravikumar
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 36
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.36

"COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: Comparing the Eighth Federal Reserve District and the U.S."
with B. Ravikumar
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 28
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.28

"The Lost Weeks of COVID-19 Testing in the United States: Part II"
with  Makenzie Peake and B. Ravikumar
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 25
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.25

"The Lost Weeks of COVID-19 Testing in the United States: Part I"
with  Makenzie Peake and B. Ravikumar
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 24
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.24

"Multiple Jobholders"
with  Stéphane Auray and  David L. Fuller
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 32
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.32

"Married Men Sit Atop the Wage Ladder"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 24
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.24

"Evolution of the Teen Abortion Rate in the United States"
with  Heting Zhu
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 8
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.8

"Comparing Japan’s Lost Decade with the U.S. Great Recession"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 3
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.3

"Measures of Pollution"
with  Heting Zhu
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2017, No. 9
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2017.9

"Aging and Wealth Inequality"
with  Heting Zhu
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2017, No. 2
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2017.2

"Russia’s Demographic Problems Started Before the Collapse of the Soviet Union"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2016, No. 4
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2016.4

FRED Blog Posts

"Comparing Russia and the European Union: GDP and population"
FRED Blog, March 7, 2022

"Population growth and economic growth"
FRED Blog, December 9, 2021

"Income convergence: Massachusetts vs. the U.S. and the U.S. vs. the world"
FRED Blog, November 15, 2021

"A short history of working hours"
FRED Blog, October 4, 2021

"In poor countries, no richer but living longer?"
FRED Blog, May 10, 2021

"The high(er) price of health"
FRED Blog, August 20, 2020

"Moonlighting in the spotlight"
FRED Blog, August 29, 2019

"The mosaic of U.S. unemployment"
FRED Blog, February 21, 2019

"Employer contributions"
FRED Blog, October 18, 2018

"The Great Recession's economic sneezes, colds, and hiccups"
FRED Blog, March 1, 2018

"Where is subprime?"
FRED Blog, November 16, 2017

Regional Economist Articles

"Should Social Distancing Be Mandatory during a Pandemic?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Fourth Quarter 2020, Vol. 28, No. 4

"Poor Countries Catching Rich Countries in Education, but Not Income"
with  Makenzie Peake
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2020, Vol. 28, No. 2

"Observing the Earnings Gap through Marital Status, Race and Gender"
with  Makenzie Peake
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2019, Vol. 27, No. 2

"The Role of Age in Determining Stock-Bond Investment Mix"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Fourth Quarter 2018, Vol. 26, No. 4

"Unequal Pink Slips? Gender and the Risk of Unemployment"
with  Heting Zhu
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2018, Vol. 26, No. 2

"Boomers Have Played a Role in Changes in Productivity"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Fourth Quarter 2017, Vol. 25, No. 4

"Mixing the Melting Pot: The Impact of Immigration on Labor Markets"
with  Heting Zhu
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, First Quarter 2017, Vol. 25, No. 1

"Rising Productivity, Declining Population Impact Russia's Economy"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, First Quarter 2016, Vol. 24, No. 1

"Lifetime Benefits of an Education Have Never Been So High"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Third Quarter 2015, Vol. 23, No. 3

"Living Arrangements Matter Not Just to Your Parents but Also to Policymakers"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2015, Vol. 23, No. 2

On the Economy Blog Posts

Health converges but not income
On the Economy, November 19, 2019

How Many People Will Be Retiring in the Years to Come?
On the Economy, May 30, 2019

The Link between Fertility and Income
On the Economy, December 13, 2016

Does Immigration Affect Local Labor Markets?
On the Economy, December 8, 2016

Did China’s One-Child Policy Really Have an Effect?
On the Economy, September 1, 2016

How World War I Changed Marriage Patterns in Europe
On the Economy, March 9, 2015

Open Vault Blog Posts

Think about the option value of your little-used stapler
Open Vault, May 29, 2019