Senior Economic Policy Advisor
Ph.D. Economics
University of Rochester
2004
M.A. Economics
University of Rochester
2001
For media inquiries, contact:
Shera Dalin
mediainquiries@stls.frb.org
Phone: (314) 444-3911
Senior Economic Policy Advisor
Recent Publication in the European Economic Review: Explaining cross-cohort differences in life-cycle earnings
"Technology adoption, mortality, and population dynamics"
with
John Hejkal and B. Ravikumar
Economic Journal
"The Mechanics of Individually- and Socially-Optimal Decisions during an Epidemic"
B E Journal of Macroeconomics
"Fertility Shocks and Equilibrium Marriage-Rate Dynamics"
with
John Knowles
International Economic Review
"Comparative Advantage and Moonlighting"
with
Stéphane Auray and David L. Fuller
European Economic Review, October 2021, Vol. 139, 103897, pp. 103897
Working Paper
"The Baby Boomer and the Productivity Slowdown"
European Economic Review, February 2021, Vol. 132, 103609
"Fertility Shocks and Equilibrium Marriage-Rate Dynamics"
International Economic Review, November 2019, Vol. 4, No. 60, pp. 1505-1537
https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12395
"Explaining Cross-Cohort Differences in Life Cycle Earnings"
with
Yu-Chien Kong and B. Ravikumar
European Economic Review, August 2018, Vol. 107, pp. 157-184
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.06.005
"Family Economics Writ Large"
with
Jeremy Greenwood and Nezih Guner
Journal of Economic Literature, December 2017, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 1346-1434
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20161287
"Measurement Without Theory, Once Again"
with
Jeremy Greenwood and Ananth Seshadri
Journal of Demographic Economics, September 2015, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 317–329
https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2015.9
"Explaining Educational Attainment Across Countries And Over Time"
with
Diego Restuccia
Review of Economic Dynamics, October 2014, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 824-841
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2014.03.002
"Fertility and Wars: The Case of World War I in France"
American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics, April 2014, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 108-136
https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.6.2.108
"The Evolution of Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis"
with
Diego Restuccia
International Economic Review, August 2013, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 915-936
https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12022
"A Century of Human Capital and Hours"
with
Diego Restuccia
Economic Inquiry, July 2013, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 1849-1866
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2012.00497.x
"A Quantitative Analysis of China's Structural Transformation"
with
Robert Dekle
Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, January 2012, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 119-135
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2011.07.004
"Whither Chinese Growth? A Sectoral Growth Accounting Approach"
with
Robert Dekle
Review of Development Economics, August 2010, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 487-498
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2010.00566.x
"Trends in Hours: The U.S. from 1900 to 1950"
Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, January 2009, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 237-249
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2008.06.004
"The American Frontier: Technology versus Immigration"
Review of Economic Dynamics, April 2008, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 283-301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2007.07.001
"The U.S. Westward Expansion"
International Economic Review, February 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 81-110
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00474.x
"The Baby Boom and Baby Bust"
with
Jeremy Greenwood and Ananth Seshadri
American Economic Review, March 2005, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 183-207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/0002828053828680
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