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Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2012): “Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets” (supervisor: Jordi Galí)

Employment

2012-present: Federal Reserve Board (Economist, Senior Economist, Principal Economist, Group Manager)

Research Fields

Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Nontraditional Data

Publications

"The US Labor Market during the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession" (joint with Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, John Grigsby, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Erik Hurst, Christopher Kurz, Ahu Yildirmaz), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Summer 2020, pp. 3–33.

"Improving the Accuracy of Economic Measurement with Multiple Data Sources: The Case of Payroll Employment Data" (joint with Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Christopher Kurz), in Katharine G. Abraham, Ron S.Jarmin, Brian Moyer, and Matthew D. Shapiro, eds., "Big Data for 21st Century Economic Statistics", NBER Book Series Studies in Income and Wealth, University of Chicago Press, 2022.

"Human Capital and Unemployment Dynamics: Why More Educated Workers Enjoy Greater Employment Stability" (joint with Isabel Cairó), Economic Journal, 2018, pp. 652–682.

"Labor Force Participation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects" (joint with Stephanie Aaronson, Bruce Fallick, Felix Galbis-Reig, Christopher Smith, and William Wascher), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2014, pp. 197–255.

Research Papers

"Gross Worker Flows over the Life Cycle" (joint with İlhan Güner and Toshihiko Mukoyama)

"The Long-Lived Cyclicality of the Labor Force Participation Rate" (joint with John Coglianese and Joshua Montes), FEDS WP 2021-047.

"Reconciling Unemployment Claims with Job Losses in the First Months of the COVID-19 Crisis" (joint with Andrew Figura, Brendan M. Price, David Ratner, and Alison Weingarden), FEDS WP 2020-055.

"Using Payroll Processor Microdata to Measure Aggregate Labor Market Activity" (joint with Leland Crane, Ryan Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Christopher Kurz, and Tyler Radler), FEDS WP 2018-005.

"Racial Gaps in Labor Market Outcomes in the Last Four Decades and over the Business Cycle" (joint with Tyler Radler, Ivan Vidangos, and David Ratner), FEDS WP 2017-071.

"Labor Market Frictions and Bargaining Costs: A Model of State-Dependent Wage Setting"

"Job-Embodied Growth and the Decline of Job Tenure" (joint with Jan Grobovsek)

"The Fading Dynamism of the U.S. Labor Market: The Role of Demographics" (joint with Isabel Cairó)

Policy Notes

"Why is Involuntary Part-Time Work Elevated?" (joint with Dennis Mawhirter, Chris Nekarda, and David Ratner)

"The Recent Decline in Long-Term Unemployment" (joint David Ratner)

Referee

American Economic Review: Insights, Economic Journal, Economic Letters, Economica, European Review of Economic History, International Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, The Review of Economics and Statistics.