Claudia Macaluso

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I am an applied macroeconomist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and a CESifo Research affiliate. I obtained my PhD in June 2017 at the University of Chicago.

My research interests are labor market dynamics, skill mismatch, occupational and spatial mobility of workers, and human capital. I am especially focused on understanding how labor market conditions across time and space affect workers' choice sets and outside options.  To this respect, I have studied how the local skill composition of jobs affects workers' recovery after layoff, and whether the labor market is perfectly competitive.  

I am currently working on estimating heterogeneity in the labor market and consumption experiences of workers of different races and incomes, and the contribution of non-employer businesses to aggregate labor market flows.

In ongoing data collection projects, I focus on measuring occupational skills across countries, and documenting employers' recruiting efforts and practices.