BIO
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois, Chicago. I am also a Nonresident Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. I was elected 2nd Vice President of the Midwest Economics Association in March 2025.
I was previously appointed as an inaugural David M. Rubenstein Fellow from 2018 to 2020 and a scholar affiliate of the Future of Middle Class Initiative, where I directed the Automation and the Middle Class theme.
My research focus lies at the intersection of urban, labor, and public economics, focusing primarily on neighborhood sorting and change dynamics; amenity valuation in housing markets; social interactions; segregation; inequality; technology and local labor market dynamics; and education.
Please visit my Research page to learn more.
Policy-oriented and non-scholarly writing on the future of work, automation, labor markets, education, credentialing, and other related economic issues can be found here or at the Brookings Institution homepage.
I teach courses in applied microeconomics, statistics, and econometrics:
Public Finance
Urban Economics & Public Policy
Economic Statistics
Public Economics (Ph.D.)
Labor Economics (Ph.D.)
Applied Microeconometrics (Ph.D.)
More information on my past teaching can be found on my Teaching page.