Marcus Casey

BIO

I am an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I am also a Nonresident Fellow in Economic Studies.  I was previously  appointed as an inaugural David M. Rubenstein Fellow at Brookings from 2018 - 2020  and a scholar affiliate of the Future of Middle Class Initiative.

My research focus lies at the intersection of the fields of  urban, public, and labor economics, focusing primarily on urban sorting and neighborhood change dynamics;  neighborhood amenities; spatial and intergenerational aspects of inequality;  technology and local labor market dynamics; and education policy. 

Please visit my Research page to learn more. 

Policy-oriented  and non-scholarly writing on the future of work, automation, labor markets, education and credentialing, and other related economic issues  can be found  here or at the  Brookings Institution webpage here. 

I teach courses in applied microeconomics and methods:

• Public Finance

• Urban Economics & Public Policy 

• Economic Statistics

• Public Economic (Ph.D.)

• Labor Economics (Ph.D.)

• Applied Microeconometrics (Ph.D.)

 More information  on my past teaching can be found on my Teaching page.