(with Ben Hyman, Brian Kovak, and Adam Leive), American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 111: 491–495, May 2021.
ASSA Slides | Online Appendix | Replication
What is the impact of eligibility for wage insurance on long-run employment and earnings?
"Is Rising Concentration Hampering Productivity Growth?"
(with Peter Klenow and Huiyu Li ), FRBSF Economic Letter, 2019-28
What is the relationship between industry concentration and productivity growth?
"State Dependent Dynamics in Credit and Labor Markets" (with Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau), draft in preparation
When do shocks to credit markets have real effects in labor markets?
Awards: Best Macroeconomics Paper Award (SOCAE 2024)
Presentations: All UC Student Search & Matching Conference (2024), MFR Summer Session Poster (2024), Macroeconomics Across Time and Space XVI Poster (2024), SOCAE (2024), Inter-Finance PhD Seminar (2025)
"Strategic Trade Infrastructure: Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative" (with Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, Amit Khandelwal, and Edouard Schaal), draft in preparation
Why do countries invest in the transportation infrastructure of their trading parteners?
Presentations: UEA Berlin (2025), SAET 2025 Ischia, OASIS (2026)
"Human Capital Insurance"
under Census Bureau Project #3390 (under review)
How should the existing system of social insurance for labor market risk be augmented to mitigate the earnings risk posed by displacement?
Awards: Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grant (2025)
Presentations: WEAI 101st Annual Conference (2026), SEA Annual Meeting (2026)
"Currency Unions under Dollar Pricing"
Can a set of regions forming a currency union be welfare enhancing when non-union exports are invoiced in dollars instead of producer currency?
Presentations: WUSTL 19th Economics Graduate Students' Conference (2024)
"Firm Dynamics and Private Debt"
(with Jared Rutner) under Census Bureau Project #3106.
How has the rise of private debt impacted firm growth, innovation, and organizational structure?
Presentations: FSRDC Annual Research Conference (2025), WEAI 101st Annual Conference (2026)
"Trade Shocks and Industry Cycles: Human Capital as a Barrier to Adjustment"
(with Ekaterina Gurkova) under Census Bureau Project #3390 (under review)
What explains the persistence in local-labor market scarring from trade shocks?