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Working Papers

2025

1. Beyond the 9 to 5: Decoding the Overemployment Trend
   On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
2. Dissecting the Great Retirement Boom
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
3. Labor Market Shocks and Monetary Policy
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
   Also in Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada (2023) View citations (1)
   Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2024)
4. Mismatch Unemployment During COVID-19 and the Post-Pandemic Labor Shortages
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
   Also in Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2024)
5. The Allocation of Immigrant Talent: Macroeconomic Implications for the U.S. and Across Countries
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)
6. The Heterogeneous Impacts of Job Displacement: Evidence from Canadian Job Separation Records
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)
   Also in Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada (2023)
7. U.S. Retirement Normalization following the COVID-19 Pandemic
   On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
8. Unemployment Insurance Eligibility and Benefits: An Analysis of Rules across U.S. States and Time
   On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2024

9. Heterogeneous Responses to Job Mobility Shocks in a HANK Model with a Frictional Labor Market
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
10. Spousal Labor Supply Response to Job Displacement and Implications for Optimal Transfers
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (10)
11. The Implications of Labor Market Heterogeneity on Unemployment Insurance Design
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)

2023

12. A Hard or Soft Landing? The Answer May Lie in the Beveridge Curve
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
13. Compensation Patterns of Overemployed Workers
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
14. Deconstructing Hours Worked: How Did Recent Recessions Differ?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
15. Job Applications and Labor Market Flows
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    Also in Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada (2021)
16. Overemployed Workers? Trends on Multiple Jobholders
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2022

17. Is the Labor Market as Tight as It Seems?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
18. The Allocation of Immigrant Talent across Countries: Employment Gaps
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
19. The Great Resignation vs. the Great Reallocation Revisited
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2021

20. COVID-19’s Effects on Dual-Earner Households
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
21. How Job Separations Differed between the Great Recession and COVID-19 Recession
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
22. Immigrant Misallocation
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (2)
23. Job Switching Rates during a Recession
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (1)
24. Labor Market Responses to Unemployment Insurance: The Role of Heterogeneity
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (6)
25. The Evolution of the Job Finding Rate during the COVID-19 Recession
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2020

26. How Has the COVID-19 Recession Affected U.S. Labor across Occupations and Industries?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
27. How Should Unemployment Insurance Vary over the Business Cycle?
    Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada View citations (3)
    Also in 2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2018) View citations (5)
28. How Should the Government Spend the Fiscal Budget during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
29. Labor Market Policies During an Epidemic
    Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada View citations (13)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2020) View citations (7)
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2020) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Labor market policies during an epidemic, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (25) (2021)
30. What Do Survey Data Tell Us about US Businesses?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (9)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (6)
    2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2019) View citations (4)
    Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada (2019) View citations (4)
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2018)
    See also Journal Article What Do Survey Data Tell Us about US Businesses?, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (14) (2020)
31. Which Workers Have Been Most Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2019

32. Data Appendix: What Do Survey Data Tell Us about U.S. Businesses?
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Labor Market Tightness after the COVID-19 Recession: Differences across Industries
   The Regional Economist, 2023
2. The Allocation of Immigrant Talent Across Countries: Earnings Gaps
   Economic Synopses, 2023, (2), 3 pages
3. The Evolution of Job Applications and Job-Finding Rates since the 1980s
   Economic Synopses, 2023, (4), 2 pages

2022

4. Hires and Separations During the COVID-19 Crisis by Firm Size
   Economic Synopses, 2022, (8), 1-3
5. How Recent Recessions Have Affected Dual-Earner Couples
   The Regional Economist, 2022
6. The Allocation of Immigrant Talent in the United States
   Economic Synopses, 2022, (23), 1-3
7. The Great Resignation vs. The Great Reallocation: Industry-Level Evidence
   Economic Synopses, 2022, (4), 1-2 View citations (1)

2021

8. Labor market policies during an epidemic
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 194, (C) View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper Labor Market Policies During an Epidemic, Staff Working Papers (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2020

9. The Effects of COVID-19 on Unemployment Insurance Claims
   Economic Synopses, 2020, (9) View citations (1)
10. Unemployment Insurance and Vulnerable Households During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Economic Synopses, 2020, (33) View citations (3)
11. Unintended Consequences of Coronavirus-Related Unemployment Insurance Tax Laws
    Economic Synopses, 2020, (21)
12. What Do Survey Data Tell Us about US Businesses?
    American Economic Review: Insights, 2020, 2, (4), 443-58 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper What Do Survey Data Tell Us about US Businesses?, Working Papers (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
13. Which Earnings Groups Have Been Most Affected by the COVID-19 Crisis?
    Economic Synopses, 2020, (37) View citations (5)

2016

14. Growth and Informality: A Comprehensive Panel Data Analysis
    Journal of Applied Economics, 2016, 19, (2), 271-292 View citations (27)
    Also in Journal of Applied Economics, 2016, 19, 271-292 (2016) View citations (29)

2013

15. Trade openness, growth, and informality: Panel VAR evidence from OECD economies
    Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33, (1), 694-705 View citations (12)