I'm an Assistant Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at Drexel University.

My research is focused on macroeconomics and labor economics. Specifically, I am interested in how people make decisions during unemployment, the role of information and expectations in labor markets, and the determinants and consequences of long-term joblessness. My recent work also examines the effects of specific labor market policies, including laws restricting the use of non-compete agreements for low-wage workers and laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring.

Research Interests
Search, macroeconomics, labor economics

Working Papers

• Inattentive Non-participation and Self-fulfilling Fears of Long-term Joblessness
• Down the Rabbit Hole: Habit-formation in Internet Use among Unemployed Workers
  
• Anticipated Productivity and the Labor Market

              w/ R. Chahrour and S. Chugh

Publications

• Wage Offers and On-the-job Search

              w/ D. Bernhardt
              Canadian Journal of Economics (Forthcoming)

• The Discouragement Rate: An Index of Discouragement-Induced Hardship (ungated)

              Applied Economics Letters (Forthcoming)

• Learning and Job Search Dynamics during the Great Recession (ungated)

              Journal of Monetary Economics (2021)

• Misallocation and Productivity Effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff (ungated)

              w/ E. Bond, M. Crucini and J. Rodrigue
              Review of Economic Dynamics (2013)

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