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'm 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

• On the Inefficiency of Non-Competes in Low Wage Labor Markets (w/ B. Hobijn and A. Kurmann)
• Monitoring Vacancies and Self-fulfilling Unemployment (new draft soon)
  

• 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 (2021)

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

             Journal of Monetary Economics (2021)

• Misallocation and Productivity Effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff (w/ Bond, Crucini and Rodrigue)

             Review of Economic Dynamics (2013)

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