Senior Economist · Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
I study how policy, technology, and structural change reshape labor markets across time and place.
Research on immigration, occupational change, regional inequality, housing, and the low-carbon transition.
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Research
I combine historical records, administrative data, and modern causal methods to study labor markets and public policy.
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Research Working Paper 22-12 · Revised 2026
Using newly digitized annual wage data, we show that low-skilled wages rose faster in labor markets more exposed to the 1920s immigration quotas.
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Research Working Paper 25-05 · 2025
New occupation-level measures trace direct and supply-chain exposure to emissions-intensive production across workers, industries, and places.
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Review of Industrial Organization · 2026
Original occupational titles from 1860–1940 reveal how the extent of the market shaped specialization during U.S. industrialization.
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2024
Quasi-random case-manager assignment shows that Housing First reduces homelessness and crime while improving employment and income.
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2023
The national-origins quotas transformed local labor markets, accelerating capital investment and changing native employment and occupational upgrading.
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Research Working Paper 23-10 · Updated 2024
A staggered difference-in-differences design finds moderate, broadly shared economic gains alongside more concentrated social costs.
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Policy
Short-form analysis connecting evidence on labor supply, immigration, and structural change to the policy questions of the day.
An aging population is raising demand for care while the labor pools that have powered recent healthcare growth face new constraints.
Read analysisRecent immigration expanded labor supply and helped ease tight labor-market conditions across industries and states.
Read analysisOnline job postings reveal how employers adjust recruiting when immigration falls short of prior trends.
Read analysisPersistent worker shortages helped keep unemployment low as monetary policy tightened.
Read analysisThe pandemic-era immigration shortfall slowed labor-force growth and created persistent hiring challenges.
Read analysisCurrent projects
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About
I am a Senior Economist in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
My research sits at the intersection of labor and public economics, with work spanning immigration, homelessness and housing, occupational change, innovation, and regional adjustment. Across these topics, I focus on building new data and using transparent empirical designs to answer policy-relevant questions.
I joined the Kansas City Fed in 2021 after completing my Ph.D. in Economics at UCLA.