Thesis Title: "Essays on the Cost of Worker Displacement" - Download Abstract (PDF)

Fields: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Demographic Economics

Main Advisor: Professor Robert Moffitt

Research:

"Task Mismatch and the Reemployment of Displaced Workers" (job market paper) - [PDF]

"Partially Endogenous Displacement: Theory and Evidence" (in progress)

"The Distribution of Displacement Costs" (in progress)

"The Effect of Welfare Laws on the Composition of Households," (in progress) with Robert A. Moffitt (JHU) and Anne E. Winkler (UMSL)

"Can Selection on Observables Explain the Distinct Experiences of Displaced Industry Stayers and Switchers?" June 2010 - [PDF]

"Labor Supply Substitution and the Ripple Effect of Minimum Wages: A Hedonic Approach" January 2009 - [PDF]

Presentations:

"Task Mismatch and the Reemployment of Displaced Workers"
Society of Labor Economics 16th Annual Meeting (Vancouver, 2011), Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference (New York, 2011)

Teaching:

Instructor

Sports Economics, Johns Hopkins University (Spring 2012)
Elements of Microeconomics, Johns Hopkins University (Summer 2008, Summer 2011)

Teaching Assistant

Labor Economics, Fall 2008
Elements of Microeconomics, Spring 2008
Public Economics, Fall 2007

References:

Professor Robert A. Moffitt (primary advisor) - moffitt@jhu.edu
Professor Tiemen Woutersen - woutersen@email.arizona.edu
Professor Richard Spady - rspady@jhu.edu
Professor Bruce Hamilton (teaching) - bruce.hamilton@jhu.edu