My research examines how demographic change, firm dynamics, and labor market structure shape worker mobility and wage growth. My work combines quantitative macroeconomic models with empirical evidence to study changes in U.S. labor market dynamics.

In my Job Market Paper, I examine the role of labor force growth in accounting for the decline in labor mobility in the U.S. since the 1980s. I develop a general equilibrium model of firm dynamics and on-the-job search in which lower labor force growth reduces firm entry, shifts the firm age distribution toward older, slower-growing employers, and lowers the creation of high-wage jobs. Calibrated to the early 1980s U.S. economy, the model accounts for 60% of the observed decline in employer-to-employer (EE) transitions and has sizable implications for wage growth. In a counterfactual exercise, I find that halting immigration since the 1980s would have lowered EE transitions by about 20% and further slowed wage growth.

My previous research experience includes a PhD Dissertation Fellowship at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and participation in the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Post-Doc Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

You can see my CV and Research Statement.