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2021-2022 Visiting Scholars

Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute Visiting Scholar Program

2021-2022 Visiting Scholars

Marianne Bitler

Marianne Bitler

Professor of Economics
University of California-Davis

Research Interests

public economics, labor economics, health economics, applied microeconomics
Corina Boar

Corina Boar

Assistant Professor
New York University

Research Interests

macroeconomics, consumption, inequality, entrepreneurship
Sarah Cohodes

Sarah Cohodes

Associate Professor of Economics and Education
Columbia University

Research Interests

economics of education, labor economics
Jamein Cunningham

Jamein Cunningham

Assistant Professor
Cornell University

Research Interests

labor economics, urban economics, economics of crime, demography, and microeconometrics
Diego Daruich

Diego Daruich

Assistant Professor
University of Southern California

Research Interests

human capital accumulation, inequality and intergenerational mobility
Johannes Fleck

Johannes Fleck

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
European University Institute, Florence

Research Interests

macroeconomics, fiscal policy, measurement and computational methods
John Grigsby

John Grigsby

Assistant Professor
Princeton University

Research Interests

macroeconomics, aggregate labor markets, wage dynamics and innovation
Ayse Imrohoroglu

Ayşe İmrohoroğlu

Professor of Finance and Business Economics
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
Ilse Lindenlaub

Ilse Lindenlaub

Assistant Professor of Economics
Yale University, NBER, and CEPR

Research Interests

macroeconomics, labor economics
Emi Nakamura

Emi Nakamura

Chancellor’s Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests

monetary and fiscal policy, business cycles, macroeconomic measurement
Emily Nix

Emily Nix

Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics
University of Southern California

Research Interests

applied microeconomics, labor economics
Eric Ohrn

Eric Ohrn

Associate Professor
Grinnell College

Research Interests

corporate taxation and its effects on US business activity
Jane Olmstead-Rumsey

Jane Olmstead-Rumsey

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
Northwestern University

Research Interests

macroeconomics, firm dynamics, labor markets, growth
Monika Piazzesi

Monika Piazzesi

Professor of Economics
Stanford University

Research Interests

macroeconomics, financial economics
Martin Schneider

Martin Schneider

Professor of Economics
Stanford University

Research Interests

macroeconomics, financial economics
Benjamin Schoefer

Benjamin Schoefer

Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests

macroeconomics, labor economics
Chelda Smith

Chelda Smith

Associate Professor of Elementary Education
Georgia Southern University

Research Interests

sociology of education, critical pedagogy, teacher education & Black Feminism
Jon Steinsson

Jόn Steinsson

Chancellor’s Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests

empirical macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy
Mallika Thomas

Mallika Thomas

Christopher Tonetti

Christopher Tonetti

Associate Professor
Stanford University

Research Interests

macroeconomics, growth, household finance, international economics, labor
Robert M. Townsend

Robert Townsend

Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

analysis of the role and impact of economic organization and financial systems through applied general equilibrium models, contract theory, and the use of micro data