Research

I am a household finance economist with my work stretching from empirical macroeconomics to public finance. My primary research interest is in household behavior in light of changes to income or wealth: Do households shop more selectively when their income falls; what are the labor supply responses to temporary liquidity shocks for unemployed workers; why is financial distress so seasonal?

Working Papers

Revisiting the Consumption-Retirement Puzzle New draft coming soon

Unemployment Insurance as a Financial Stabilizer: Evidence from Large Benefit Expansions (with Sree Kancherla) New draft coming soon

Temporary Shocks, Permanent Impacts: The Effects of Liquidity on Job Search and Reemployment (with Sree Kancherla)

Select Work in Progress

What Can We Learn from the Seasonality of Financial Distress?

The Micro Effects of Fiscal Consolidation: Evidence from Procurement Cuts (with Francisco Queiro)