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Employment
- Mathematica
- Senior Researcher, 2022–present
- Researcher, 2019–2022
- University of Georgia, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, 2015–2019
- Queen’s University, School of Policy Studies/Industrial Relations Program and Economics Department, Assistant Professor, 2012–2015
Education
- PhD in Economics, Yale University, 2006–2012
- Diplom-Volkswirt (master’s in Economics), University of Mannheim, 2001–2006
- Visiting graduate student, University of California at Berkeley, 2004/2005
Other Positions
- Research Fellow, RWI–Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, 2018–present
- Affiliate, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, 2018–present
- Researcher, Leibniz Science Campus Ruhr, 2018–2024
- Deemed Employee, Statistics Canada, 2013–2019
- Special Sworn Status Researcher, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010–2019
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
- Retirement and Disability Research Consortium grant, 2021/2022
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Early Career Research Award, 2019/2020 (PI: Rhet A. Smith), 2017/2018, and 2013/2014
- California Center for Population Research seed grant (PI: Martin B. Hackmann), 2016/2017
- Terry College of Business seed grant, 2016/2017
- Queen’s University Senate Advisory Research Committee grant, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, and 2013/2014
- John Deutsch Institute grant, 2014/2015
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Dissertation Award, honorable mention, 2012
- Yale University Graduate Fellowship and Economics Department Prize, 2006 to 2011
- European Recovery Program scholarship, 2006 to 2008
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation), 2001 to 2006
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service), 2004/2005
PhD Students
- Meghan I. Esson (2019, placement: Assistant Professor, Bentley University)
- Kimberly D. Groover (2019, placement: Economist, Abt Associates)
- Vincent Chandler (2014, placement: Assistant Professor, St. Mary’s University)
- Dörte Heger (2014, placement: Researcher, RWI–Leibniz Institute for Economic Research)