Mark Schweitzer is the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's economist and lead officer for the Denver Branch, which serves Colorado, Wyoming and northern New Mexico. In this role, he is responsible for evaluating developments in the regional economy. This research forms the basis for his participation in briefings prior to the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee.

Prior to joining the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, Mr. Schweitzer was an Assistant Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, where he also served as Director of the Regional Issues Program. He joined Cleveland's Research Department as an Economist in 1992 and in 2000 moved to London to join the Bank of England as a Senior Economist. Mr. Schweitzer returned to the Cleveland Reserve Bank in 2002 and was named Assistant Vice President in 2004. He holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Schweitzer's research spans a broad range of topics in regional economics, including developments in labor markets, the underlying determinants of poverty and how educational attainments affect regional economic performance.

"Why is Poverty Rising in Cleveland?" with Brian Rudick, Economic Commentary, February 15, 2007.

"The Interaction of Labor Markets and Inflation: Analysis of Micro Data from the International Wage Flexibility Project" with William T. Dickens, Lorenz Goette, Erica L. Groshen, Steinar Holden, Julian Messina, Jarkko Turunen, and Melanie Ward, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2007.

"The Incidence of Nominal and Real Wage Rigidities in Great Britain: 1978 -- 1998," with Richard Barwell, Economic Journal, forthcoming.

"Understanding the Persistence of Poverty," with Peter Rupert, 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Annual Report.

"Paths to Prosperity: Knowledge is Key for Fourth District States," Economic Commentary with Paul W. Bauer, August 2006.

"Altered States: A Perspective on 75 Years of State Income Growth," Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 2005 Annual Report.

"The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Family Incomes: A Nonparametric Analysis," with David Neumark and William Wascher, Journal of Human Resources, Fall 2005, 867-916.

"The Effects of Minimum Wage Increases on the Distribution of Wages," with David Neumark and William Wascher, Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2004, 425-450.

"Wage Flexibility in Britain: Some micro and macro evidence" published in Fagan, Mongelli and Morgan eds., Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003.

"Manufacturing Employment: How has Kentucky Performed in the Recent Recession," with Eric Thompson, Kentucky Annual Economic Report, 2003, 41-48

"Ready, Willing, and Able: Labor Availability in the UK," Bank of England Working Paper Number 186 (2003).

"Identifying Inflation's Grease and Sand Effects in the Labor Market," (with Erica Groshen), in The Costs and Benefits of Achieving Price Stability, NBER, edited by Martin S. Feldstein , 1999.

"Firms' Wage Adjustments: A Break from the Past?," (with Erica Groshen), Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Economic Policy Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 1999.

"Measuring Total Employment: Are a Few Million Workers Important?" (with Jennifer Ransom), Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, June, 1999.

"Will Increasing the Minimum Wage Help the Poor?" (with David Neumark and William Wascher, Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, February, 1999.

"Productivity Gains During Business Cycles: What's Normal?," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, June, 1998.

"Productivity Measures and the 'New Economy'," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, June, 1998.

"Inflation Goals and the Labor Market," (with Erica Groshen), Current Issues in Economics and Finance, volume 3, number 15, December 1997.

"Wage Inflation and Worker Uncertainty," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, August 15, 1997.

"Accounting for Earnings Inequality in a Diverse Workforce," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Quarter 2, 1997.

"Macro- and Microeconomic Consequences of Wage Rigidity," published in The Human Resources Management Handbook, JAI Press, edited by David Lewin, Daniel J.B. Mitchell, and Mahmood A. Zaidi, 1997.

"Earnings, Education, and Experience," (with Peter Rupert, Eric Severance-Lossin, and Erin Turner), Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Quarter 4, 1996.

"The 1995 State Employment Picture: Slowing to Recession?" (with Kristin Roberts) Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, March 15, 1996.

"Another Look at Part-time Employment," (with Max Dupuy), Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, February 1, 1995.

"Are Service-Sector Workers Mostly 'Hamburger Flippers'?" The Conference Board Economic Times, October, 1994.

"Looking Back on Slow Employment Growth," (with Kristin Roberts), Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, August 15, 1994.

"Regional Wage Convergence and Divergence: Adjusting Wages for Cost-of-Living Differences," (with Randall Eberts), Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Quarter 2, 1994.

"Are Service-Sector Jobs Inferior?" (with Max Dupuy), Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, February 1, 1994.

"The Energy Tax: Who Pays?" (with Adam Werner), Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, May 1, 1993.

"Knowledge Matters: The Long-Run Determinants of State Income Growth" with Paul Bauer and Scott Shane