Research Associates
The Economic Research Department seeks talented individuals with strong backgrounds in economics, statistics, and mathematics for Research Associate (RA) positions. These are excellent positions for someone who is passionate about research and considering a Ph.D. in economics. As an RA, you can develop technical skills, such as programming and working in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment. In addition, you are exposed to a broad range of topics, such as monetary policy, labor economics, and international trade. At the Kansas City Fed, RAs are matched to economists based on interest and skill sets, which provides opportunities for RAs to work closely with Ph.D. economists and get invaluable research experience. Most RAs stay with the department for two to three years, at which point many return to graduate school or pursue other opportunities.
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Meet Our Current Research Associates
Co-Authored Publications
Research Associates' names are in bold.
Economic Review articles
- Tuzemen, Didem, Deepak Venkatasubramanian. 2023. A Strong Labor Market Has Narrowed Gaps in Participation and Employment between Black and White Non-College Men, Vol. 9, no. 1.
- Matschke, Johannes, Alice von Ende-Becker, and Sai A. Sattiraju. 2023. Capital Flows and Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets around Fed Tightening Cycles, Vol. 108, no. 4.
- Marsh, W. Blake, and Brendan Laliberte. 2023. The Implications of Unrealized Losses for Banks, Vol. 108, no. 2.
- Doh, Taeyoung and Luca Van der Meer. 2023. The Employment Effect of an Increase in the National Minimum Wage: Review of International Evidence, Vol. 108, no. 2.
- Brown, Jason, and Colton Tousey. 2023. The Shifting Expectations for Work from Home, Vol. 108, no. 2.
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río, and Alice von Ende-Becker. 2023. How Much Have Record Corporate Profits Contributed to Recent Inflation? Vol. 108, no. 1.
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río, and Emily Pollard. 2022. Lifetime Earnings Differences across Black and White Individuals: Years Worked Matter, Vol. 108, no. 1.
- Howes, Cooper, Alice von Ende Becker. 2022. Monetary Policy and Intangible Investment, Vol. 107, no. 2.
- Brown, Jason, Colton Tousey. 2021. How the Pandemic Influenced Trends in Domestic Migration across U.S. Urban Areas, Fourth Quarter 2021.
- Nie, Jun, Alice von Ende-Becker, and Shu-Kuei X. Yang. 2021. How Did the 2018–19 U.S. Tariff Hikes Influence Household Spending? Fourth Quarter 2021.
- Brown, Jason, and Colton Tousey. 2020. Population Turnover and the Growth of Urban Areas, First Quarter 2020.
- Mustre-del-Río, José, and Emily Pollard. 2019. What Explains Lifetime Earnings Differences Across Individuals? First Quarter 2019.
- Bundick, Brent, and Emily Pollard. 2019. The Rise and Fall of College Tuition Inflation, First Quarter 2019.
Research Working Papers
- Brown, Jason, and Colton Tousey. 2020. Death of Coal and Breath of Life: The Effect of Power Plant Closure on Local Air Quality, RWP 20-15.
- Brown, Jason, and Colton Tousey. 2019. Rising Market Concentration and the Decline of Food Price Shock Pass-Through to Core Inflation, RWP 19-02.
Economic Bulletins
- Matschke, Johannes and Alice von Ende-Becker. 2024. Current Monetary Policy May Be Less Restrictive Than It Seems
- Tuzemen, Didem, Emily Pollard. 2024. Foreign-Born Women Have Driven the Recent Increase in Prime-Age Women in the Labor Force
- Marsh, W. Blake, Padma Sharma, and Chris Acker. 2024. Bank Deposit Rates Haven’t Kept Pace with Yields on Other Investments, but Depositors Are Staying Anyway
- Bi, Huixin, W. Blake Marsh, and Phillip An. 2024. Corporate Interest Expenses Are Expected to Increase Further
- Marsh, W. Blake, Padma Sharma, and Brendan Laliberte. 2023. Community Bank Funding Is Getting Costlier and Riskier
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río and Jalen Nichols. 2023. Corporate Profits Contributed a Lot to Inflation in 2021 but Little in 2022—A Pattern Seen in Past Economic Recoveries
- Dilts Stedman, Karlye, and Emily Pollard. 2023. Why Has Monetary Policy Tightening Not Cooled the Labor Market Enough to Quell Inflation?
- Brown, Jason, and Colton Tousey. 2023. When the Music Stops: Slowing Wage Growth May Lead to More Delinquent Debt
- Bundick, Brent, A. Lee Smith, and Luca Van der Meer. 2023. A Tight Labor Market Could Keep Rent Inflation Elevated
- Mustre-del-Río, José, and Emily Pollard. 2023. The KC Fed LMCI Momentum Indicator Suggests Monetary Policy Is Beginning to Weigh on Labor Markets
- Çakır Melek, Nida, and Emily Pollard. 2022. Negative Sentiment toward Spending and Declining Real Incomes May Meaningfully Lower Consumption
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río, and Emily Pollard. 2021. KC Fed LMCI Suggests that Recent Inflation Is Not Due to the Tight Labor Market
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río, and Emily Pollard. 2021. KC Fed LMCI Implies the Labor Market Is Closer to a Full Recovery than the Unemployment Rate Alone Suggests
- Glover, Andrew, and Emily Pollard. 2020. Inflation Expectations Limit the Power of Negative Interest Rates
- Mustre-del-Río, José, and Emily Pollard. 2019. As Manufacturing Weakens, Consumers Pull Back
- Brown, Jason, David Rodziewicz, and Colton Tousey. 2019. Drilling Productivity in the United States: What Lies Beneath
- Brown, Jason, and Colton Tousey. 2018. Auto Loan Delinquency Rates Are Rising, but Mostly among Subprime Borrowers
- Mustre-del-Río, José, and Emily Pollard. 2018. Nominal Wage Rigidities and the Future Path of Wage Growth
- Bundick, Brent, Trenton Herriford, Emily Pollard, and Andrew Lee Smith. 2017. Does the Recent Decline in Household Longer-Term Inflation Expectations Signal a Loss of Confidence in the FOMC?
Technical Briefings
- Pollard, Emily. 2019. A New Approach to Industry and Occupation Recoding in the CPS, TB 19-02.
- Tousey, Colton. 2019. Federal Reserve District County Shapefiles, TB 19-01.
Featured Publications by Former RAs
- Bundick, Brent, Trenton Herriford, and A. Lee Smith. "The Term Structure of Monetary Policy Uncertainty." Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 160 (2024): 104803.
- Rodziewicz, David, Christopher J. Amante, Jacob Dice, and Eugene Wahl. "Housing market impairment from future sea-level rise inundation." Environment Systems And Decisions 42, no. 4 (2022): 637-656.
- Clark, Todd E., and Stephen J. Terry. "Time variation in the inflation passthrough of energy prices." Journal of Money, credit and Banking 42, no. 7 (2010): 1419-1433.
- Brown, Jason, Jordan Rappaport, Aaron Smalter Hall, and Maeve Maloney. 2017. How Centralized Is U.S. Metropolitan Employment?, RWP 17-16.
- Foerster, Andrew and Jason Choi. 2016. Optimal Monetary Policy Regime Switches, RWP 16-07.
- Braxton, John Carter and Edward S. Knotek II. 2014. PDFConsumer Debt Dynamics: Follow the Increasers, RWP 14-02.
- Doh, Taeyoung and Michael Connolly. 2012. PDFThe State Space Representation and Estimation of a Time-Varying Parameter VAR with Stochastic Volatility, RWP 12-04.
- Van Zandweghe, Willem and Michael Redmond. 2016. PDFThe Lasting Damage from the Financial Crisis to U.S. Productivity, First Quarter 2016.
- Nie, Jun, and Ethan Struby. 2011. PDFWould Active Labor Market Policies Help Combat High U.S. Unemployment?, Third Quarter 2011.
- Knotek II, Edward S. and Shujaat Khan. 2011. PDFHow Do Households Respond to Uncertainty Shocks?, Second Quarter 2011.