I serve as an economist and the lead demographer for the Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. I'm also a PhD student in statistical science at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Data Science at the University of Maryland, College Park and an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute.
I have extensive knowledge and expertise working with federal data and applied statistical methods.
- 📊 Applied statistics, econometrics, and data science
- 📈 Economic data
- 💸 Finance and banking
- 🏙️ Demography and urban development
- Extracting, manipulating, and analyzing numerous public and private datasets (see below).
- Applying econometric and quasi-experimental methods.
- Time series modelling, forecasting, and seasonal adjustment.
- Population estimation and projections.
- Statistics on race, ethnicity, and migration.
- Using data science methods to examine big data and validate statistical models.
- Manipulating, tabulating, and estimating variance for survey data from a variety of survey designs.
- Writing and publishing research in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and policy brief series and presenting research at professional conferences.
- Developing official population estimates for statewide labor force statistics in the Monthly Labor Review w/ Sean B. Wilson
- Small area population estimates for labor force statistics in Journal of Population Research (ungated as OSMR WP-571)
- Social capital and survey response rates in CHANCE w/ Ujjayini Das
- Examining the economics behind interpersonal trust and growth in KYKLOS w/ Alex Nowrasteh
- Evaluating the impact of a unique refugee shock on Jordanian economic development in The World Bank Economic Review w/ Alex Nowrasteh
All views expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Labor, or the United States.