Sam Schulhofer-Wohl is an American economist who is senior vice president and senior advisor to the president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.[1] He was previously Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Policy at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Research Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis,[2] and an economics professor at Princeton University.[3][4]
Samuel Aryeh Schulhofer-Wohl | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Chicago, (PhD) Swarthmore College, (BA) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | macroeconomics, applied econometrics |
| Institutions | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Princeton University Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
Life and education
editRaised in Philadelphia and Chicago, Schulhofer-Wohl studied physics and economics at Swarthmore College while preparing for a career as a journalist.[5] He spent four years working as a copy editor and reporter at The Journal-Standard, the Birmingham Post-Herald, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, before returning to Chicago for a PhD in economics at the University of Chicago.[6]
Research
editSchulhofer-Wohl's research focuses on applied econometrics, monetary policy, and macroeconomics.[2][7] With Miguel Garrido, he showed that the 2007 closure of The Cincinnati Post affected voter turnout and the re-election chances for incumbents.[3][8] With Greg Kaplan, he has studied the decline in migration among American workers.[9][10]
Selected works
edit- Yang, Yang, Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Wenjiang J. Fu, and Kenneth C. Land. "The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: what it is and how to use it." American Journal of Sociology 113, no. 6 (2008): 1697–1736.
- Kaplan, Greg, and Sam Schulhofer‐Wohl. "Understanding the long‐run decline in interstate migration." International Economic Review 58, no. 1 (2017): 57–94.
- Kaplan, Greg, and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl. "Interstate migration has fallen less than you think: Consequences of hot deck imputation in the Current Population Survey." Demography 49, no. 3 (2012): 1061–1074.
- Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam, and Miguel Garrido. "Do newspapers matter? Short-run and long-run evidence from the closure of The Cincinnati Post." Journal of Media Economics 26, no. 2 (2013): 60–81.
- Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam. "Heterogeneity and tests of risk sharing." Journal of Political Economy 119, no. 5 (2011): 925–958.
- Hall, Robert E., and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl. "Measuring job-finding rates and matching efficiency with heterogeneous job-seekers." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 10, no. 1 (2018): 1-32.
References
edit- ^ "Samuel Schulhofer-Wohl, Dallas Fed". www.dallasfed.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ a b Saphir, Ann (2016-09-10). "Minneapolis Fed seeks new research chief after Schulhofer-Wohl leaves". Reuters (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.[dead link]
- ^ a b Robertson, Laura (16 September 2009). "When Papers Die: Princeton economist and ex-journalist Sam Schulhofer-Wohl examines the fallout: dangers to democracy". Style Weekly. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Names New Research Director | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis". www.minneapolisfed.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ Ryan, Barbara Haddad (June 2000). "The New Swarthmore Journalists: From the newsroom to the Internet, young Swarthmoreans are making their mark in the media" (PDF). Swarthmore College Bulletin.
- ^ "College Corner: Gazette Founder Sam Schulhofer-Wohl '98 - The Phoenix". 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Sam Schulhofer-Wohl". IGC. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Paper Trail | On the Media". WNYC Studios. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "American workers find less incentive to relocate". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ Lowrey, Annie (2013-12-10). "Why Are Americans Staying Put? (Published 2013)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-15.