Meet the Economists
Christopher L. Smith
Principal Economist
Labor Markets Section
Research and Statistics
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
- B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 2003
Current Research Topics
- Labor force participation
- Migration
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - presentSenior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2013 - 2015Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2008 - 2013
- The Economics of Internal Migration: Advances and Policy Questions
Ning Jia, Raven Molloy, Christopher Smith, and Abigail Wozniak
Journal of Economic Literature (Forthcoming)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2022) - The Economics of Internal Migration: Advances and Policy Questions
Ning Jia, Raven Molloy, Christopher Smith, and Abigail Wozniak
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2022)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2022.003 - Caregiving for children and parental labor force participation during the pandemic
Joshua Montes, Christopher Smith, and Isabel Leigh
FEDS Notes (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3013 - Changing Stability in U.S. Employment Relationships: A Tale of Two Tails
Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, and Abigail Wozniak
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.017 - Moving Out to Move Up: Who Leaves and Where Do They Go?
Raven Molloy, A. Spencer Perry, and Christopher L. Smith
Pathways (2019) - Job Changing and the Decline in Long-Distance Migration in the United States
Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, and Abigail Wozniak
Demography (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0551-9 - Understanding Declining Fluidity in the U.S. Labor Market
Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, Riccardo Trezzi, and Abigail Wozniak
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2016)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2016) - The Contribution of the Minimum Wage to US Wage Inequality over Three Decades: A Reassessment
David H. Autor, Alan Manning, and Christopher L. Smith
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140073
See also » FRB Working Paper (2010) - The Effect of Labor Slack on Wages: Evidence from State-Level Relationships
Christopher L. Smith
FEDS Notes (2014)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0021 - Using Cross-State Variation to Assess the Potential for Additional Improvement in Measures of Labor Market Conditions
Christopher L. Smith
FEDS Notes (2014)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0020 - Labor Force Participation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
Stephanie Aaronson, Tomaz Cajner, Bruce Fallick, Felix Galbis-Reig, Christopher Smith, and William Wascher
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2014)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2014) - The Dynamics of Labor Market Polarization
Christopher L. Smith
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2013)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2013.57 - Declining Migration Within the US: The Role of the Labor Market
Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, and Abigail Wozniak
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2013)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2013.27 - The Impact of Low-Skilled Immigration on the Youth Labor Market
Christopher L. Smith
Journal of Labor Economics (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1086/662073
See also » FRB Working Paper (2010) - Polarization, Immigration, Education: What's Behind the Dramatic Decline in Youth Employment?
Christopher L. Smith
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2011)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2011.41 - Internal Migration in the United States
Raven Saks Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, and Abigail Wozniak
Journal of Economic Perspectives (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.25.3.173
See also » FRB Working Paper (2011)
Referee
- Quarterly Journal of Economics
- American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
- Journal of Labor Economics
- Labour Economics
- Industrial and Labor Relations Review
- Journal of Human Resources
- Journal of Urban Economics
- Economic Journal
- Economics of Education Review
- Regional Science and Urban Economics
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- Canadian Journal of Economics
- Demography
- Journal of Forecasting
- Journal of Development Economics
Last update:
October 3, 2022