Contact Information
raven.e.saks@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Urban Rural and Regional Economics
Labor Economics

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 2005
M.A., Economics, Harvard University, 2003
B.A., Economics, University of Virginia, 1997

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005-present

Selected Publications

• Job Creation and Housing Construction: Constraints on Metropolitan Area Employment Growth, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-49. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• ''Why is Manhattan So Expensive? Regulation and the Rise in Housing Prices'' (with Edward L. Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko), Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 48 (October 2005), pp. 331-370.
• Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up? (with Edward L. Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko). NBER Working Paper, vol. 11129. Cambridge, MA: NBER, 2005.
• Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective 1936-2005 (with Carola Frydman), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-35. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
• Labor Reallocation over the Business Cycle: New Evidence from Internal Migration (with Abigail Wozniak), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-32. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.