Professional Experience

• • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 2000 - present

Publications

• Barnichon, Regis, and Andrew Figura (2011). "What Drives Matching Efficiency?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-10. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2011). "Have Cyclical Movements in the Unemployment Rate Become More Persistent?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-33. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Aaronson, Stephanie, and Andrew Figura (2010). "How Biased are Measures of Cyclical Movements in Productivity and Hours?" Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 539-558.
• Barnichon, Regis, and Andrew Figura (2010). "What Drives Movements in the Unemployment Rate? a Decomposition of the Beveridge Curve," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2010-48. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew, and William Wascher (2010). "The Causes and Consequences of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence from the Early Twenty-First Century," Business Economics, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 49-68.
• Figura, Andrew (2009). "Explaining Cyclical Movements in Employment: Creative-Destruction Or Changes in Utilization?" Labour Economics, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 429-439.
• Figura, Andrew, and William Wascher (2008). "The Causes and Consequences of Economic Restructuring: Evidence from the Early 21st Century," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2008-41. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Aaronson, Stephanie, Bruce Fallick, Andrew Figura, Jonathan Pingle, and William Wascher (2006). "The Recent Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate and its Implications for Potential Labor Supply," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1, pp. 69-134.
• Figura, Andrew (2006). "Explaining Cyclical Movements in Employment: Creative Destruction Or Changes in Utilization," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-23. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2006). "Explaining Cyclical Movements in Employment: Creative-Destruction Or Changes in Utilization?" Working Papers 6-25. U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies.
• Figura, Andrew (2006). "Why are Plant Deaths Countercyclical: Reallocation Timing Or Fragility?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-31. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2006). "Why are Plant Deaths Countercyclical: Reallocation Timing Or Fragility?" Working papers 6-24. U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies.
• Aaronson, Stephanie, and Andrew Figura (2005). "How Biased are Measures of Cyclical Movements in Productivity and Hours?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-38. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2004). "Workweek Flexibility and Hours Variation," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2004-59. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2003). "The Effect of Restructuring on Unemployment," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2003-56. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2002). "Is Reallocation Related to the Cycle? A Look at Permanent and Temporary Job Flows," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2002-16. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Figura, Andrew (2002). "The Cyclical Behavior of Short-Term and Long-Term Job Flows," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2002-12. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

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