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Christopher J. Nekarda

Principal Economist Labor Markets Section Research and Statistics
202-452-3897
christopher.j.nekarda@frb.gov

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of California - San Diego, 2008
  • B.A., Economics, University of California - Berkeley, 2000
Current Research Topics
  • Labor market flows and unemployment dynamics
  • Labor market polarization
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - present
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2014 - 2015
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2009 - 2014
  • Statistical Associate Editor

    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

    2000 - 2002
  • Crump, Richard K., Christopher J. Nekarda, and Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau (2020). "Unemployment Rate Benchmarks," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2020-072. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Cortes, Guido Matias, Nir Jaimovich, Christopher J. Nekarda, and Henry E. Siu (2020). "The Dynamics of Disappearing Routine Jobs: A Flows Approach," Labour Economics, vol. 65 (August).
  • Chung, Hess, Bruce Fallick, Christopher J. Nekarda, and David Ratner. (2014) "Assessing the Change in Labor Market Conditions," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2014-109. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Chung, Hess, Christopher J. Nekarda, and David Ratner (2014). "Updating the Labor Market Conditions Index," FEDS Notes 2014-10-01. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Chung, Hess, Bruce Fallick, Christopher J. Nekarda, and David Ratner (2014). "Assessing the Change in Labor Market Conditions," FEDS Notes 2014-05-22. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Cajner, Tomaz, Dennis Mawhirter, Christopher J. Nekarda, and David Ratner (2014). "Why is Involuntary Part-Time Work Elevated?" FEDS Notes 2014-04-14. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Nekarda, Christopher J., and Valerie A. Ramey (2013). "The Cyclical Behavior of the Price-Cost Markup," NBER Working Papers 19099. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  • Barnichon, Regis, and Christopher J. Nekarda (2012). "The Ins and Outs of Forecasting Unemployment: Using Labor Force Flows to Forecast the Labor Market," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall, pp. 83-117.
  • Nekarda, Christopher J., and Valerie A. Ramey (2011). "Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 36-59.
  • Nekarda, Christopher J. (2008). "Measuring U.S. Labor Market Dynamics," Ph.D. dissertation, University of California-San Diego.
  • Fujita, Shigeru, Christopher J. Nekarda, and Garey Ramey (2007). "The Cyclicality of Worker Flows: New Evidence from the SIPP," Working Papers 07-5. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Awards
  • 2014

    Federal Reserve Board

    Special Achievement Award

Referee
  • American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
  • International Economic Review
  • Journal of Applied Econometrics
  • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
  • Journal of the European Economic Association
  • Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
  • Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • Review of Economics and Statistics
  • and various other journals
Professional Affiliation
  • Member, American Economic Association
Last update: September 14, 2020