Christina Patterson
Assistant Professor of Economics and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow
Why Big US Employers Tend to Pay the Same Regardless of Location
The rise of remote work could lead to even more such national wage setting.
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Biography
Christina Patterson studies macroeconomics and labor economics, with a focus on how inequality across workers and firms can affect the economy’s response to shocks. Her research has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, AEJ: Macroeconomics, and European Economic Review.
Additionally, she serves as a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to joining Booth, Patterson was a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University.
Patterson earned a PhD in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and holds a BA in mathematics and economics from Columbia University. Prior to entering academia, Patterson spent time as a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
2023 - 2024 Course Schedule
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The Best Way to Prepare for a Recession? Help Vulnerable Workers
How policy makers can target relief efforts to minimize recession ripple effects
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How Rate Hikes Can Exacerbate Labor-Market Inequality
Swedish monetary-policy tightening had an uneven effect on employment.
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