Research Assistant
New York, Ny, Us
As a Research Assistant to David Howell, I was involved in a series of labor market studies addressing the impact of unemployment benefits on work incentives, the relationship between economic growth and employment, and how institutions and policies shape the low-pay sector in OECD countries, just to name a few. Throughout these projects, my contribution heavily centered around the quantitative labor market analysis using survey data, and the development of policy indicators. Specifically, I have made contributions to the following publications and projects: "From economic growth to decent jobs and middle-class prosperity? Post-1979 U.S. employment performance in international perspective" 18-month research project funded by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and the Russel Sage Foundation. 2014. David Howell, Bert Azizoglu and Anna Okatenko, "A 'Living Wage'? Minimum Wage Policy and Employment in the US and France", 2014, in Daphne Greenwood and Ric Holt, eds., A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation (M.E. Sharpe).David Howell, "The Great Laissez-Faire Experiment: American Inequality and Growth from an International Perspective," Center for American Progress, December 2013. David Howell, Bert Azizoglu and Anna Okatenko, "Confronting Low Pay: Minimum Wage Policy and Employment in the U.S. and France," Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Revised October 31, 2012.David Howell and Bert Azizoglu "Unemployment Benefits and Work Incentives: The U.S. Labor Market in the Great Recession," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer 2011.