Economist
CurrentPublished a series of short reports for a general audience on trends in entrepreneurship • Used Stata and data from the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey to identify trends and their causes and to create figures illustrating them• Research from the series has been cited in the media and in testimony for both the United States Senate and House of Representatives Drafted questions on regulations for the Annual Survey of EntrepreneursSupervised contractors performing research on topics related to small businesses, including entrepreneurship in low-income areas and the effects of increased imports from China• Developed project management plans; carefully reviewed deliverables; solicited feedback from experts and stakeholders; resolved conflicts related to design and interpretation• All contracts produced publication-quality research products and concluded on scheduleDetailed to the Office of Economic Policy at the Treasury Department• Provided guidance on the analysis of regulatory impacts• Used Stata and the Business Employment Dynamics data series from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to develop thematic maps illustrating geographic variation in business dynamics for inclusion in memoranda to the Secretary of the Treasury