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Mike Zabek

Senior Economist Consumer and Community Research Section Consumer and Community Affairs
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2018
  • M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, 2013
  • B.A., Mathematics and Economics, Kenyon College, 2008
Current Research Topics
  • Economic Inequality
  • Household Finance
  • Senior Economist

    Federal Reserve Board

    2021 - present
  • Economist

    Federal Reserve Board

    2018 - 2021
  • Senior Research Assistant

    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

    2009 - 2010
  • Research Assistant

    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

    2008 - 2009
  • Women’s Labor Force Exits During COVID-19: Differences by Motherhood, Race, and Ethnicity
    Katherine Lim and Mike Zabek
    Journal of Family and Economic Issues (Forthcoming)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-023-09916-w
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2023)
  • Personal Tax Changes and Financial Well-being: Evidence from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
    Christine L. Dobridge, Joanne Hsu, and Mike Zabek
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.029
  • Local Ties in Spatial Equilibrium
    Mike Zabek
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20210326
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • What makes a job better? Survey evidence from job changers
    Katherine Lim and Mike Zabek
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.004
  • Women's Labor Force Exits during COVID-19: Differences by Motherhood, Race, and Ethnicity
    Katherine Lim and Mike Zabek
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.067r1
  • Women's Labor Force Exits during COVID-19: Differences by Motherhood, Race, and Ethnicity
    Katherine Lim and Mike Zabek
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.067
  • Household Finances Under COVID-19: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
    Mike Zabek and Jeff Larrimore
    Consumer & Community Context (2020)
  • Parental Proximity and Earnings after Job Displacements
    Pawel Krolikowski, Mike Zabek, and Patrick Coate
    Labour Economics (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101877
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Local Ties in Spatial Equilibrium
    Mike Zabek
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2019.080
  • Essays on Places and Economic Inequality
    Mike Zabek
    Dissertations (University of Michigan) (2018)
  • Parental Proximity and Earnings after Job Displacements
    Patrick Coate, Pawel Krolikowski, and Mike Zabek
    Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.26509/frbc-wp-201722
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Housing Inequality
    David Albouy and Mike Zabek
    NBER Working Paper Series (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w21916
  • The 2009 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
    Kevin Foster, Erik Meijer, Scott Schuh, and Michael A. Zabek
    Public Policy Discussion Papers (2011)
  • The 2008 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
    Kevin Foster, Erik Meijer, Scott Schuh, and Michael A. Zabek
    Public Policy Discussion Papers (2010)
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Last Update: May 28, 2024