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David Cho

Senior Economist Household and Business Spending Section Research and Statistics
202-785-6023
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 2019
  • M.A., Economics, Princeton University, 2016
  • B.S., Business Administration, Georgetown University, 2006
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2022 - present
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2019 - 2022
  • Economist

    Council of Economic Advisers

    2012 - 2013
  • Staff Economist

    Council of Economic Advisers

    2011 - 2012
  • Associate

    Morgan Stanley

    2008 - 2011
  • Senior Research Assistant

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2007 - 2008
  • Research Assistant

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2006 - 2007
  • Choices and Implications when Measuring the Local Supply of Prescription Opioids
    AnneMarie Bryson, David Cho, Daniel Garcia, Alvaro Mezza, and and Joshua Montes
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2022.078
  • Excess Savings during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Aditya Aladangady, David Cho, Laura Feiveson, and Eugenio Pinto
    FEDS Notes (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3223
  • An evaluation of the Paycheck Protection Program using administrative payroll microdata
    David Autor, David Cho, Leland D. Crane, Mita Goldar, Byron Lutz, Joshua Montes, William B. Peterman, David Ratner, Daniel Villar, and Ahu Yildirmaz
    Journal of Public Economics (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104664
  • Rent Sharing within Firms
    David Cho and Alan B. Krueger
    Journal of Labor Economics (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1086/718713
  • The $800 Billion Paycheck Protection Program: Where Did the Money Go and Why Did It Go There?
    David Autor, David Cho, Leland D. Crane, Mita Goldar, Byron Lutz, Joshua Montes, William B. Peterman, David Ratner, Daniel Villar, and Ahu Yildirmaz
    Journal of Economic Perspectives (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.36.2.55
  • Labor Market Effects of the Oxycodone-Heroin Epidemic
    David Cho, Daniel I. Garcia, Joshua Montes, and Alison Weingarden
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.025
  • Are the Long-Term Unemployed on the Margins of the Labor Market?
    Alan B. Krueger, Judd Cramer, and David Cho
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2014)
    https://doi.org/10.1353/eca.2014.0004
Referee
  • American Economic Review: Insights
  • Journal of Labor Economics
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Journal of Urban Economics
  • Review of Finance
  • Labour Economics
  • ILR Review
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Last Update: November 21, 2025