Meet the Researchers
Erin Troland
Principal Economist
Consumer and Community Research Section
Consumer and Community Affairs
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, UC San Diego, 2015
- M.A., Economics, UC San Diego, 2010
- B.A., Foreign Language and International Economics, University of Kentucky, 2008
Current Research Topics
- Economic Inequality
- Education finance and property assessment, energy transition and household finance, economic well-being of renters
Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2020 - presentEconomist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - 2020Economist
US Department of Treasury
2015 - 2018
- The Canary in the Coal Decline: Appalachian Household Finance and the Transition from Fossil Fuels
Joshua Blonz, Brigitte Roth Tran, and Erin Troland
Journal of Financial Economics (Forthcoming) - Targeted Relief: Geography of Emergency Rental Assistance Funds
Theodore F. Figinski, Sydney Keenan, Richard Sweeney, and Erin Troland
National Tax Journal (Forthcoming)
https://doi.org/10.1086/735564 - Place-Based Labor Market Inequality
Douglas Webber, Isabella Agnes, Jessica Liu, and Erin Troland
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.040 - Suitability of a County-Level Income Definition for Analysis of Lower-Income Communities
Erin Troland, Isabella Agnes, Ellie Dries, Jessica Liu, Zofsha Merchant, Fatimah Shaalan, Michelle Tran, Anna Tranfaglia, and Douglas Webber
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.039 - Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country
Theodore Figinski and Erin Troland
American Journal of Health Economics (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1086/728094
See also » FRB Working Paper (2020) - The Hidden Costs of Disability
Zofsha Merchant, Erin Troland, and Douglas Webber
FEDS Notes (2025)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3686 - Targeted Relief: Geography and Timing of Emergency Rental Assistance
Theodore F. Figinski, Sydney Keenan, Richard Sweeney, and Erin Troland
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.055 - The Role of Property Assessment Oversight in School Finance Inequality
Alex Combs, John Foster, and Erin Troland
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2023)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2023.024 - Did the Pandemic Change Who Became Behind on Rent? Characteristics of Renters Behind on Rent Before and After the Pandemic Onset
Zofsha Merchant and Erin Troland
FEDS Notes (2023)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3292 - The Canary in the Coal Decline: Appalachian Household Finance and the Transition from Fossil Fuels
Josh Blonz, Brigitte Roth Tran, and Erin E. Troland
NBER Working Paper Series (2023)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w31072 - Bringing Health Care to Appalachia: The Long-Run Impact of a Rural Health Care System
Theodore F. Figinski and Erin Troland
Economic Development Quarterly (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1177/08912424211056685 - Improving Housing Payment Projections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jeff Larrimore and Erin Troland
FEDS Notes (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2772 - Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country
Theodore F. Figinski and Erin Troland
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.033 - Does Getting Health Insurance Affect Women’s Fertility? Evidence from the United Mine Workers’ Health Insurance
Erin Troland and Theodore F. Figinski
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20191094 - Modest, Secure and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter, Jacob N. Shapiro, and Erin Troland
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.3.512
Last Update:
November 21, 2025