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Laura J. Feiveson

Economist Household and Business Spending Section Research and Statistics
202-452-2758
laura.j.feiveson@frb.gov

Education

  • Ph.D., Public Finance and Macroeconomics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
  • B.S., Mathematics and Physics, Yale University, 2002
Current Research Topics
  • Household consumption
  • State and local government finance
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - present
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2012 - 2015
  • Aladangady, Aditya, and Laura Feiveson (2018). "A Not-So-Great Recovery in Consumption: What is Holding Back Household Spending?" FEDS Notes 2018-03-08. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Aladangady, Aditya, Shifrah Aron-Dine, David Cashin, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, Katherine Richard, and Claudia Sahm (2018). "High-frequency Spending Responses to the Earned Income Tax Credit," FEDS Notes 2018-06-21. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Feiveson, Laura, Alvaro Mezza, and Kamila Sommer (2018). "Student Loan Debt and Aggregate Consumption Growth," FEDS Notes 2018-02-21. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Feiveson, Laura, and John Sabelhaus (2018). "How Does Intergenerational Wealth Transmission Affect Wealth Concentration?" FEDS Notes 2018-06-01. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Aladangady, Aditya, Shifrah Aron-Dine, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, and Claudia Sahm (2017). "The Effect of Sales-Tax Holidays on Consumer Spending ," FEDS Notes 2017-03-24. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Aladangady, Aditya, Shifrah Aron-Dine, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, and Claudia Sahm (2016). "The Effect of Hurricane Matthew on Consumer Spending," FEDS Notes 2016-12-02. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Feiveson, Laura (2015). "General Revenue Sharing and Public Sector Unions," Journal of Public Economics, vol. 125, pp. 28-45.
  • Feiveson, Laura (2013). "Comment on 'The Impact of Unions on Municipal Elections and Urban Fiscal Policies: Comment,'" Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 568-570.
  • Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel, Laura Feiveson, Zachary Liscow, and William Gui Woolston (2012). "Does State Fiscal Relief during Recessions Increase Employment? Evidence from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 118-145.
Last update: October 9, 2018