Meet the Economists
Laura J. Feiveson
Principal Economist
Household and Business Spending Section
Research and Statistics
202-452-2758
laura.j.feiveson@frb.gov
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 spending, Inequality
- Consumer behavior
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2018 - presentSenior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - 2018Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2012 - 2015
- Aladangady, Aditya, Laura Feiveson, and Andrew Paciorek (2019). "Living at Home Ain't Such a Drag (on Spending): Young Adults' Spending In and Out of Their Parents' Home," FEDS Notes 2019-02-05. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Feiveson, Laura, and John Sabelhaus (2019). "Lifecycle Patterns of Saving and Wealth Accumulation," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2019-010. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- 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:
November 20, 2019