Meet the Economists
Tomaz Cajner
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012
Current Research Topics
- Labor Force Participation Rate
- Nontraditional (Big) Data and Economic Measurement
Group Manager
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - presentPrincipal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2018 - 2019Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - 2018Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2012 - 2015
- Lessons Learned from the U.S. Economic Policy Response to COVID-19
Tomaz Cajner, Laura Feiveson, Christopher Kurz, and Stacey Tevlin
Recession Remedies (2022) - Are Manufacturing Jobs Still Good Jobs? An Exploration of the Manufacturing Wage Premium
Kimberly Bayard, Tomaz Cajner, Vivi Gregorich, and Maria D. Tito
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2022)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2022.011 - Improving the Accuracy of Economic Measurement with Multiple Data Sources: The Case of Payroll Employment Data
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth (2022)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2019) - The Long-Lived Cyclicality of the Labor Force Participation Rate
Tomaz Cajner, John Coglianese, and Joshua Montes
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.047 - Reconciling Unemployment Claims with Job Losses in the First Months of the COVID-19 Crisis
Tomaz Cajner, Andrew Figura, Brendan M. Price, David Ratner, and Alison Weingarden
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.055 - Tracking Labor Market Developments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Assessment
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.030 - The US Labor Market during the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, John Grigsby, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Erik Hurst, Christopher Kurz, and Ahu Yildirmaz
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1353/eca.2020.0005 - Tracking the Labor Market with "Big Data"
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
FEDS Notes (2019)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2441 - Using Payroll Processor Microdata to Measure Aggregate Labor Market Activity
Tomaz Cajner, Leland Crane, Ryan Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Christopher Kurz, and Tyler Radler
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2018)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2018.005 - Human Capital and Unemployment Dynamics: Why More Educated Workers Enjoy Greater Employment Stability
Isabel Cairó and Tomaz Cajner
Economic Journal (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12441
See also » FRB Working Paper (2014) - Racial Gaps in Labor Market Outcomes in the Last Four Decades and over the Business Cycle
Tomaz Cajner, Tyler Radler, David Ratner, and Ivan Vidangos
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2017)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2017.071 - A Cautionary Note on the Help Wanted Online Data
Tomaz Cajner and David D. Ratner
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1795 - The Recent Decline in Long-Term Unemployment
Tomaz Cajner and David Ratner
FEDS Notes (2014)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0024 - Why is Involuntary Part-Time Work Elevated?
Tomaz Cajner, Dennis Mawhirter, Christopher J. Nekarda, and David Ratner
FEDS Notes (2014)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0014 - Labor Force Participation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
Stephanie Aaronson, Tomaz Cajner, Bruce Fallick, Felix Galbis-Reig, Christopher Smith, and William Wascher
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2014)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2014)
Last update:
September 19, 2022