Welcome!

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

My interests are at the intersection of economic history and modern labor and urban economics. World War II and the subsequent decades profoundly shaped the world we live in today.

One strand of my research focuses on the effect of black migration from the rural South from 1940 onward on receiving areas in the North. I document a white flight response from central cities, and argue that, in part, relocating to the suburbs reflected a desire for political distance from the policies and school districts in diverse central cities.

I am also working on projects concerning the economic cost of residential segregation, internal migration in the United States in the 1930s, and the link between education and economic growth.

To be in touch, please send me an email here.