Daniel Aaronson

Senior Vice President and Associate Director of Research

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Daniel Aaronson

About

Daniel Aaronson is senior vice president and associate director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Prior to his current position, he led the Bank’s applied microeconomics group.

Aaronson’s research has primarily been in labor economics and economic history. It has been published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Political EconomyAmerican Economic ReviewJournal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic JournalReview of Economics and StatisticsEconomic Journal, and Journal of Labor Economics, and has also been featured in Chicago Fed publications, including Economic Perspectives and Chicago Fed Letter.

Aaronson joined the Chicago Fed in 1996 after obtaining his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University. He received his B.A. from Washington University in St Louis. He has taught microeconomics as an adjunct professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management since 2009.

Bank Publications

Chicago Fed Insights

Daniel Aaronson, Helen Burkhardt, Jason Faberman | 2020 | April
Daniel Aaronson, Helen Burkhardt, Jason Faberman | 2020 | April

Chicago Fed Letter

Daniel Aaronson, Riley Lewers, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2021 | No. 455 | April Download
Daniel Aaronson, Luojia Hu, Aastha Rajan | 2021 | No. 450 | January Download
Daniel Aaronson, Scott A. Brave, R. Andrew Butters, Michael Fogarty | 2020 | No. 436 | May Download
Daniel Aaronson, Luojia Hu, Aastha Rajan | 2020 | No. 435 | April Download
Daniel Aaronson, Luojia Hu, Aastha Rajan | 2019 | No. 421 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Brian J. Phelan | 2019 | No. 413 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Scott A. Brave, David Kelley | 2016 | No. 359 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Luojia Hu, Arian Seifoddini, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2015 | No. 338 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Andrew Jordan | 2014 | No. 327 | October Download
Daniel Aaronson, Darren Lubotsky | 2014 | No. 323 | June Download
Daniel Aaronson, Eric French | 2013 | No. 313 | August Download
Daniel Aaronson, Scott A. Brave | 2013 | No. 312 | July Download
Daniel Aaronson, Jonathan Davis, Luojia Hu | 2012 | No. 296 | March Download
Daniel Aaronson, Jonathan Davis | 2011 | No. 290 | September Download
Daniel Aaronson, Scott A. Brave | 2009 | No. 263 | June Download
Daniel Aaronson, Katherine Meckel | 2008 | No. 254 | September Download
Daniel Aaronson, Kyung H. Park, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2007 | No. 234 | January Download
Daniel Aaronson | 2004 | No. 206 | September Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2003 | No. 189 | May Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2002 | No. 174 | February Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2001 | No. 165 | May Download
Daniel Aaronson, Eric French | 2000 | No. 156 | August Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 1998 | No. 136 | December Download

Economic Perspectives

Daniel Aaronson, Luojia Hu, Arian Seifoddini, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2014 | Vol. 38 | 4th Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Bhash Mazumder, Shani Schechter | 2010 | Vol. 34 | No. 2 | 2nd Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Katherine Meckel | 2009 | Vol. 33 | 4th Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Kyung H. Park, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2006 | Vol. 30 | No. 1 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Ellen Rissman, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2004 | Vol. 28 | No. 2 | May | 2nd Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Ellen Rissman, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2004 | Vol. 28 | No. 2 | May | 2nd Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2001 | Vol. 25 | No. 4 | November | 4th Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2000 | Vol. 24 | No. 2 | May | 2nd Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Kenneth Housinger | 1999 | Vol. 23 | No. 2 | May | 2nd Quarter Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 1998 | Vol. 22 | No. 1 | March Download

Policy Brief

Daniel Aaronson, Bhash Mazumder, Daniel Hartley | 2022 | February

Working papers

Working Papers

Daniel Aaronson, Mark Borgschulte, Sunny Liu, Bhash Mazumder | 2024 | No. 2024-06 | March Download
Daniel Aaronson, Joel Kaiyuan Han, Daniel Hartley, Bhash Mazumder | 2023 | No. 2023-33 | September Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel Hartley, Bhash Mazumder, Martha Stinson | 2022 | No. 2022-13 | April Download
Scott A. Brave, Michael Fogarty, Daniel Aaronson, Ezra Karger, Spencer Krane | 2021 | No. 2021-05 | March Download
Daniel Aaronson, Jacob Faber , Daniel Hartley, Bhash Mazumder, Patrick Sharkey | 2020 | No. 2020-33 | December Download
Daniel Aaronson, Brian J. Phelan | 2020 | No. 2020-16 | July Download
Daniel Aaronson, Scott A. Brave, R. Andrew Butters, Daniel Sacks, Boyoung Seo | 2020 | No. 2020-10 | April Download
Daniel Aaronson, Rajeev Dehejia, Andrew Jordan, Cristian Pop-Eleches, Cyrus Samii, Karl Schulze | 2017 | No. 2017-14 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel Hartley, Bhash Mazumder | 2017 | No. 2017-12 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Brian J. Phelan | 2017 | No. 2017-03 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Eric French, Isaac Sorkin | 2013 | No. 2013-26 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Fabian Lange, Bhash Mazumder | 2011 | No. 2011-09 | November Download
Daniel Aaronson, Bhash Mazumder | 2009 | No. 2009-26 | December Download
Daniel Aaronson, Sumit Agarwal, Eric French | 2007 | No. 2007-23 | November Download
Daniel Aaronson, Bhash Mazumder | 2005 | No. 2005-12 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Eric French, James MacDonald | 2004 | No. 2004-21 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Eric French | 2003 | No. 2003-17 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Lisa Barrow, William Sander | 2002 | No. 2002-28 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Raphael Bostic, Paul Huck, Robert Townsend | 2000 | No. 2000-28 Download
Daniel Aaronson, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2000 | No. 2000-27 Download
Daniel Aaronson, James MacDonald | 2000 | No. 2000-20 Download
Daniel Aaronson | 1999 | No. 1999-23 Download
Daniel Aaronson | 1997 | No. 1997-03 Download

Selected External Publications

Selected Journal Articles

With Brian Phelan, forthcoming, Economic Journal.

“Wage Shocks and the Technological Substitution of Low-Wage Jobs”

With Eric French, Isaac Sorkin, and Ted To, 2017, International Economic Review, forthcoming.

“Industry Dynamics and the Minimum Wage: A Putty-Clay Approach,"

With Fabian Lange andBhashkar Mazumder, 2014, American Economic Review, Vol. 104, No. 11, November, pp. 3701-3724.
*Winner of the 2014 IPUMS Research Award.

“Fertility Transitions along the Extensive and Intensive Margins”

With Sumit Agarwal and Eric French, 2012, American Economic Review, Vol. 102, No. 7, December, pp. 3111-3139 (lead article). “The Spending and Debt Response to Minimum Wage Hikes”

With Bhashkar Mazumder, 2011, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 119,  No. 5, October, pp. 821-888 (lead article).

“The Effect of Rosenwald Schools on Black Achievement”

Presentations and Other Resources

Chicago Fed Letter No. 435

Publication

Supplemental Information

Appendix

Chicago Fed Letter No. 338

Publication

Supplemental Information

Appendix

Chicago Fed Letter No. 313
Presentation

Wages

July 15, 2015

Contributions to Vox Blog

With Rajeev Dehejia, Andrew Jordan, Cristian Pop-Eleches , Cyrus Samii, and Karl Schulze, 2017, "The effect of fertility on mothers’ labour supply over the last two centuries," September 15.

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