The Northeast Labor Symposium for Early Career Economists (NLS-E) brings together researchers based in the Northeastern United States and beyond to discuss cutting edge work on labor markets.

 This paper examines the incomplete and endogenous take-up of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and its implications on policy. Standard models of UI focus on how benefit generosity affects unemployment duration, assuming perfect take-up…

The Northeast Labor Symposium for Early Career Economists (NLS-E) brings together researchers based in the Northeastern United States and beyond to discuss cutting edge work on labor markets.

Elena's research focuses on understanding the determinants of individual wages, consumption, and job mobility over the life cycle and aggregate employment over the business cycle, and on evaluating the impact of social insurance programs and government policies in labor and output markets.