Economic Insights — The author of this issue's article about how state policies in response to COVID-19 affected unemployment tells us how he became interested in economics.
Economist and economic advisor Ryan Michaels has long been interested in labor markets. In this Q&A, he talks about what led him from small-city Indiana to the Philadelphia Fed, and what he's done to improve models of the labor market.
This article appeared in the First Quarter 2021 edition of Economic Insights. Download and read the full issue.
