Regular biography
Ronald Wolthoff is a Professor and Chair at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), affiliated with the Department of Economics. His research focuses on macroeconomics and labour economics. He holds a Ph.D. from VU University Amsterdam (2008), along with M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from Amsterdam. His work includes studies on search, screening, and sorting in labor markets, as well as simultaneous search and adverse selection. He has published in leading journals such as the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and the Review of Economic Studies. Wolthoff also teaches courses in macroeconomic theory at the graduate level.
Scholar-generated biography
Ronald Wolthoff is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto, specializing in Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and Search Theory. His research explores labor market dynamics, focusing on how firms and workers interact in the presence of search frictions. He investigates topics such as matching functions, search costs, and optimal trading mechanisms in competitive search markets. His work also examines the role of communication, cognitive skills, and spatial factors in labor market efficiency. Wolthoff's research contributes to understanding how policy reforms and market structures influence employment behavior and wage setting.