Regular biography
Lars Vilhuber is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. His research interests include the dynamics of the labor market, with a focus on analyzing the effects and causes of mass layoffs, worker mobility, and the interaction between housing and local labor markets. He is also affiliated with the ILR School at Cornell University, where he serves as Executive Director of the Labor Dynamics Institute. His work involves statistical disclosure limitation issues and data access, with expertise in creating and maintaining data systems for reproducibility and transparency. He has contributed to several journals and publications, including the American Economic Association's Data Editor reports and the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality.
Scholar-generated biography
Lars Vilhuber is a labor economist at Cornell University whose research focuses on the intersection of labor market dynamics, statistical disclosure limitation, and data privacy. His work explores the impact of coding errors, procedural justice, and differential privacy on economic statistics and workforce indicators. Vilhuber has contributed to the development of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators and the LEHD infrastructure files, emphasizing reproducibility and replicability in economic research. His studies also examine the effects of mass layoffs, firm closures, and employer characteristics on worker outcomes, particularly for displaced workers and low-earning individuals.