Regular biography
Laura Pilossoph is the Kathleen Kaylor and G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke University's Department of Economics. She is affiliated with the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. Her research interests include topics related to gender differences in job search and the earnings gap, as well as methods for approximating grouped fixed effects estimation. Pilossoph's work has been published in journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of Applied Econometrics. She earned her Ph.D. from The University of Chicago in 2013.
Scholar-generated biography
Laura Pilossoph is an economist whose research focuses on labor market dynamics, particularly the impact of policy interventions on workers, gender disparities in employment outcomes, and the effects of economic shocks on labor behavior. Her work explores topics such as job search strategies, wage determination, and the role of information asymmetry in labor markets. Pilossoph's research also examines how individuals respond to changes in employment conditions, including the effects of commuting time reduction and the implications of technological disruption on employment. Her studies often integrate both field and laboratory experiments to provide empirical insights into labor market behavior.