ALAN FINKELSTEIN SHAPIRO Tufts University Department of Economics 306 Braker Hall 8 Upper Campus Road Medford, MA 02155

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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tufts University, July 2015 – Present Visiting Scholar, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, September 2017 – June 2018 Visiting Scholar, Research Department (Development Macroeconomics), International Monetary Fund, August 2016 – Present EDUCATION Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, August 2013 M.A. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, May 2011 B.A. Economics with Distinction, magna cum laude, Boston University, May 2008 FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, International Macroeconomics PAST RELEVANT POSITIONS Visiting Scholar, Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund, April 2015 Assistant Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, July 2013 – July 2015 Consultant, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank, September 2013 – July 2014 Consultant, Labor Markets and Social Security Unit, Inter-American Development Bank, June 2012 – August 2012 PUBLICATIONS Credit Market Imperfections, Labor Markets, and Leverage Dynamics in Emerging Economies (with Andrés González Gómez) Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 78, November 2017, pp. 44-63 Financial Disruptions and the Cyclical Upgrading of Labor (with Brendan Epstein and Andrés González Gómez) Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 26, October 2017, pp. 204-224 Employment and Firm Heterogeneity, Capital Allocation, and Countercyclical Labor Market Policies (with Brendan Epstein) Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 127, July 2017, pp. 25-41

Alan Finkelstein Shapiro PUBLICATIONS (Continued) Remittances, Entrepreneurship, and Employment Dynamics over the Business Cycle (with Federico S. Mandelman) Journal of International Economics, Vol. 103, November 2016, pp. 184-199 Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Customer Markets (with David M. Arseneau, Ryan Chahrour, and Sanjay K. Chugh) Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 47, Issue 4, June 2015, pp. 617-672 Self-Employment and Business Cycle Persistence: Does the Composition of Employment Matter for Economic Recoveries? Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 46, September 2014, pp. 200-218 Institutions, Informal Labor Markets, and Business Cycle Volatility Economía (Journal of LACEA), Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall 2015, pp. 77-112 WORKING PAPERS Financial Development, Unemployment Volatility, and Sectoral Dynamics (with Brendan Epstein) Global Financial Risk, Domestic Financial Access, and Unemployment Dynamics (with Brendan Epstein and Andrés González Gómez) Labor Force Participation, Interest Rate Shocks, and Unemployment Dynamics in Emerging Economies Banking and Financial Participation Reforms, Labor Markets, and Financial Shocks (with Brendan Epstein) Monopolistically Competitive Search Equilibrium (with Sanjay K. Chugh) The Labor Wedge: A Search and Matching Perspective (with Ryan Chahrour, Sanjay K. Chugh, and Ana Lariau) Fiscal Policy and Labor Markets in Low Income Economies (with Nathalie González Prieto) Unemployment Protection for Informal Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (with Miguel Sarzosa) IDB Working Paper No. WP-385 WORK IN PROGRESS Long-Term Changes in Labor Supply and Taxes in the OECD Revisited (with Brendan Epstein, Rahul Mukherjee, and Shanthi P. Ramnath) Banking Reforms, Housing Finance, and Labor Market Dynamics in Emerging Economies (with Brendan Epstein and Andrés González Gómez) Lending Relationships and Labor Market Dynamics (with Maria Olivero) 2

Alan Finkelstein Shapiro WORK IN PROGRESS (Continued) Price Dynamics and Informal Finance in Emerging Economies (with Andrés González Gómez, Victoria Nuguer, and Jessica Roldán Peña) R2 and Informality (with Álvaro Pedraza Morales) TEACHING Tufts University Macroeconomic Theory I (graduate) Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (undergraduate) Topics in Business Cycles, Labor Markets, and Policy Universidad de los Andes Short-Run Advanced Macroeconomics (graduate) Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (undergraduate) Master’s Thesis Seminar PRESENTATIONS 2017

Center for the Study of African Economies Annual Conference (Oxford, UK), FRB Philadelphia, Drexel University, Georgetown Center for Economic Research 2017 Biennial Conference, North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, 23rd International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance, Rethinking Competitiveness, Structural Reforms, and Macro Policy (Bank of Italy, Rome), Uuniversity of Massachusetts at Lowell, IMF (Research Department), Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade Conference 2017 (discussant)

2016

Banco de México, IMF (Research Department), 12th Dynare Conference, Midwest Macro Meetings Fall 2016

2015

FRB Cleveland, Tufts University, XVIII Workshop in International Economics and Finance, Royal Economic Society, Boston College, LACEA 2015, World Bank, NEUDC 2015

2014

FRB Atlanta (March and November), Eastern Economic Association, Inter-American Development Bank, IDB-JIMF Conference, 2nd LACEA Labor Network, Banco de la República de Colombia, Midwest Macro Meetings Fall 2014, FRB Richmond

2013

Syracuse University, Federal Reserve Board, Universidad de los Andes, World Bank, Banco de la República de Colombia, NEUDC 2013, Midwest Macro Meetings Fall 2013

2012

Inter-American Development Bank

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Referee for American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Development Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics, World Bank Economic Review, Oxford Economic Papers 3

Alan Finkelstein Shapiro PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (Continued) LACEA 2015 Reviewing Committee Member TUFTS UNIVERSITY SERVICE Sungkyunkwan University and Tufts University Student Research Conference Organizing Member, February 2017 Department of Economics, International Relations Liaison, 2016-2017 Academic Year Department of Economics, Research Seminar Series, 2016-2017 Academic Year Department of Economics, Junior Recruitment Committee, 2015-2016 Academic Year AWARDS AND HONORS Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Tufts University, 2017 Neubauer Faculty Fellow, Tufts University, 2015-2016 IADB Grant Recipient for Macroprudential Policy and Labor Market Dynamics in Latin America, 2013 Roger and Alicia Betancourt Fellowship in Applied Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2013 IADB Grant Recipient for Unemployment Protection for Informal Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2011 Graduate Assistantship, University of Maryland, College Park, Fall 2008 – Fall 2012 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Student Research Award, Boston University, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007 2006 Capstone Award, College of General Studies, Boston University Dean’s List, Boston University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2006, Spring 2007 – Spring 2008 TUFTS UNIVERSITY THESIS ADVISING Master’s Thesis Committee Chair Edward Olivares III, May 2017 (Ph.D. in Economics, University of Maryland, College Park) Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advising Beatriz Nallar Gutierrez (reader), May 2016

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