Jacob Robbins
Jacob Robbins

Assistant Professor of Economics

University of Illinois at Chicago

Jacob Robbins was a Dissertation Scholar at Equitable Growth from 2017 – 2018.

Jacob Robbins is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, specializing in inequality and macroeconomics. His research uses theory and data to understand key economic trends in the U.S. economy, such as changes in inequality, the rise of monopoly power, and secular stagnation. His research on secular stagnation was awarded the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics best paper of the year in 2020. He received a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Dartmouth College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Brown University.

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Measuring spending inequality in the United States in real time

FamiliesTax & MacroeconomicsInequality & Mobility
Equitable Recovery

COVID-19 lockdown policy in the United States: Past, present, and future trends

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Covid-19 Businesses Reopenings and Consumer Spending

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Sleepwalking into depression: The economic response to COVID-19 in the United States

Tax & MacroeconomicsLabor
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How the rise of market power in the United States may explain some macroeconomic puzzles

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Kaldor and Piketty’s facts: The rise of monopoly power in the United States

Tax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: Monetary Policy

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