Samuel Young is an assistant professor of economics at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. His research explores how labor market institutions, such as regulations and policy interventions, affect workers and firms. Recently, his work has focused on unions, noncompete clauses, Unemployment Insurance, and inequality. Previously, Young was a postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Census Bureau. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022.