Biography
Dhiren Patki is an economist in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department. He joined the Boston Fed in 2020 after earning his PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. His research interests are at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics, with a particular focus on how firm-level heterogeneity influences worker labor supply and saving decisions. He is also interested in how cyclical shocks affect labor market trajectories.
Patki has an MA in economics from the University of Michigan and a BSc in economics from Grinnell College.
Work Experience
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Economist, 2020–
Education
PhD, Economics, University of Michigan, 2020
MA, Economics, University of Michigan, 2016
BSc, Economics, Grinnell College, 2008
Publications
Working Papers
“Breaking the Implicit Contract: Using Pension Freezes to Study Lifetime Labor Supply.” 2021. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 21-7. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2021.07