Biography
Osborne Jackson is a senior economist at the New England Public Policy Center in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department. His research interests include labor economics and urban and regional economics. Jackson earned his BA in economics from Harvard University and his PhD and MA in economics from the University of Michigan. Before joining the bank in 2015, he was an assistant professor of economics at Northeastern University.
Work Experience
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Senior Economist, 2016–
Economist, 2015–2016
Northeastern University, Department of Economics
Assistant Professor, 2010–2014
Education
PhD, University of Michigan, 2010
MA, University of Michigan, 2007
BA, Harvard University, 2002
Primary fields of research
Labor economics, urban and regional economics
Publications
Journal articles
"Educational Attainment, Unemployment, and Wage Inflation," with Mary Daly and Robert Valletta. 2008. Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 49–61.
Working papers and other unpublished papers
“Occupational Licensing and Occupational Mobility in New England.” 2023. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center Research Reports No. 23-1.
“Occupational Licensing and Occupational Mobility.” 2023. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 23-18. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2023.18
“Sectoral Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” with Catherine Cox. 2022. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Current Policy Perspectives. December 7, 2022.
“Job Displacement and Sectoral Mobility in New England.” 2021. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center Research Reports No. 21-3.
“Job Displacement and Sectoral Mobility.” 2021. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 21-19. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2021.19
“Larceny in the Product Market: A Hidden Tax?” with Thu Tran. 2020. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 20-14. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2020.14
“An Approach to Predicting Regional Labor Market Effects of Economic Shocks: The COVID-19 Pandemic in New England.” 2020. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Current Policy Perspectives. June 29, 2020.
“The Impact of Felony Larceny Thresholds on Crime in New England,” with Riley Sullivan. 2020. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center Research Reports No. 20-1.
“Punishment and Crime: The Impact of Felony Conviction on Criminal Activity.” 2020. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 20-1. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2020.01
“The Impact of Migration on Earnings Inequality in New England.” 2019. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center Research Reports No. 19-2.
“The Impact of Migration on Earnings Inequality.” 2019. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 19-5.
“The Supply Side of Discrimination: Evidence from the Labor Supply of Boston Taxi Drivers.” 2018. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 18-2.
"Reintegrating the Ex-offender Population in the U.S. Labor Market: Lessons from the CORI Reform in Massachusetts," with Riley Sullivan and Bo Zhao. 2017. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center Research Reports No. 17-1.
"Does Changing Employers' Access to Criminal Histories Affect Ex-offenders' Recidivism? Evidence from the 2010‒2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform," with Bo Zhao. 2016. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 16-31.
"The Effect of Changing Employers' Access to Criminal Histories on Ex-offenders' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the 2010‒2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform," with Bo Zhao. 2016. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 16-30.
"Does Immigration Crowd Natives Into or Out of Higher Education?" 2015. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 15-18.
"Can Subsidized Housing Help Address Homelessness in New England?" with Robert Clifford. 2015. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center Research Reports No. 15-3.
"Do Increases in Subsidized Housing Reduce the Incidence of Homelessness? Evidence from the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit," with Laura Kawano. 2015. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 15-11.
"Natural Disasters, Foreign Aid, and Economic Growth." 2014. Northeastern University Department of Economics Working Paper.
"Valuable Vows? Same-Sex Marriage Legalization and an Examination of the Marriage Premium," with Ian Burn. 2014. Working Paper 14061.