Meet the Researchers
Jeff Larrimore
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Cornell University, 2010
- M.A., Economics, Cornell University, 2009
- B.A., Economics and Political Science, Davidson College, 2004
Current Research Topics
- Income inequality and mobility
- Tax and transfer policies
Section Chief
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2020 - presentPrincipal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2017 - 2020Senior Economist
Council of Economic Advisers
2018 - 2019Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - 2017Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2014 - 2015Economist
Joint Committee on Taxation
2010 - 2014
- Evaluating the effects of geographic adjustments on poverty measures using self‐reported financial well‐being
Jeff Larrimore
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Forthcoming)
https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22633
See also » FRB Working Paper (2024) - Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled? Income Growth Over Five Generations of Americans
Kevin Corinth and Jeff Larrimore
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.007 - Financial repercussions of SNAP work requirements
Samuel Dodini, Jeff Larrimore, and Anna Tranfaglia
Journal of Public Economics (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.105034
See also » FRB Working Paper (2022) - Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty Since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
Richard V. Burkhauser, Kevin Corinth, James Elwell, and Jeff Larrimore
Journal of Political Economy (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1086/725705
See also » FRB Working Paper (2020) - Earnings business cycles: The Covid recession, recovery, and policy response
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
Journal of Public Economics (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104983
See also » FRB Working Paper (2023) - Unemployment Insurance in Survey and Administrative Data
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22463 - Income Declines during COVID-19
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20221042 - Earnings shocks and stabilization during COVID-19
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
Journal of Public Economics (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104597
See also » FRB Working Paper (2021) - Does Access to Bank Accounts as a Minor Improve Financial Capability? Evidence from Minor Bank Account Laws
J. Michael Collins, Jeff Larrimore, and Carly Urban
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.075 - Recent Trends in US Income Distributions in Tax Record Data Using More Comprehensive Measures of Income Including Real Accrued Capital Gains
Jeff Larrimore, Richard V. Burkhauser, Gerald Auten, and Philip Armour
Journal of Political Economy (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1086/713098 - Household Incomes in Tax Data: Using Addresses to Move from Tax-Unit to Household Income Distributions
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
Journal of Human Resources (2021)
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.0718-9647R1
See also » FRB Working Paper (2017) - Household Finances Under COVID-19: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
Mike Zabek and Jeff Larrimore
Consumer & Community Context (2020) - Improving Housing Payment Projections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jeff Larrimore and Erin Troland
FEDS Notes (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2772 - Presence and Persistence of Poverty in U.S. Tax Data
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
NBER Working Paper Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w26966 - Evaluating the Success of President Johnson's War on Poverty: Revisiting the Historical Record Using a Full-Income Poverty Measure
Richard V. Burkhauser, Kevin Corinth, James Elwell, and Jeff Larrimore
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.011 - How Much Does Health Insurance Cost? Comparison of Premiums in Administrative and Survey Data
Jeff Larrimore and David Splinter
Economics Letters (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.11.001
See also » FRB Working Paper (2018) - Are Central Cities Poor and Non-White?
Jenny Schuetz, Jeff Larrimore, Ellen A. Merry, Barbara J. Robles, Anna Tranfaglia, and Arturo Gonzalez
Journal of Housing Economics (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2017.11.001
See also » FRB Working Paper (2017) - Shedding Light on Our Economic and Financial Lives
Jeff Larrimore, Alex Durante, Kimberly Kreiss, Ellen Merry, Christina Park, and Claudia Sahm
FEDS Notes (2018)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2192 - Assessing the Severity of Rent Burden on Low-Income Families
Jeff Larrimore and Jenny Schuetz
FEDS Notes (2017)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2111 - Whose Child Is This? Shifting of Dependents Among EITC Claimants Within the Same Household
David Splinter, Jeff Larrimore, and Jacob Mortenson
National Tax Journal (2017)
https://doi.org/10.17310/ntj.2017.4.02
See also » FRB Working Paper (2017) - Measuring Health Insurance Benefits: The Case of People with Disabilities
Richard V. Burkhauser, Jeff Larrimore, and Sean Lyons
Contemporary Economic Policy (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12213 - Holiday Spending and Financing Decisions in the 2015 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
Jeff Larrimore
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1866 - What are the Perceived Barriers to Homeownership for Young Adults?
Jeff Larrimore, Jenny Schuetz, and Samuel Dodini
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2016.021 - Using the Pareto Distribution to Improve Estimates of Topcoded Earnings
Philip Armour, Richard V. Burkhauser, and Jeff Larrimore
Economic Inquiry (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12299 - Income and Earnings Mobility in U.S. Tax Data
Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson, and David Splinter
Economic Mobility: Research & Ideas on Strengthening Families, Communities & the Economy (2016)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - Financial Well-Being of Individuals Living in Areas with Concentrated Poverty
Jeff Larrimore
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1636 - Should You Trust Things You Hear Online? Comparing SHED and Census Bureau Survey Results
Jeff Larrimore, Maximilian Schmeiser, and Sebastian Devlin-Foltz
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1619 - Measuring Health Insurance Benefits: The Case of People with Disabilities
Richard V. Burkhauser, Jeff Larrimore, and Sean Lyons
NBER Working Paper Series (2015)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w21629 - Does it Matter who your Parents are? Findings on Economic Mobility from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
Jeff Larrimore
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1567 - Accounting for Income Changes over the Great Recession Relative to Previous Recessions: The Importance of Taxes and Transfers
Jeff Larrimore, Richard V. Burkhauser, and Philip Armour
National Tax Journal (2015) - Levels and Trends in United States Income and its Distribution: A Crosswalk from Market Income Towards a Comprehensive Haig-Simons Income Approach
Philip Armour, Richard V. Burkhauser, and Jeff Larrimore
Southern Economic Journal (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-2013.175 - Median Income and Income Inequality: From 2000 and Beyond
Richard V. Burkhauser and Jeff Larrimore
Diversity and Disparities: America Enters a New Century (2014) - Accounting for United States Household Income Inequality Trends: The Changing Importance of Household Structure and Male and Female Labor Earnings Inequality
Jeff Larrimore
Review of Income and Wealth (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12043 - Deconstructing Income and Income Inequality Measures: A Crosswalk from Market Income to Comprehensive Income
Philip Armour, Richard V. Burkhauser, and Jeff Larrimore
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.3.173 - Cross-National Inequality Trends Using Historical Tax Return Data: Review Essay
Jeff Larrimore
Review of Income and Wealth (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12046 - Measuring the Impact of Valuing Health Insurance on Levels and Trends in Inequality and How the Affordable Care Act of 2010 Could Affect Them
Richard V. Burkhauser, Jeff Larrimore, and Kosali Simon
Contemporary Economic Policy (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2012.00336.x - Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the United States: Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data
Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, Stephen P. Jenkins, and Jeff Larrimore
Review of Economics and Statistics (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00200 - A 'Second Opinion' on the Economic Health of the American Middle Class
Richard V. Burkhauser, Jeff Larrimore, and Kosali I. Simon
National Tax Journal (2012) - Does a Higher Income Have Positive Health Effects? Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to Explore the Income-Health Gradient
Jeff Larrimore
Milbank Quarterly (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00647.x - Peer to Peer Lending: The Relationship between Language Features, Trustworthiness, and Persuasion Success
Laura Larrimore, Li Jiang, Jeff Larrimore, David Markowitz, and Scott Gorski
Journal of Applied Communication Research (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2010.536844 - Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple-Imputation Approach to Estimation and Inference
Stephen P. Jenkins, Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Jeff Larrimore
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society) (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2010.00655.x - Estimating Trends in US Income Inequality Using the Current Population Survey: The Importance of Controlling for Censoring
Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, Stephen P. Jenkins, and Jeff Larrimore
Journal of Economic Inequality (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-010-9131-6 - Improving Imputations of Top Incomes in the Public-Use Current Population Survey by Using Both Cell-Means and Variances
Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Jeff Larrimore
Economics Letters (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.03.003 - Trends in the Relative Household Income of Working-Age Men With Work Limitations: Correcting the Record Using Internal Current Population Survey Data
Richard V. Burkhauser and Jeff Larrimore
Journal of Disability Policy Studies (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1044207309333430 - Using Internal CPS Data to Reevaluate Trends in Labor-Earnings Gaps
Richard V. Burkhauser and Jeff Larrimore
Monthly Labor Review (2009) - Consistent Cell Means for Topcoded Incomes in the Public Use March CPS (1976-2007)
Jeff Larrimore, Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Laura Zayatz
Journal of Economic and Social Measurement (2008)
seminar
February 2023Davidson College
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January 2023AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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January 2022AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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November 2021National Tax Association
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November 2021Haverford College
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March 2021IRS-Census Data Workshop
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January 2021AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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November 2020Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting
seminar
September 2020University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty
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March 2020NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
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January 2020AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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November 2018Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting
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March 2018Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Conference
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March 2018IRS-Census Data Workshop
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October 2017Drexel University
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February 2017Ohio State University
conference
January 2017AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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November 2016APPAM Fall Research Conference
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November 2016FRB/GWSB Financial Literacy Seminar Series
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November 2016National Tax Association Annual Conference
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September 2016CFED Asset Learning Conference
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April 2015Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference
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January 2015AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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November 2014National Tax Association Annual Conference
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November 2014APPAM Fall Research Conference
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May 2014National Tax Association Spring Symposium
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January 2014AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
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November 2013Society for Government Economists
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January 2013AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting
Awards
- 2020
Federal Reserve Board
Special Achievement Award
- 2013
Fraser Institute
Addington Prize in Measurement
- 2012
National Tax Association
Richard Musgrave Prize
Conference Organization
2024 | Detroit, MI
National Tax Association Fall Research Conference
Program Committee Member
2021-2023 | Washington, DC
Community Development Seminar Series
Program Committee Member
2021, 2024 | Detroit, MI
National Tax Association Fall Research Conference
Program Committee Member
2019 | Washington, DC
CFPB Financial Well-Being Symposium
Advisory Committee Member
2014-2018 | Washington, DC
Financial Literacy Seminar Series
Steering Committe Member (Co-chair 2015-2018)
2015 | Miami, FL
APPAM Fall Research Conference
Program Committee Member
2012 | Washington, DC
National Tax Association Spring Symposium
Program Committee Member
Referee
- American Economic Review
- American Economic Review Insights
- BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
- Behavioural Public Policy
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- Economica
- Economic Inquiry
- Economic Journal
- Economic Modeling
- Economics of Education Review
- Economics and Human Biology
- Economics Letters
- Empirical Economics
- Explorations in Economic History
- Health Economics
- International Journal of Human Resource Management
- International Tax and Public Finance
- Journal of Computational Social Science
- Journal of Consumer Affairs
- Journal of Economic Education
- Journal of Economic Inequality
- Journal of Housing Economics
- Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
- Journal of Public Economics
- Journal of the European Economic Association
- National Tax Journal
- Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- Review of Income and Wealth
- SN Business & Economics
- Social Forces
- Solutions Journal
- Southern Economic Journal
- Urban Studies
Last Update:
December 23, 2024