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Erin Troland

Senior Economist Consumer and Community Research Section Consumer and Community Affairs
202-475-6694
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, UC San Diego, 2015
  • M.A., Economics, UC San Diego, 2010
  • B.A., Foreign Language and International Economics, University of Kentucky, 2008
Current Research Topics
  • Economic Inequality
  • Education finance and property assessment, energy transition and household finance, economic well-being of renters
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2020 - present
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2019 - 2020
  • Economist

    US Department of Treasury

    2015 - 2018
  • Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country
    Theodore Figinski and Erin Troland
    American Journal of Health Economics (Forthcoming)
    https://doi.org/10.1086/728094
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2020)
  • Targeted Relief: Geography and Timing of Emergency Rental Assistance
    Theodore F. Figinski, Sydney Keenan, Richard Sweeney, and Erin Troland
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.055
  • The Role of Property Assessment Oversight in School Finance Inequality
    Alex Combs, John Foster, and Erin Troland
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2023.024
  • Did the Pandemic Change Who Became Behind on Rent? Characteristics of Renters Behind on Rent Before and After the Pandemic Onset
    Zofsha Merchant and Erin Troland
    FEDS Notes (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3292
  • The Canary in the Coal Decline: Appalachian Household Finance and the Transition from Fossil Fuels
    Josh Blonz, Brigitte Roth Tran, and Erin E. Troland
    NBER Working Paper Series (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w31072
  • Bringing Health Care to Appalachia: The Long-Run Impact of a Rural Health Care System
    Theodore F. Figinski and Erin Troland
    Economic Development Quarterly (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1177/08912424211056685
  • 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
  • Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country
    Theodore F. Figinski and Erin Troland
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.033
  • Does Getting Health Insurance Affect Women’s Fertility? Evidence from the United Mine Workers’ Health Insurance
    Erin Troland and Theodore F. Figinski
    American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20191094
  • Modest, Secure and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
    Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter, Jacob N. Shapiro, and Erin Troland
    American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.3.512
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Last Update: August 2, 2024