Associate Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Associate Professor, Economics

Recent Publications

Howard, G., Oh, N., & Weinstein, R. (2026). The Effect of HBCUs on Local Social Mobility. IZA Discussion Paper Series, (18402). https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18402

Forsythe, E., & Weinstein, R. (2025). Recruiting Intensity, Hires, and Vacancies: Evidence from Firm-Level Data. The Economic Journal, 135(669), 1734-1748. Article ueaf002. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf002

Weinstein, R. (2025). The Great Recession and the Widening Income Gap between Alumni of Elite and Less Selective Universities. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 17(1), 216-241. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20220174

Cavounidis, C., Lang, K., & Weinstein, R. (2024). The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers. The Economic Journal, 134(658), 485-514. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead079

Howard, G., Weinstein, R., & Yang, Y. (2024). Do Universities Improve Local Economic Resilience? Review of Economics and Statistics, 106(4), 1129-1145. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01212

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