Laura Young
Associate Professor of Economics at Bentley University
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- Bentley University
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Biography
Bentley University
Laura Jackson Young graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December 2014 with a PhD in Economics. She is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Bentley University. Her research and teaching interests focus on applied macroeconomics and monetary policy.
Education
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina
- MS University of North Carolina
- BS Bentley University
Teaching Interests
Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics, Econometrics
Research Interests
Empirical Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy and Monetary Theory, Business Cycles
Awards and Honors
- 2014, James B. Ramsey Prize for Top Paper in Econometrics Presented by a Graduate Student, Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics
- 2013, CSWEP Fellowship Program, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- 2013, Georges Lurcy Fellowship, University of North Carolina
- 2012, Vijay Bhagavan Award for the Outstanding Economics 101 Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina
- 2010, Induction into Beta Gamma Sigma, International Business Honor Society
- 2010, Induction into Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society
Publications
Journal Articles
- Jackson, L. E., Guisinger, A., Owyang, M. T. (2023). Age and Gender Differentials in Unemployment and Hysteresis. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics.
- Jackson, L. E., Kliesen, K. L., Owyang, M. T. (2023). FRED-SD: A Real-Time Database for State-Level Data with Forecasting Applications. International Journal of Forecasting, (39) 1 279-297.
- Jackson, L. E., Dueker, M., Owyang, M. T., Sola, M. (2022). A Time-Varying Threshold STAR Model with Applications. Oxford Open Economics, (2) odac012
- Jackson, L. E., Coroneo, L., Owyang, M. T. (2020). International Stock Comovement with Endogenous Clusters. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
- Jackson, L. E., Kliesen, K. L., Owyang, M. T. (2020). The Nonlinear Effects of Uncertainty Shocks. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, (24) 4
- Francis, N. R., Jackson, L. E., Owyang, M. T. (2020). How Has Empirical Monetary Policy Analysis Changed After the Financial Crisis?. Economic Modelling, (84) 309-321.
- Jackson, L. E., Owyang, M. T., Soques, D. (2018). Nonlinearities, Smoothing, and Countercyclical Monetary Policy. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, (95) 136-154.
- Jackson, L. E., Owyang, M. T., Zubairy, S. (2018). Debt and Stabilization Policy: Evidence from a Euro Area FAVAR. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
- Francis, N. R., Jackson, L. E., Owyang, M. T. (2018). Countercyclical Policy and the Speed of Recovery After Recessions. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, (50) 4 675-704.
- Jackson, L. E., Kliesen, K. L., Owyang, M. T. (2015). A Measure of Price Pressures. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, (97) 1
Book Chapters
- Jackson, L. E. (2019). M is for Malala In Patricia M. Flynn, Milenko Gudić, Tay Keong Tan, (Eds.) Global Champions of Sustainable Development. United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education Book Series
- Jackson, L. E., Kose, M. A., Otrok, C., Owyang, M. T. (2016). Specification and Estimation of Bayesian Dynamic Factor Models: A Monte Carlo Analysis with an Application to Global House Price Comovement In Siem Jan Koopman (VU U Amsterdam), Eric Hillebrand (Aarhus U), (Eds.) Advances in Econometrics, Volume 35. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
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