A Typology of Economic Shocks and Applications for Macroeconomic Analysis
The authors developed a typology of 20 types of economic shocks and an analytical framework for understanding the macroeconomic impacts of those shocks.
Virginia Zhang
Ph.D. Student, RAND School of Public Policy, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Expertise
Virginia Zhang is an assistant policy researcher at RAND and a Ph.D. student at the RAND School of Public Policy.
She is an applied microeconomic researcher, and studies topics in public finance and health policy.
Prior to joining RAND, she was as a research assistant at Harvard University, where she conducted quasi-experimental studies on the health impacts of Medicare Advantage. She was previously a research assistant at New York University, where she studied topics in U.S. labor market inequality using longitudinal methods. She was also a research assistant at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, where she provided technical assistance for a school-based RCT to improve student outcomes.
Education
MPhil. in policy analysis, RAND School of Public Policy; B.A. in economics, New York University; B.A. in sociology, New York University
Authored by Virginia Zhang
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