Victor Hernandez Martinez
Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
I am an applied microeconomist working in labor and public economics.
My research studies unemployment, unemployment insurance, wage dynamics, worker displacement, human capital specificity, and the labor market effects of trade and industrial change.
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester. Before that, I completed a Master’s in Economics at the Barcelona School of Economics and a B.A. in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Research fields
Labor Economics
Public Economics
Affiliation
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Research
Publications
The Hedgehog’s Curse: Knowledge Specialization and Displacement Loss
Manufacturing Capital-Skill Complementarity: Lessons from the US Shale Boom
The Value of Unemployment Insurance: Liquidity vs. Insurance Value
Social Distancing Merely Stabilized COVID-19 in the US
Working Papers
An Anatomy of Reemployment Wage Duration Dependence and Its Relationship with the UI System (Revise and Resubmit at JOLE)
When Trade Compresses: The Impact of Liberalization on Wage Inequality
From Pink Slips to Polling Stations: The Electoral Consequences of Mass-Layoff Announcements
Work in Progress
Positive Selection During the Unemployed Job Search: Nature of Heterogeneity and Limited Predictability
Labor Market Tightness and Racial Earnings Gaps