Michael Dalton
Research Economist in the Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Recent updates
Selected updates mirrored from the current site, with full entries on the research page.-
Working paperThe Impact of Remote Work on Local Employment, Business Relocation, and Local Home Costs
With Matt Dey and Mark Loewenstein. The project combines BLS, ACS, QCEW, and Zillow data to study telework, establishment decisions, local foot traffic, employment, rents, and home prices.
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Working paperPutting the Paycheck Protection Program into Perspective
An analysis using administrative and survey data to estimate the effects of PPP loans on employment, wages, and establishment opening status.
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PublicationThe K-Shaped Recovery
Published in the Journal of Economic Inequality with Jeffrey Groen, Mark A. Loewenstein, David Piccone, and Anne Polivka.
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BLS researchAn Update on Employment changes by employer size during the COVID-19 pandemic
With Elizabeth Weber Handwerker and Mark A. Loewenstein, using Current Employment Statistics survey microdata.
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BLS publicationHow do jobseekers search for jobs?
Beyond the Numbers article with Jeffrey A. Groen on applications, interviews, and job offers.
Research themes
Areas represented across the migrated papers and CV.-
Labor-market measurement and shocks
Employment, wages, establishments, vacancies, telework, job search, and the COVID-19 labor-market recovery.
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Administrative and survey data
Work combining BLS surveys, administrative records, and external data sources to answer policy-relevant empirical questions.
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Households, health, and family support
Research on informal insurance, health shocks, and family transfers from earlier work and archived papers.