Alexander Weinberg

I am a sixth year Ph.D. Candidate in the Economics Department at the University of Chicago. My research interests are in public and urban/spatial economics.

I am on the 2026-2027 job market.

Job Market Paper

Urban Scars: Multiplicity and Persistent Effects of Civil Unrest
[draft coming soon]

Working Papers

Earnings Instability
with Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel, Christina Patterson, and Joe Vavra Conditionally Accepted, Quarterly Journal of Economics [pdf] [NBER] [Vox EU] [BFI] [Chicago Booth Review]

Publications

Which workers bear the burden of social distancing?
with Laura Pilossoph and Simon Mongey Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 19, August 2021 [DOI] [pdf] [NBER] [March 2020 BFI Working Paper] [data] Media coverage: New York Times, Reuters, FiveThirtyEight