John Juneau

Applied macroeconomist @ UCSD (on the 2026-27 Job Market)

[UCSDEcon @UCSDEcon]

How does intergenerational persistence shape structural transformation? @johnjuneau_econ JMP shows both inherited skills and inherited preferences explain persistence, but only skills have lasting impact on US industrialization.

Read More: https://t.co/Oq0gRmwWjn
#EconJobMarket

[UCSDEcon @UCSDEcon]

Why do firm sizes vary so much? @reniabbott's JMP studies buyers and products. Buyers explain most of it, but the two are complements. Firms with 10% more buyers sell 5.6% more products. Her model untangles this link and finds spillovers.

https://t.co/4QPwcicZuA
#EconJobMarket

[Yale Department of Economics @YaleEconomics]

This paper studies the co-movement of workers across sectors and space during a pivotal period of the US economy: its second wave of industrialization between 1880 and 1940.

New work by @fpeckert, @jjuneauii, and Michael Peters: https://t.co/hvnN0WPEFn

[NBER @nberpubs]

New cities played a crucial role in industrializing the US economy between 1880 and 1940. Cross-state moves toward existing industrial hubs like Chicago were much less important, from @fpeckert, John Juneau, and Michael Peters https://t.co/sqnA64pTCy

[Fabian Eckert @fpeckert]

!!New Paper!!

"Sprouting Cities: How Rural America Industrialized"

w/ @jjuneauii & Michael Peters for the AER Papers & Proceedings

The paper shows that *new* cities played a crucial role in industrializing the US economy between 1880 and 1940.

Paper: https://t.co/gWF18STWIZ

[Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley]

BREAKING: 48K University of Calfornia TAs, postdocs & other student workers just walked off the job.

It's the largest strike in the US since 2019.

Many UC workers earn < $24k/yr. A PhD student I spoke to said they donate blood plasma to make ends meet.
https://t.co/RVI7e1xchT