Research

Contact Information

• 301-763-8769  
• j.david.brown@census.gov  

Fields of Interest

• Corporate Finance  
• Industrial Organization  
• Labor Economics  
• Administrative Records  

Education

• B.A., Global Studies and Russian, University of Iowa, 1991  
• Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1996  

Professional Experience

• Principal Economist, U.S. Census Bureau, 2019-Present  
• Senior Economist, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2019  
• Economist, U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2012  
• Reader, Heriot-Watt University, 2001-2009  
• Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, 1996-2001  

Professional Associations

• American Economic Association
• Association for Comparative Economic Studies
• IZA Institute of Labor Economics
• Society of Labor Economists
• Society of Government Economists

Selected Publications

• Brown, J. David, Serife Genc, Julie Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. 2014. "Undocumented Workers' Employment Across U.S. Business Cycles." Contemporary Economic Policy.
• Bond, Brittany, J. David Brown, Adela Luque, and Amy O'Hara. 2014. "The Nature of the Bias When Studying Only Linkable Person Records: Evidence from the American Community Survey." Proceedings of the 2013 Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Research Conference.
• Brown, J. David, Julie Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli. 2013. "Does Employing Undocumented Workers Give Firms a Competitive Advantage." Journal of Regional Science, 53 (1): 158-170.
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2013. "Do SBA Loans Create Jobs?" IZA Discussion Papers, 7544.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, and Scott G. Gehlbach. 2013. "Privatization." In The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy, ed. Michael Alexeev and Shlomo Weber, 161-188. New York: Oxford University Press..
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, Hanna Vakhitova, and Vitaliy Zheka. 2012. "Innovation, Adoption, Ownership and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine." In In the Grip of Transition: Economic and Social Consequences of Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine, ed. Tilman Bruck and Hartmut Lehmann, 76-97. New York: Palgrave MacMillan..
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2011. "Nature Versus Nurture in the Origins of Highly Productive Businesses: An Exploratory Analysis of U.S. Manufacturing Establishments." CES Working Paper Series, 11-26.
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2010. "Entry, Growth, and the Business Environment: A Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data from the U.S. and Transition Economies." CES Working Paper Series, 10-20.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, and Almos Telegdy. 2010. "Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation." Economic Journal, 120(545): 683-708.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, and Scott G. Gehlbach. 2009. "Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness." American Political Science Review, 103(2): 264-283 .
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2008. "Creating Productive Jobs in East European Transition Economies: A Synthesis of Firm-Level Studies." National Institute Economic Review, 204(1): 108-125.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Hartmut Lehmann, Almos Telegdy, Irina Vantu, Ruxandra Visan, and Alexandru Voicu. 2006. "Nonstandard Forms and Measures of Employment and Unemployment in Transition: A Comparative Study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia." Comparative Economic Studies, 48(3): 435-457.
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2006. "Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition." Comparative Economic Studies, 48(2): 229-251.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, and Vladimir Vakhitov. 2006. "Wages, Layoffs, and Privatization: Evidence from Ukraine." Journal of Comparative Economics, 34(2): 272-294.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, and Almos Telegdy. 2006. "The Productivity Effects of Privatization: Longitudinal Estimates from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine." Journal of Political Economy, 114(1): 61-99.
• Brown, J. David, John S. Earle, and Dana Lup. 2005. "What Makes Small Firms Grow: Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 54(1): 33-70.
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2003. "The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants." Economics of Transition, 11(2): 221-252.
• Brown, J. David and John S. Earle. 2002. "Gross Job Flows in Russian Industry Before and After Reforms: Has Destruction Become More Creative?" Journal of Comparative Economics, 30(1): 96-133.
• Brown, J. David. 1996. "Excess Labour and Managerial Shortage: Findings from a Survey in St. Petersburg." Europe-Asia Studies, 48(5): 811-835.