I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Toronto. I use empirical microeconomic methods to answer questions in economic history.
I am on the 2026–27 job market.
My job market paper studies women's labour opportunities as a driver of the demographic transition in the US South. More broadly, my research asks whether aggregate economic gains have reached historically marginalized groups, particularly those long confined to roles, places, and institutions with limited economic access.
Before my doctoral studies, I earned a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor's degree in International Economics and Development from the University of Ottawa.
Job market paper
Job market paper
The Mill Family Revisited: Outcomes and Evidence from the North Carolina Textile Industry
I study the impact of exposure to industrial opportunities on womens fertility and marriage decisions. During the late nineteenth century, the textile industry in the South expanded dramatically. This represented a significant employment opportunity for white women. Using a newly digitized dataset which captures individual mills in North Carolina and yearly data on ownership, class of factory, and power source in combination with the full count census data, and the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-Database (LIFE-M), I estimate whether women and their daughters, change marriage and birth timing in response to increased demand for women's labour. This work speaks to the demographic transition by using more granular and greater intergenerational data for women than was previously available.
Draft coming soon.
Work in progress
Railroads and race: Black socioeconomic outcomes post-emancipation