I am currently a rising second-year PhD candidate at MIT. My research focuses on development, international, labour, and macro economics. I received my master's degree from MIT in 2020.
Fredric Kong
Second Year
Research Fields
Development Economics, International Economics, Labor Economics, MacroeconomicsContact Information
Phone
+1 (857) 799-0248
Email Address
fredric@mit.edu
Personal Website
http://fredric.mit.edu
Theory-Informed Nonparametric Estimation: Brings the interpretability of structural models to machine learning and the flexibility of ML to structural estimation. (Animation)
Macroeconomy in Developing Countries: Proposes a new macroeconomic framework for developing economy contexts.
Trade, Capital Markets, and Macroeconomy (with Abhijit Banerjee): Explores the interaction between trade, financial frictions, and growth, especially with respect to optimal policies.
Community Effects of Grab (with David Atkin and Ben Faber): Investigates the consequences of gig economy platforms in Indonesia.
Pay Transparency: Studies the reallocation effects of pay transparency.
Automation and new task creation: Further develops a task-based framework to study automation, trade, immigration, as well as other labour market shocks and trends.