Stephanie Aaronson

Stephanie Aaronson is an American economist. She received her PhD in economics from Columbia University. Aaronson is a Senior Associate Director in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board. From 2018-2022 she was Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. She specializes in labor economics and her current research focuses on labor force participation in the United States. Her work has been published in academic journals, such as the Review of Income and Wealth and the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Her research has been featured in prominent news publications, including The New York Times and The Economist.