Dmitri Koustas

Dmitri Koustas is an Assistant Professor at Harris Public Policy. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. His research covers a variety of topics in labor economics and macroeconomics. An important vein of his research focuses on measuring and understanding the reasons why households participate in alternative work arrangements like the gig economy. To this end, his research pioneers new and innovative datasets, including microtransactions from an online personal financial aggregator and bill-paying application, IRS tax returns, and direct partnerships with technology companies.

Education

• PhD UC Berkeley (2012 — 2017)
• MPhil University of Cambridge (2009 — 2010)
• Cornell University (2005 — 2009)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago (2018)
• Ph.D. Candidate UC Berkeley (2012 — 2018)
• Summer Dissertation Fellow Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2016 — 2016)
• Research Assistant The Brookings Institution (2010 — 2012)

Papers

• "The Impact of Criminal Records on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Outcomes" (with Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Alex Mas, and Crystal Yang)

• "The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Outcomes" (with Andrew Garin, Carl McPherson, Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco, Evan K. Rose, Yotam Shem-Tov and Jeffrey Weaver)

• "Is Gig Work Changing the Labor Market? Key Lessons from Tax Data" (with Andrew Garin and Emilie Jackson). Forthcoming in the National Tax Journal

• “New Work or Changes in Reporting? Understanding Self-Employment Trends in Tax Data” (with Andrew Garin and Emilie Jackson). BFI Working Paper 5/17/2022

Work in Progress

• “Effects of Mandated Driver Pay Increases on the Gig Economy: Evidence from New York City” (with Michael Reich and James Parrott)