I am an economist with interests in Pricing, Labor, and Urban Economics. Currently working at Amazon on pricing problems in grocery (we are hiring!). Formerly post-doc at Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, UW and Seattle Minimum Wage Study. PhD in Econ from Duke, MA in Econ from NES, BA in Econ from HSE.

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Academic research

Published papers

Ekaterina Jardim, Mark C. Long, Robert Plotnick, Emma van Inwegen, Jacob Vigdor, and Hilary Wething. Minimum-Wage Increases and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 14, no. 2 (2022)

Jennifer J. Otten, Katherine Getts, Anne Althauser, James Buszkiewicz, Ekaterina Jardim, Heather D. Hill, Jennifer Romich, Scott W. Allard. Responding to an Increased Minimum Wage: A Mixed Methods Study of Child Care Businesses during the Implementation of Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance. Social Work & Society 16, no. 1 (2018)

Working papers

Peter Arcidiacono, Attila Gyetvai, Arnaud Maurel, and Ekaterina Jardim. Identification and Estimation of Continuous-Time Job Search Models with Preference Shocks. National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 30655 (2022)

Ekaterina Jardim, Mark C. Long, Robert Plotnick, Emma van Inwegen, Jacob L. Vigdor, and Hilary Wething. Boundary Discontinuity Methods and Policy Spillovers. National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 30075 (2022)

Ekaterina Jardim, Emma van Inwegen. Payroll, Revenue, and Labor Demand Effects of the Minimum Wage. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Working Paper 19-298 (2019)

Ekaterina Jardim, Gary Solon, Jacob Vigdor. How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? Evidence from Payroll Records in Washington State. National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 25470 (2019)

Ekaterina Jardim, Mark C. Long, Robert Plotnick, Emma van Inwegen, Jacob Vigdor, and Hilary Wething. Minimum Wage Increases and Individual Employment Trajectories.  National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 25182 (2018)

Ekaterina Jardim, Mark C. Long, Robert Plotnick, Emma van Inwegen, Jacob Vigdor, and Hilary Wething. Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle. National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 23532 (2017)