Alexander Ruder
Assistant Vice President
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Alexander Ruder serves as an assistant vice president on the Atlanta Fed's Community and Economic Development team. His work covers a range of workforce development topics, including effective marginal taxation rates (benefits cliffs), trends in labor force participation, occupational mobility, and the future of work.
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Biography
Alexander Ruder serves as an assistant vice president on the Atlanta Fed's Community and Economic Development team. His work covers a range of workforce development topics, including effective marginal taxation rates (benefits cliffs), trends in labor force participation, occupational mobility, and the future of work. He is a recipient of the Federal Reserve Board's 2023 Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Community Development and the 2022 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President's Award.
Before joining the Atlanta Fed, Ruder was an assistant professor (tenure track) in public policy and a Center for Innovation in Higher Education economics of education fellow at the University of South Carolina. Ruder's scholarly work has appeared in publications such as Economics of Education Review, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Upjohn Press. He holds a PhD from Princeton University, an MPP from the Harris School at the University of Chicago, and a BA from the University of Florida.
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Publications
2019
Alexander Ruder. What Works at Scale? A Framework to Scale Up Workforce Development Programs. Discussion Paper 2019-1. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. June 2019.
Alexander Ruder. "Scaling Up Workforce Development Programs." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (May/June 2019).
Alexander Ruder, Mels de Zeeuw, and Ann Carpenter. "Promising Workforce Development Approaches." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Workforce Currents (January 2019).
External work by Atlanta Fed staff.
Articles
2019
Alexander I. Ruder and Neal D. Woods. "Procedural Fairness and the Legitimacy of Agency Rulemaking." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (November 5, 2019).
2017
Alexander I. Ruder and Michelle Van Noy. "Knowledge of Earnings Risk and Major Choice: Evidence from an Information Experiment." Economics of Education Review 57: 80–90 (2017).
2015
Alex I. Ruder. "Agency Design, Mass Media, and the Blame for Agency Scandals." Presidential Studies Quarterly 45(3): 514–539 (2015).
2014
Alex I. Ruder. "Institutional Design and the Attribution of Presidential Control: Insulating the President from Blame." Quarterly Journal of Political Science 9:301–335 (2014).
Book Chapters
2018
Stuart Andreason and Alexander Ruder. "Introduction: Investing in Systems for Employment Opportunity." In Stuart Andreason, Todd Greene, Heath Prince, and Carl E. Van Horn, editors, Investing in America's Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (November 2018).
Alexander Ruder. "Programs to Increase the Supply of Skilled Workers." In Stuart Andreason, Todd Greene, Heath Prince, and Carl E. Van Horn, editors, Investing in America's Workforce: Improving the Outlook for Workers and Employers. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (November 2018).
2015
William Mabe, Scott Powell, and Alex Ruder. "Doing More with Less: Leveraging Advances in Data Science to Support an Intelligent Workforce System." In Carl Van Horn, Todd Greene, and Tammy Edwards, editors, Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Strategies for the 21st Century. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute Press (2015).
Other Publications
2018
Alex Ruder and Michelle Van Noy. "Adjusting Expectations: The Impact of Labor Market Information on How Undergraduates View Majors and Careers." Rutgers University Education and Employment Research Center Issue Brief (August 2018).
2017
Alexander Ruder and Michelle Van Noy. "Job Security and the Informed Major Choice of U.S. University Students." Rutgers University Education and Employment Research Center Report (July 2017).
Alexander I. Ruder and Michelle Van Noy. "Labor Market Expectations and Major Choice for Low-Income, First-Generation College Students: Evidence from an Information Experiment." Rutgers University Education and Employment Research Center Report (June 2017).
2016
Ronnie Krauder, William F. Mabe, Scott Powell, Alex Ruder, Maria Heidkamp, and Ian Myre. 2016. "One-Stop Career Center Process Evaluation." In Evaluation of One-Stop Career Centers in New Jersey. John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development (May 2016).
William F. Mabe, Scott Powell, and Alex Ruder. 2016. "Evaluation of Occupational Skills Training on Labor Market Outcomes." In Evaluation of One-Stop Career Centers in New Jersey. John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development (May 2016).