Federico Mandelman
Research Economist and Adviser
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Federico Mandelman is a research economist and adviser in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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Biography
Federico Mandelman is a research economist and adviser in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. His major fields of study are international economics and macroeconomics. He is also a visitor professor at Emory University.
Dr. Mandelman has published research in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and Journal of International Economics. His work has been cited in the Financial Times, New York Times, and the Washington Post among others.
Dr. Mandelman is originally from Argentina and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Buenos Aires. He earned his master's degree and doctorate in economics from Boston College.
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Publications
2019
Alan Finkelstein Shapiro and Federico S. Mandelman. "Digital Adoption, Automation, and Labor Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies." Working Paper 2019-22. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. December 2019.
Federico Mandelman and Andrea Waddle. "Intellectual Property, Tariffs, and International Trade Dynamics." Working Paper 2019-10. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. April 2019.
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Federico S. Mandelman, Yang Yu, and Francesco Zanetti. "Search Complementarities, Aggregate Fluctuations, and Fiscal Policy. Working Paper 2019-09. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. April 2019.
2016
Federico S. Mandelman, Makalaya Palmer, and Giulia Zilioa. "Cumulative U.S. Trade Deficits Resulting in Net Profits for the U.S. (and Net Losses for China)," macroblog. October 14, 2016.
Federico S. Mandelman and Andrei Zlate. "The Slump in Undocumented Immigration to the United States," macroblog. October 5, 2016.
2014
Federico S. Mandelman and Andrei Zlate. "Offshoring, Low-Skilled Immigration, and Labor Market Polarization." Working Paper 2014-28. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. December 2014.
Alan Finkelstein Shapiro and Federico S. Mandelman. "Remittances, Entrepreneurship, and Employment Dynamics over the Business Cycle." Working Paper 2014-19. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. November 2014.
2013
Federico S. Mandelman. "Labor Market Polarization and International Macroeconomic Dynamics." Working Paper 2013-17. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. December 2013.
2013-16
Flexible Prices, Labor Market
Frictions, and the Response of Employment to Technology Shocks
December 2013
2011
Federico S. Mandelman and Francesco Zanetti. "Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy under Remittance Fluctuations." Working Paper 2011-7. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. March 2011.
2010
Federico S. Mandelman, Pau Rabanal, Juan F. Rubio-Ramírez, and Diego Vilán. "Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment." Working Paper 2010-3. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. February 2010.
2009
Federico Mandelman. "Housing starts, remittances and macroeconomic developments," macroblog. May 28, 2009.
Federico Mandelman, Pablo A. Acosta and Nicole Rae Baerg. "Financial Development, Remittances, and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review (2009 Q1).
2008
Federico Mandelman and Courtney Nosal. "Remittances Ebb and Flow with the Immigration Tide." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta EconSouth (2008 No 3).
Federico S. Mandelman and Andrei Zlate. "Immigration, Remittances, and Business Cycles." Working Paper 2008-25b. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Revised February 2012.
Emmanuel K.K. Lartey, Federico S. Mandelman, and Pablo A. Acosta. "Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes, and the Dutch Disease: A Panel Data Analysis." Working Paper 2008-12. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. March 2008.
Federico S. Mandelman and Francesco Zanetti. "Technology Shocks, Employment, and Labor Market Frictions." Working Paper 2008-10. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. February 2008.
2007
Federico S. Mandelman and Gabriel V. Montes Rojas. "Microentrepreneurship and the Business Cycle: Is Self-Employment a Desired Outcome?." Working Paper 2007-15. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. July 2007.
Pablo A. Acosta, Emmanuel K.K. Lartey, and Federico S. Mandelman. "Remittances and the Dutch Disease." Working Paper 2007-8a. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Revised August 2009.
2006
Federico S. Mandelman. "Business Cycles: A Role for Imperfect Competition in the Banking System." Working Paper 2006-21. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. November 2006.
Federico S. Mandelman. "Business Cycles and Monetary Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Role for a Monopolistic Banking Sector." Working Paper 2006-17b. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Revised November 2009.
Podcast Episodes
2016
Federico Mandelman. "Immigration, Offshoring, and Their Effects on U.S. Wages." November 30, 2016.
External work by Atlanta Fed staff.
Academic Publications
2022
"Offshoring, Automation, Low-Skilled Immigration, and Labor Market Polarization"
(with Andrei Zlate)
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 14, January 2022, 355–89
2021
The "Matthew Effect" and Market Concentration: Search Complementarities and Monopsony Power
(with Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Yang Yu, and Francesco Zanetti)
Journal of Monetary Economics, 121, July 2021, 62–90.
"Digital Adoption, Automation, and Labor Markets in Developing Countries"
(with Alan Finkelstein Shapiro)
Journal of Development Economics, 151, June 2021, article 102656
2020
"Intellectual Property, Tariffs, and International Trade Dynamics"
(with Andrea Waddle)
Journal of Monetary Economics, 109, January 2020, 86–103.
2016
"Remittances, Entrepreneurship and Employment Dynamics over the Business Cycle" (with Alan Finkelstein Shapiro)
Journal of International Economics 103, November 2016, 184–189.
"Labor Market Polarization and International Macroeconomic Dynamics"
Journal of Monetary Economics 79, May 2016, 1–16.
2014
"Flexible Prices, Labor Market Frictions, and the Response of Employment to Technology Shocks" (with Francesco
Zanetti).
Labour Economics 26, January 2014, 94–102.
2013
"Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy under Remittance Fluctuations"
Journal of Development Economics 102, May 2013, 128–147.
2012
"Immigration, Remittances, and Business Cycles" (with Andrei Zlate).
Journal of Monetary Economics 59(2), March 2012, 196–213.
"Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes and the Dutch Disease: A Panel Data Analysis" (with Emmanuel Lartey and Pablo
Acosta).
Review of International Economics 20(2), May 2012, 377–395.
2011
"Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment" (with Pau
Rabanal, Juan Rubio-Ramírez, and Diego Vilán).
Review of Economic Dynamics 14(1), January 2011, 136–155.
"Business Cycles and the Role for Imperfect Competition in the Banking System"
International Finance 14(1), Spring 2011, 103–133.
2010
"Business Cycles and Monetary Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Role for a Monopolistic Banking Sector."
Journal of International Economics 81(1), May 2010, 102–116.
2009
"Microentrepreneurship and the Business Cycle: Is "Self-Employment" A desirable outcome?" (with Gabriel
Montes-Rojas).
World Development 79(1), December 2009, 1914–1925.
"Remittances and the Dutch Disease" (with Pablo Acosta and Emmanuel Lartey).
Journal of International Economics 79(1), September 2009, 102–116.
Book Reviews
2017
"Economic Aspects of International Labor Migration" (with Andrei Zlate). International Finance, 20(1), Spring 2017.