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Christopher Boone

  • Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Labor Economics, Development Economics, Economic History

Christopher Boone is an assistant professor in the School of Hotel Administration (SHA) at Cornell University. He joined the SHA faculty in July 2015 after receiving his PhD in economics from Columbia University. He specializes in the fields of labor economics, economic history, and development economics. His research interests include labor relations, inequality, structural transformation, and macroeconomic crises.

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Unemployment Insurance Extension During Great Recession Did Not Destroy Jobs

Article By Christopher Boone, Arindrajit Dube, Lucas Goodman, and Ethan Kaplan | Oct 13, 2016

Social safety nets don’t always need to come with a dark side