Kyle Herkenhoff

Kyle Herkenhoff is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. His research bridges Labor Economics and Consumer Finance, focusing on structural sorting models and credit-labor market interactions.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (2014)

Research Themes include:

• Credit access effects on labor mobility and wage inequality
• Monopsony power quantification in concentrated labor markets
• Patent policy impacts on technology diffusion
• Macro-prudential policy in credit markets
• Public insurance design in informal economies

Scientific Contributions:

• Developed structural models linking credit constraints to job finding rates
• Quantified welfare costs of credit card industry monopolies
• Integrated learning-by-doing and peer effects in workplace productivity

Network Affiliation: Markets (M) network member at HCEO. His work has been featured in NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, and NBER publications.