Biography

Alex is a DPhil candidate at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention. His research investigates the re-emergence of industrial standards boards in the United States and their impact on labor market outcomes and trade unions' mobilizational capacity.

Before Oxford, he worked in Berlin on eco-social policy as a Fulbright Scholar and graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Public Policy.

Research Areas

Economic inequality
Economic paradigm change

Programme Teams

Economics, Inequality & Opportunity (EIO)

Related Projects

Labour Markets

Our team studies how labour market institutions and policies -- from minimum wages to collective bargaining -- influence the distribution of earnings, and how the power of employers affects the fortunes of low-wage workers.
Large Language Models for Inequality Research

Our team pursues two strands of research, examining (1) how the rise of artificial intelligence affects employment patterns, income inequality, and wealth inequality, and (2) how these new tools can reveal new insights into patterns of inequality.