Erin Troland
Principal Economist
Federal Reserve Board
Principal Economist
Federal Reserve Board
erin.e.troland[at]frb[dot]gov
I study economic inequality in the US, focusing on household and local public finance.
Working Papers
The Canary in the Coal Decline: Appalachian Household Finance and the Transition from Fossil Fuels
(with Joshua Blonz and Brigitte Roth Tran)
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial Economics
Media: Energy Institute Blog, BLS Monthly Labor Review
The Role of Property Assessment Oversight in School Finance Inequality
(with Alex Combs and John Foster)
Revise and Resubmit, National Tax Journal
Targeted Relief: Geography and Timing of Emergency Rental Assistance Funds
(with Theodore Figinski, Sydney Keenan, and Richard Sweeney)
Under Review
Research Notes
(with Zofsha Merchant)
FEDS Notes 2023
Improving Housing Payment Projections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(with Jeff Larrimore)
FEDS Notes 2020
Media: Brookings
Publications
Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country
(with Theodore Figinski)
American Journal of Health Economics, Forthcoming
Bringing Health Care to Appalachia: The Long Run Impact of a Rural Health Care System
(with Theodore Figinski)
Economic Development Quarterly, 2022
(Niall Keleher, Mary Claire Barela, Joshua Blumenstock, Cedric Festin, Matthew Podolsky, Arman Rezaee, Erin Troland, Kurtis Heimerl)
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development 2020
(with Theodore Figinski)
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 2019
Modest, Secure, and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
(with Eli Berman, Joseph Felter, Jacob Shapiro)
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 2013
Work in Progress
The Hidden Costs of Disability
(with Zofsha Merchant and Doug Webber)
The Impact of Mobile Phones: Experimental Evidence from the Random Assignment of New Cell Towers
(with Joshua Blumenstock, Niall Keleher, and Arman Rezaee)
Funding from the Development Impact Lab and the Gates Foundation
The findings and conclusions presented here are my own and do not reflect the views of the Federal Reserve Board.