Applied Micro Lunch: Sree Kancherla, UC Berkeley

Sree is Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics  at UC Berkeley, with research fields in public and labor economics. His research generally analyzes ways in which the US tax, transfer, and social insurance system has shaped worker-firm labor market dynamics. His ongoing projects examine the extent to which workers understand and make use of public policies that mitigate income volatility, with particular attention to independent contracting and unemployment insurance policies in the US.