Adam Blandin

Adam Blandin is an assistant professor of economics at Vanderbilt University. He is a macroeconomist with research interests in labor markets and public policy. His current research focuses on understanding the determinants of labor supply, the relationship between family structure and inequality, and the evolving nature of work.

He co-developed and runs the Real-Time Population Survey, a quarterly nationally representative survey of U.S. households designed to deliver novel insights on the state of the labor market.

Blandin’s research has been published in top economics journals, including the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. His work has also been featured in media outlets such as Bloomberg, The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Prior to joining Vanderbilt, he was an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was a regular visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Blandin earned his Ph.D. in economics from Arizona State University.