Ellen Rissman is an economist and senior policy specialist in the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that position, Rissman provides research and analysis on issues in labor economics such as self-employment and entrepreneurship, and cyclical movements in employment. Rissman's research has been published in the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Journal of Labor Economics. Her research has also appeared in Economic Perspectives and Chicago Fed Letter—the Chicago Fed's research periodicals.
Before joining the Chicago Fed in 1985, she completed her doctorate while lecturing at Northwestern University. Rissman received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a doctorate in economics from Northwestern University.
Chicago Fed Letter
- Why is Inflation So Low?
Ellen Rissman | 1988 | No. 12 | August
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Economic Perspectives
- Employment Growth: Cyclical Movements or Structural Change?
Ellen Rissman | 2009 | Vol. 33 | 4th Quarter
Download - The Self-employment Duration of Younger Men over the Business Cycle
Ellen Rissman | 2006 | Vol. 30 | 3rd Quarter
Download - Assessing the jobless recovery
Daniel Aaronson, Ellen Rissman, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2004 | Vol. 28 | May | 2nd Quarter
Download - Can sectoral reallocation explain the jobless recovery?
Daniel Aaronson, Ellen Rissman, Daniel G. Sullivan | 2004 | Vol. 28 | May | 2nd Quarter
Download - Regional employment growth and the business cycle
Ellen Rissman | 1999 | Vol. 23 | November | 4th Quarter
Download - Measuring labor market turbulence
Ellen Rissman | 1997 | Vol. 21 | April | 3rd Quarter
Download - Sectoral wage growth and inflation
Ellen Rissman | 1995 | Vol. 19 | July | 3rd Quarter
Download - Long-run labor market dynamics and short-run inflation
Jeffrey R. Campbell, Ellen Rissman | 1994 | Vol. 18 | March | 1st Quarter
Download - What is the Natural Rate of Unemployment?
Ellen Rissman | 1986 | Vol. 10
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Working Papers
- Labor Market Transitions and Self-Employment
Ellen Rissman | 2007 | No. 2007-14 | November
Download - Self-Employment as an Alternative to Unemployment
Ellen Rissman | 2003 | No. 2003-34
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