Research Projects 

Publications 

• Shi, Ying, Daniel Hartley, Bhash Mazumder, and Aastha Rajan. "The Effects of the Great Migration on Urban Renewal." Journal of Public Economics 209 (2022): 104647.

Working Papers

• Karger, Ezra, and Aastha Rajan. "Heterogeneity in the marginal propensity to consume: evidence from Covid-19 stimulus payments." (2020).

Policy Briefs 

• Patel, Elena, and Aastha Rajan. "Return to Sender: What privatization might mean for the future of USPS." Brookings Research (2025). 

• Patel, Elena, Aastha Rajan, and Natalie Tomeh. "Make it Count: Measuring Our Housing Supply Shortage." Brookings Research (2024). 

• Aaronson, Daniel, Luojia Hu, and Aastha Rajan. "Did Covid-19 disproportionately affect mothers’ labor market activity." Chicago Fed Letter 450 (2021): 1-5.

• Faberman, Jason, and Aastha Rajan. "Is the Unemployment Rate a Good Measure of People Currently Out of Work?" Chicago Fed Insights (2020).

• Aaronson, Daniel, Luojia Hu, and Aastha Rajan. "How much did the minimum wage drive real wage growth during the late 2010s?" Chicago Fed Letter 435 (2020): 1-6.

• Hartley, Daniel, Bhashkar Mazumder, and Aastha Rajan. "How similar are credit scores across generations?" Chicago Fed Letter (2019).

• Aaronson, Daniel, Luojia Hu, and Aastha Rajan. "Explaining variation in real wage growth over the recent expansion." Chicago Fed Letter (2019).

Works in Progress 

• Harris, Lauren, Cecilia Moreira, and Aastha Rajan. "Incentivizing Success: Assessing the Impact of Texas's Incentive Allotment Program on Teacher Labor Markets and Student Outcomes."