Erik Hurst is the Roman Family Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Erik's work lies at the intersection of macroeconomics, labor economics and urban economics. His research has addressed topics such as declining male participation rates, the determinants of U.S. wage growth, the welfare losses to society stemming from gender and racial discrimination, the causes and consequences of urban gentrification, the economics of time use, small business dynamics, life-cycle consumption profiles, the role of housing and mortgage markets in driving macroeconomic conditions, and the choice to invest in human capital. Erik is a former co-editor of the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Economic Perspectives and the NBER Macroannual. He is also a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an elected member of the Econometrics Society, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.