Jonathan Presler

Research Economist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Welcome. I am a Research Economist in the FDIC's Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection. My research focuses on residential location decisions, applications of high frequency mobility data, peer effects, economics of education, discrimination and segregation, and homelessness. Prior to the FDIC, I completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Saint Louis University after earning my PhD in Economics from Syracuse University.

Curriculum Vitae

My CV is available for download here: Jonathan Presler CV.

Contact Info

Email: jpresler@fdic.gov

Address:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Consumer Research, Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection
550 17th Street NW, Room F-7008
Washington, DC 20429-0002
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Research

Publications

"What Makes a Classmate a Peer? Examining Which Peers Matter in NYC Elementary Schools"

with William Horrace, Hyunseok Jung, and Amy Ellen Schwartz

Conditionally Accepted at the Journal of Population Economics.

"FDIC Survey of VITA Providers, (June 2024)"

with Elissa Cohen, Yan Lee, Noah Shult, Jeffrey Weinstein, and Mary Zaki

Work in Progress

"Migration and Seasonality of the Homeless in the United States: Using Big Data to Understand a Big Problem"

with David Lucas

"How do gas prices affect commuter rail uptake?"

with Christopher Rick


Presentations

“2023 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households”

FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion

November 2024

“The Lunch Club: Does Exposure Increase Integration in the Lunch Line?”

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)

March 2022

"Obesity Peer Effects in NYC Elementary Schools"

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)

March 2021

"You Are Who You Eat With: Evidence on Academic Peer Effects in School Lunch Lines"

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)

November 2019

"What Makes a Classmate a Peer? Examining Which Peers Matter in NYC Elementary Schools"

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Summer Workshop in Education and Social Policy

March 2019

May 2019


Awards and Fellowships

FDIC Mission Achievement Award

2024

Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship

2014-2020

Syracuse University Graduate Assistantship

2015-2019

Maxwell School Summer Fellowship

2014-2019

Travel Grant, Syracuse University

2019

Teaching Experience

Instructor for Economic Principles, Dept. of Economics, Syracuse University

Summer 2017

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Syracuse University

Economic Principles

Game Theory

Intermediate Microeconomics

Intermediate Mathematical Microeconomics

2015-2019

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mathematics, North Dakota State University

Pre-Calculus

2014-2015