Matt Darling, Author at Niskanen Center

Matt Darling

Matthew Darling is an employment policy fellow, who works on employment and labor market policy issues within the social policy team. Previously, Darling was a vice president at ideas42, a behavioral economics consultancy, where he managed projects in economic justice, climate change, and domestic healthcare. He was also the strategic lead on labor and workforce development. Darling’s work has been featured in the Washington Post, Vox, the Atlantic, and more.

Darling has received his B.A. in Cognitive Science and Economics from Hampshire College and his M.A. in Economics from Tufts University.

Matt Darling posts

Geographic impacts on policy effectiveness: assessing place-based programs through MVPFs

Evaluating economic policies with geographic MVPFs: Insights and implications for future research

How AI could make UI fraud easier

Are we putting workforce hubs in the right places?

Creating a More Dynamic Unemployment Insurance System: The Case for Eliminating Experience Rating

The BRIDGE for Workers Act – getting people back into jobs fast

New Senate framework a step forward for Unemployment Insurance modernization

Op-Ed: The economic forces pushing both parents to work

An unemployment insurance system that works

Federal wages should not be set by a roll of the dice

Policy challenges from noisy subgroups

Darling on Yahoo Finance: The April Jobs Report

Darling on The Neoliberal Podcast: How think tanks spread ideas, how to educate on social media, and more!

Improving the "Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act"

What Star Wars can teach us about unemployment insurance fraud

A more legible UI policy

Charting a new course: ways to build up labor influence moving forward

Work requirements and income requirements, explained

Managing the macroeconomy isn't "closest without going over"

Op-Ed: Requiem for the Child Tax Credit