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Andrew C. Forrester

Adjunct Scholar

Andrew C. Forrester is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and currently serves as an economist and lead demographer in the Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A quantitative economist and statistician, Andrew previously worked at the Cato Institute in the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and at the American Enterprise Institute. His research focuses on economic statistics, labor and financial economics, time series and seasonal adjustment, and quantitative demography.

His work has been cited in The Economist, the Washington Post, and other media outlets. Andrew’s peer‐​reviewed research has appeared in The World Bank Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Kyklos, and the Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting among others. He has jointly contributed book chapters to edited volumes published by the Oxford University Press and World Scientific.

Andrew is originally from Chicago and obtained an M.A. in economics with a concentration in finance and econometrics from the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. He also graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with a B.Sc. in quantitative economics and a B.A. in German language from Miami. Andrew is a member of the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, and the Population Association of America.

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