Jonathan Presler

Jonathan is a Financial Economist in the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection at the FDIC. His research interests include residential location decisions, applications of high frequency mobility data, peer effects, economics of education, discrimination and segregation, and homelessness. Before joining the FDIC, Jonathan was a post-doctoral research fellow at Saint Louis University. Jonathan earned his PhD in Economics from Syracuse University.

Research Topics

Residential Location Decisions; Applications of High Frequency Mobility Data; Peer Effects; Economics of Education; Discrimination and Segregation; Homelessness

Curriculum Vitae

Jonathan Presler. 2022. “You Are Who You Eat With: Academic Peer Effects from School Lunch Lines,” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Vol. 203, 43–58.

William C. Horrace, Hyunseok Jung, Jonathan Presler, and Amy Ellen Schwartz, “What Makes a Classmate a Peer? Examining Which Peers Matter in NYC Elementary Schools”

Jonathan Presler, “Who’s Affecting Who? Obesity Peer Effects in NYC Public Schools”

Jonathan Presler and Amy Ellen Schwartz, “The Lunch Club: Does Exposure Increase Integration in the Lunch Line?”

Jonathan Presler and Christopher Rick, “How Do Gas Prices Affect Commuter Rail Uptake?”