Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Jonathan Rothwell, Ph.D., Principal Economist at Gallup, exploring his work and the themes of his book, A Republic of Equals: A Manifesto for a Just Society.
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Jonathan Rothwell, Gallup’s Principal Economist, researches and publishes on a broad range of topics and advises Gallup clients and associates on research questions and economic analysis, particularly in the areas of higher education, macroeconomics, entrepreneurship, and labor economics. He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University.
Findings from Jonathan's research have frequently been covered by leading news organizations, and he often speaks at conferences and scholarly events. While at Gallup, his publications have included an analysis of who supported various presidential candidates during the 2016 election, the effect of trade competition on regional economic outcomes, the validity of using consumer ratings to assess colleges, the factors that drive subjective job quality, the valuation of assets in African-American neighborhoods, and several publications for the New York Times Upshot, to which he occasionally contributes. He is the author of the book A Republic of Equals: A Manifesto for a Just Society, which was published by Princeton University Press.
Before joining Gallup, Jonathan was a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. He frequently published research on issues such as trade; innovation; education; college quality; the supply and demand for skills; residential segregation by income, race and ethnicity; and the causes of income inequality. He was a regular contributor to Social Mobility Memos, the Brookings blog on social mobility. In 2015, he was commissioned by the National Academies of Science to define “skilled technical work.”
Jonathan received a doctorate from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
