Theodore Naff is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research spans macroeconomics, international economics and labor economics with a focus on the nexus between growth, welfare, and international openness. He has published on topics related to productivity growth and wage insurance. Theodore was previously a Research Associate with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and a Research Specialist at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Theodore received an MA in Economics from McGill University in 2016 and BA with first-class honours from McGill University in 2013.