Jordan Peeples

Jordan Peeples

VP Quantitative Modeling Analyst

Welcome!

Welcome to my page! I am a Ph.D. Economist who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2025 and currently serve as a VP Quantitative Modeling Analyst at Regions Bank. My research interests include firm decisions, labor, and family economics – all through the lens of the macroeconomy. You can take a look at my research below. Feel free to download my CV here.

I also have a Substack where I answer interesting questions with economics research in a way people can understand. My goal is to make economics research accessible to everyone. You can find my Substack here.

Interests
  • Micro-founded Macroeconomics
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Firm Decisions/Labor
  • Family Economics
Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2025

    University of Pennsylvania

  • M.A. in Economics, 2019

    University of Georgia

  • B.B.A. in Economics, 2019

    University of Georgia

Working Papers

Jonathan Arnold, Jordan Peeples (2025). Reshaping the Firm Size Distribution of Jobs: Minimum Wages and Firm Dynamics in Employment. JMP (Under Revision Process).

PDF

Jordan Peeples (2025). From Fault to Freedom: How No Fault Divorce Laws Impacted the U.S. College Divorce Divide.

PDF SSRN

Works in Progress

Jordan Peeples (2024). Automation and the Minimum Wage.

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate Macroeconomics
University of Pennsylvania
January 2024 – May 2024 Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
Economics of Family
University of Pennsylvania
August 2023 – December 2023 Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
Intro Macroeconomics
University of Pennsylvania
January 2023 – May 2023 Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate Macroeconomics
University of Pennsylvania
August 2022 – December 2022 Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate Macroeconomics
University of Pennsylvania
July 2022 – August 2022 Philadelphia, PA
Course Instructor
 
 
 
 
 
Intro Economics for Business Students
University of Pennsylvania
August 2020 – December 2020 Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
Intro Econometrics
University of Georgia
January 2019 – May 2019 Athens, GA
Teaching Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
Intro Econometrics
University of Georgia
August 2018 – December 2018 Athens, GA
Teaching Assistant
“Jordan is the BEST TA I’ve had in an undergrad economics course at Penn, and definitely one of the best TAs I’ve had at Penn more generally. She explained the material in a way that I really understood, and she was very open to answering any questions that came up during recitation… I’m not sure what she plans to do with her PhD, but I am confident that she would make an excellent professor if that’s the path she chooses.” — My favorite review from a student, Intermediate Macro

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