Brian Schaitkin

Brian Schaitkin is a Senior Economist in U.S. Economic Outlook & Labor Markets at The Conference Board. He has been writing reports and blog posts on the role of immigrants in the labor market. In addition, he has been examining how businesses are changing the way in which they use non-standard work arrangements. Schaitkin originally joined The Conference Board in 2007 as a research analyst for the Global Indicators Research Institute program. Schaitkin helped develop The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(r) (LEI) for the Euro Area, which was launched in January 2009. Schaitkin conducted forecasting exercises which led to changes in The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(r) (LEI) for the United States and co-wrote two papers describing these changes. Later, he wrote and produced the European Economics Watch webcast and publication series. Schaitkin graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a combined BA in economics and political science. In 2011, he graduated cum laude from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven in Belgium with an MA in economics. Before rejoining The Conference Board in 2015, Schaitkin worked at Con Edison for two years, where he produced forecasts for customer energy usage that helped determine electricity rates.