Dr. Kory Kantenga (he/him)

Dr. Kory Kantenga is the Head of Economics, Americas, at LinkedIn’s Economic Graph Research Institute and leads the Economic Graph Research Institutes’ Macroeconomics Research Program. Dr. Kantenga has also led the Institutes’ AI & Skill Research program. His work focuses on surfacing insights on labor markets and the macroeconomy at large. His areas of expertise include employment and wages, skills and technology, job search and matching, and competition and innovation. His insights and commentary have been featured in Bloomberg, The Financial Times, Fortune, Global and Mail, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, and he has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Kory worked in economic consulting, focusing on antitrust and intellectual property matters, and served as a postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute. He holds an MSc. in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.