Biography
Mels de Zeeuw is a senior CED analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's community and economic development (CED) group. He supports the team's data analysis and research projects, and is passionate about using data to illuminate and illustrate stories and trends that affect low- and moderate-income groups across the Southeast. In the CED group, de Zeeuw has helped map the economic dynamism of small and midsized cities across the United States, and he has coauthored a paper that examined the distribution of philanthropic grant flows from large foundations. Prior to joining the Atlanta Fed, de Zeeuw was a research associate at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies' Center for State and Local Finance and Fiscal Research Center. There, he cowrote various fiscal notes and briefs on Georgia's state and local fiscal policies, and coauthored a report on Connecticut's comparative state and local fiscal standing. He holds a bachelor of arts in political science and a master of arts in American history from Leiden University in the Netherlands. After immigrating to the United States, de Zeeuw earned a master's degree in economics from Georgia State University.Publications
Atlanta Fed Community and Economic Development Discussion Papers
Mind the Gap: How Do Credit Market Experiences and Borrowing Patterns Differ for Minority-Owned Firms?
Alicia Robb, Brett Barkley, and Mels de Zeeuw
Discussion Paper 2018-3 (September 2018)
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How Do Firms Respond to Hiring Difficulties? Evidence from the Federal Reserve Banks’ Small Business Credit Survey
Ellyn Terry and Mels de Zeeuw
Discussion Paper 2018-1 (March 2018)
Abstract | Full textArticles
Alexander Ruder, Mels de Zeeuw, and Ann Carpenter. "Promising Workforce Development Approaches." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Workforce Currents (January 2019).
Mels de Zeeuw. "Trading Places: Financing Experiences of Small Export Firms." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (November/December 2018).
Mels de Zeeuw and Tamilore Toyin-Adelaja. "Credit Where Credit Is Due: Southeastern Small Businesses' Borrowing Patterns." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (November/December 2018).
Keith Wardrip and Mels de Zeeuw. "Nimble Capital for an Agile Workforce." From Investing in America's Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers. Kalamazoo: MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (November 2018).
Mels de Zeeuw. "Hiring Difficulties across Industries and Location." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Workforce Currents (April 2018).
Mels de Zeeuw. "Opportunity Occupations: Well-Paying Jobs for Middle-Skill Workers." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Workforce Currents (November 2017).
Mels de Zeeuw. "Uneven Opportunity: Variation in Employers' Educational Preferences for Middle-Skills Jobs." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (January/February 2017).
Mels de Zeeuw. “Exploring Economic Trends in the Southeast.” Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (November/December 2016).
Mels de Zeeuw. “Minding the Gaps: Household Financial Stability in the Southeast.” Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (September/October 2016).
Mels de Zeeuw. "The Small Cities Study Tour: Cedar Rapids' Economic Recovery." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (May/June 2016).
Mels de Zeeuw. "The Promise and Reality of Apprenticeship Programs in the United States." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (May/June 2016).
Will Lambe and Mels de Zeeuw. "The Small Cities Study Tour: Chattanooga's Comeback." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (January/February 2016).
Special Publications
Brett Barkley, Alicia Robb, and Mels de Zeeuw. 2016 Small Business Credit Survey: Report on Minority-Owned Firms. November 2017.
Keith Wardrip, Stuart Andreason, and Mels de Zeeuw. "Uneven Opportunity: Exploring Employers' Educational Preferences for Middle-Skills Jobs." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, January 2017. (Summary article)
Keith Wardrip, Will Lambe, and Mels de Zeeuw. "Following the Money: An Analysis of Foundation Grantmaking for Community and Economic Development." The Foundation Review, September 2016. (Summary article) (data tool)
Podcast Episodes
Stuart Andreason and Mels de Zeeuw. "Where Will Opportunity Knock? A Discussion of Opportunity Occupations." Economy Matters podcast. April 13, 2017.
Will Lambe and Mels de Zeeuw. "Following the Money: A Discussion of Community Development." Economy Matters podcast. October 27, 2016.