Kadeem is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Associate at Opportunity Insights at Harvard University, and a research advisor for Rise at Schmidt Futures. Kadeem’s research focuses on how talent markets function. Kadeem is also interested in labor economics and public economics more broadly. When Kadeem isn't doing research he can be found reading philosophy, playing basketball, writing jokes, or watching TV with his lovely spouse, Savannah. Kadeem earned his PhD in Public Policy (Economics Track) from Harvard University in 2023, an MS in Applied Economics from Montana State University in 2017 and a BS in Mathematics, Economics, and Physics at Hillsdale College in 2015.