[1] Zentner previously worked as a Senior Economist for the Texas State government, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., and Nomura Securities International.
After graduate school, Zentner began her career at Texas State Comptroller as a Senior Economist in the Revenue Estimating Division.
[13]Zentner says, "What the financial crisis did was lay bare the ugliness of a growing income gap by removing the layer of debt accumulation that had been masking its presence".
[13] However, wages have been increasing among small businesses, households are experiencing less debt and more savings, and workers are having greater job stability.
[14] Zentner and her economic team at Morgan Stanley project that the combination of Gens Y and Z in the U.S. workforce will yield higher consumption, wages, and housing demand, thus stimulating GDP growth.
[14] Some supporting contributors of the "youth boom" include: new Gen Z entrants to the workforce are more financially stable compared to Millennials, more jobs are available, cheaper college tuition, better skills match to available jobs, and no generational gap between Millennials and Gen Z, thus driving an increase in productivity in the workforce.