Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT POSITION
Economist,
Income Statistics Branch,
Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division,
U.S. Census Bureau
August 2011 - Present
EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Ph.D., Economics, August 2011
M.A., Economics, January 2008
Earlham College, Richmond, IN
B.A., Economics, May 2005
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Political Budget Cycles in U.S. Municipalities. (2015), with Shawn R. Moulton. Economics of Governance, 16(4): 379-403.
The Potential Tradeoff Between Artisanal Fisheries Production and Hydroelectricity Generation on the Kafue River, Zambia. (2013), with Andrew M. Deines, Cyprian Katongo, Richard Jensen, and David M. Lodge. Freshwater Biology, 58(4): 640-654.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
The Hidden Resources of Women Working Longer: Evidence from Linked Survey-Administrative Data. (2018), with Joshua Mitchell, in Women Working Longer: Increased Employment at Older Ages, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, editors. University of Chicago Press NBER Conference Report.
Preliminary Research for Replacing or Supplementing the Income Question on the American Community Survey with Administrative Records. (2016), with Amy O'Hara and Joshua Mitchell. American Community Survey Research and Evaluation Report Memorandum Series, #ACS16-RER-6, and Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications Memorandum Series #16-7.
The Validity of Consumption Data: Are the Consumer Expenditure Interview and Diary Surveys Informative? (2015), with Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan, in Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, Christopher Carroll, Thomas Crossley, and John Sabelhaus, editors. University of Chicago Press in NBER Book Series Studies in Income and Wealth.
WORKING PAPERS
Do Older Americans Have More Income Than We Think? (2017), with Joshua Mitchell. Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Paper Series #SEHSD-WP2017-39.
Bias from Unit Non-Response in the Measurement of Income in Household Surveys. With Graton M.R. Gathright and Bruce D. Meyer. Presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, August 2015.
An Evaluation of Retirement Income in the CPS ASEC Using Form 1099-R Microdata. Presented at Population Association of America annual meetings, April 2013.
COMPLETED PAPERS AND PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Using Timer Data to Evaluate the Respondent Burden of the 2013 CPS ASEC Content Test, with Aaron Cantu
The Effect of Car Ownership on Employment: Evidence from State Insurance Rate Regulation.
The Effect of Housing Assistance on Household Consumption Bundles.
CENSUS REPORTS
The Geographic Concentration of High-Income Households: 2007-2011. (February 2013)
Household Income Inequality Within U.S. Counties: 2006-2010. (February 2012)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Washington, DC, November 2018
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, Washington, DC, February 2018
NBER Public Economics Workshop, Cambridge, MA, April 2018*
IRS/Census Workshop on Income Measurement, Washington, DC, March 2018*
National Tax Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2017*
BEA/Census Research Workshop, Washington, DC, October 2017
NBER Summer Institute Aging Workshop, Cambridge, MA, July 2017*
American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, January 2017*
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC, November 2016*
Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, IL, August 2016
NBER Women Working Longer Workshop, Cambridge, MA, May 2016*
Society of Government Economists Annual Conference, Washington, DC, May 2016*
Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 2016
Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 2016*
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference, Washington, DC, December 2015
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2015
Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, WA, August 2015*
Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2014
American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January 2014*
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC, November 2013
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference, Washington, DC, November 2013
Joint Statistical Meetings, Montreal, Quebec, August 2013
Population Association of America Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA, April 2013
Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA, July 2012
Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 2012
NBER/CRIW Conference on Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, Washington, DC, December 2011*
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users Workshop, Washington, DC, July 2011
Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings, St. Louis, MO, March 2011
Seng Foundation Conference on the Impact of the Economy and Social Programs on the Most Vulnerable, South Bend, IN, August 2010
Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings, Evanston, IL, March 2010
* coauthor presentation of joint work
INVITED SEMINARS
University of Notre Dame, November 2017
RAND Corporation, September 2017*
Urban Institute, August 2017*
American Enterprise Institute, August 2017*
Congressional Budget Office, July 2017*
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, October 2016*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 2016
Government Accountability Office, June 2016*
Social Security Administration, June 2016*
Internal Revenue Service, March 2016*
U.S. Treasury Office of Tax Analysis, October 2012
U.S. Census Bureau, February 2011
Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 2011
Urban Institute, February 2011
Earlham College, Richmond, IN, October 2009
* coauthor presentation of joint work
REFEREE
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Economic Inquiry, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Czech Science Foundation.
AWARDS
NSF-IGERT Poster Competition Finalist, April 2011.
NSF-IGERT/GLOBES Fellowship, 2006-2011.
Graduate Assistantship, University of Notre Dame, 2006-2011.
Graduate Summer Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2006-2010.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, and Fall 2010.
Mentor, NSF-IGERT/GLOBES Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Summer 2009.
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Microeconomic Theory, Fall 2008.
SERVICE
American Community Survey Coordination Staff, 2012-2013
American Community Survey Edit Review Team, 2011-2013
Graduate Student Representative on the NSF-IGERT/GLOBES Advisory Council, University of Notre Dame, 2009-2010.
CITIZENSHIP
United States.
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH
Washington Post
Forbes
CEPR Blog
http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/revising-our-thinking-on-retirement-income
Updated August 2018.