APARNA MATHUR
APARNA MATHUR
Email: aparnamath@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL POSITION
Senior Research Manager, Economics, at Amazon, May 2021-
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Mossavar-Rahmani Center, July 2021-
Visiting Fellow, FREOPP, June 2022-
PAST POSITIONS
Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers, April 2020-April 2021
Resident Scholar, Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute, January 2010-March 2020
Project Director, AEI Family and Medical Leave Policy Project 2016-2020
Project Director, American Family Diaries Ethnography Project, 2017-2020
Editor, AEI Economics Working Paper Series, January 2012-2020
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Simply Green, January 2021-
Board Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, May 2020-
Board Member, National Economists Club, October 2019-
Membership Committee, National Academy of Social Insurance, October 2019-
Member, Advisory Council, Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunity Program, January 2019-
University of Maryland Economics Leadership Council, September 2018-
Member, Aspen Family Prosperity Innovation Community, January 2018-
Nominated Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, January 2017-
Forbes Contributor, December 2014-
Affiliate Analyst, Sonecon LLC
PAST AFFILIATIONS
Principals Group, Pew Charitable Trusts, January 2015-2019
Co-Chair, National Tax Association, Spring Symposium 2020, October 2019—March 2020
Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, Study Panel on Caregiving, December 2017-June 2019
Member, Technical Working Group, US Department of Labor Project on Paid Leave Modeling, April 2018-June 2019
Member, Work Scheduling Policy Group (hosted by Russell Sage Foundation, Ford Foundation and Washington Center for Equitable Growth), September 2018-October 2018
Tax Reform Working Group, American Action Forum, July 2015-March 2017
Jacobs (Family Foundation) Associate, January 2010-December 2015
Chair, AEI Recruiting Committee AEA 2013
Editor, AEI Economic Studies Series, January 2012-2014
Editor, AEI Economics Perspectives, September 2012-2014
Lecturer, AEI Summer Institute, July 2013
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tax Politics and Policy, January-May 2011, Georgetown University
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public Finance, January-May 2010, Georgetown University
Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, January 2006-December 2009
National Research Initiative Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, August 2005-December 2005
Consultant, The World Bank, August 2001-December 2001
Instructor, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Spring 2001-Spring 2005
Instructor, Principles of Microeconomics, Summer 2004, Summer 2002
Teaching Assistant, Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 1999-Fall 2000
Research Assistant, Tata Energy Research Institute, June-August 1998
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2005
M.A. Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University (India), May 1999
B. A. Economics (with Honors), Hindu College, Delhi University (India), May 1996
HONORS AND AWARDS
Invited to be Spring Commencement Speaker, University of Maryland Department of Economics Graduation Ceremony (cancelled due to COVID), May 2020
Inducted into the Moneyball 4 Government, Results For America, Academic All-Stars Group, July 2019
Selected for the Politico 50 list for 2017, September 2017
Top 10% of SSRN authors, May, 2017-August 2019
Nominated to the Membership of the National Academy of Social Insurance, January 2017
Small Business Administration Research Award “Does the Bankruptcy System Provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs?”(October 2009-October 2010)
Best Graduate Student Proposal, Small Business Administration (SBA), Washington D.C. Awarded), October 2003-October 2004
Graduate Assistantship, University of Maryland, 1999-2005
Merit Scholarship, Delhi School of Economics, 1998-1999
Certificate of Merit for excellent performance in Economics, Central Board for Secondary Education, New Delhi, 1993
Best Paper Award sponsored by the Journal of Applied Econometrics for paper, “A Spatial Model of the Impact of Bankruptcy Law on Entrepreneurship” International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, 25-27 May 2006, Rome, Italy
Paper "Health Insurance and Job Creation by the Self-Employed" made the AEI-Brookings Joint Center's "Top Related Publications List" for the month of June, 2006
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
“Distributional Analysis of the TCJA: Impact of Business and Individual Tax Provisions on Households” (with Cody Kallen), AEI Economics Working Paper 2019-07 (covered in Brookings Institution blog: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/04/17/whats-in-an-equivalence-scale-maybe-more-than-you-think/, and Tax Notes), accepted at National Tax Journal
“The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Intertemporal Income Shifting,” (with Glenn Hubbard and Aspen Gorry), NBER Working Paper w24531, Volume 74, Number 1, National Tax Journal (March 2021)
“Did Right to Work Laws Increase Income Inequality? Evidence from U.S. States Using the Synthetic Control Method,” (with Devesh Roy and Abdul Munasib), AEI Economics Working Paper, Volume 21, Issue 1, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (August 2020)
“Rethinking the Green New Deal: Using Climate Policy to Address Inequality,” (Paper presentation, National Tax Association Spring Symposium, May 2019, AEI Economics Working Paper 2019-14), Volume 72, Issue 4, National Tax Journal (December 2019)
“Substance Requirements in the International Taxation of Intangible Capital-A Double Edged Sword?” (Previous title: “Economic Substance Requirements and Multinational Firm Behavior”) (with Kartikeya Singh and Cody Kallen), AEI Economics Working Paper, Volume 48, Issue 2, Public Finance Review (January 2020)
(cited by Penn Wharton Budget Model: https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2021/7/21/profit-shifting-and-the-global-minimum-tax)
“The Perverse Effect of Sin Taxes: The Rise of Illicit White Cigarettes,” (with Roger Bate and Cody Kallen), AEI Economics Working Paper, accepted at Applied Economics, (published online, August 5, 2019: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1646403)
“The Impact of GILTI and FDII on the Investment Location Choice of U.S. Multinationals,” (with Kartikeya Singh), Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Volume 10, No. 2 (2019) (AEI Economics Working Paper 2018-05)
“The Role of Legislative Change in Reducing Domestic Violence Against Women in India,” (with Sita Slavov), Economics Bulletin, Vol.37, Issue 4 (November 2017)
Corruption and Medicine Quality in Latin America: A Pilot Study,” (with Roger Bate), AEI Economics Working Paper, accepted at The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (published online February 2018: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bejeap.ahead-of-print/bejeap-2017-0076/bejeap-2017-0076.xml)
“Unnecessary Injury: The Economic Costs of Imposing New Global Capital Requirements on Large U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers,” (with Robert J. Shapiro), Journal of Financial Perspectives, Vol.4, Issue 1 (May 2017) (Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No.2540589)
“Leaving Childless Taxpayers Behind: The Impact of Recent Low-Income Tax Changes,” (with Adele Hunter), July 2016, Tax Notes
“Dividends and Investment: Evidence of Heterogeneous Firm Behavior.” (With Nirupama Rao, Michael Strain and Stan Veuger), Volume 44, Issue 6, Public Finance Review (2016)
“Generics Substitution, Bioequivalence Standards and Oversight of International Pharmaceutical Producers: Complex Issues Facing the FDA” (with Roger Bate, Harry Lever, Dinesh Thakur, Joe Graedon, Tod Cooperman, Preston Mason and Erin R. Fox), AEI Economic Policy Studies Working Paper 2015-05, Vol.37, Issue 3, p184-191, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (March 2016)
The Response of Deferred Executive Compensation to Changes in Tax Rates (with Aspen Gorry, Kevin A. Hassett and Glenn Hubbard), Volume 151, p28-40, Journal of Public Economics (July 2017)
Paper presented at the NBER Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, June 2014 (Vienna, Austria, Special TAPES Issue) NBER Working Paper c13468
“Starting Small: Using Existing Tax Credits to Fund Family Leave,” Tax Notes, July 2015
“Poor Quality Drugs and Global Trade: A Pilot Study,” (with Roger Bate, Ginger Zhe Jin and Amir Attaran), NBER WP No. 20469, Vol.2, No.3, p318-343, American Journal of Health Economics (Summer 2016) (covered in NBER Reporter January 2019)
“Has the Affordable Care Act Increased Part-Time Employment?” (with Sita N. Slavov and Michael Strain), Vol. 23, Issue 3, Applied Economics Letters (2016)
(Covered on Wonkblog: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/08/12/no-obamacare-isnt-killing-full-time-jobs-new-evidence-shows/)
“A Spatial Model of Corporate Tax Incidence,” (with Kevin Hassett), Applied Economics, Vol.47, Issue 13 (2015)
Paper reviewed in The Economist, Economics Focus section: A toll on the common man, (July 1-15, 2006) and mentioned in a Wall Street Journal editorial (December 2006)
“Falsified or Substandard? Assessing Price and Non-Price Signals of Drug Quality,” (with Roger Bate and Ginger Z. Jin), Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 687-711, winter 2015, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy(covered in NBER Reporter January 2019)
Feature article on journal website. Link to Q&A: http://editjems.org/article-item/winter-2015-feature-article-2/
(Earlier Version: “Counterfeit or Substandard? The Role of Regulation and Distribution Channel in Drug Safety,” (with Roger Bate and Ginger Z. Jin), NBER Working Paper No.18073, (May 2012))
“In Whom We Trust: The Role of Certification Agencies in Online Drug Markets," (with Roger Bate and Ginger Zhe Jin), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions), Volume 14, Issue 1 (December 2013),pp. 111-150
(Earlier Version: “Unveiling the Mystery of Online Pharmacies: An Audit Study,” (with Roger Bate and Ginger Z. Jin), NBER Working Paper No. 17955, March 2012)
“Distributional Effects of A Carbon Tax in Broader U.S. Fiscal Reform,” (with Adele Morris), Energy Policy, Vol.66, pp. 326-334, 2014 (Issue C).
(Brookings Climate and Energy Economics Project Working Paper, December 2012)
“BEPS and the Law of Unintended Consequences,” (With Kartikeya Singh), On the Margin, Tax Notes, September 2013.
“Does the U.S. Bankruptcy System Provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs?,” Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 37, 2013.
Available online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378426613003026
“Health Expenditures and Personal Bankruptcies,” Health, Vol.4, No. 12, 2012, available:
http://www.aei.org/files/2012/12/12/-mathur-health-expenditures-and-personal-bankruptcies_143504980764.pdf
“Should the Top Marginal Income Tax Rate Be 73 Percent?,” (with Sita Slavov and Michael Strain), On the Margin, Tax Notes, November 2012 (coverage in Wonkblog, Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/27/should-the-top-tax-rate-be-73-percent/)
“Distributional Impacts in a Comprehensive Climate Policy Package," NBER Chapter, in: The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (with Gilbert E. Metcalf and Kevin A. Hassett), University of Chicago Press (2012), edited by Don Fullerton and Catherine Wolfram
NBER Working Paper no. 16101
“The Consumer Burden of a Carbon Tax on Gasoline,” (Kevin A. Hassett and Gilbert E. Metcalf), book chapter in Fuel Taxes and the Poor: The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy, edited by Thomas Sterner, RFF Press, December 2011
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?TabId=102852&v=513749
“Foreign Direct Investment, Corruption and Democracy,” with Kartikeya Singh, Applied Economics, Vol. 45, Issue 8, 2013. Available online at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036846.2011.613786
“Does Price Reveal Poor Quality Drugs? Evidence From 17 countries,” (with Ginger Zhe Jin and Roger Bate), Journal of Health Economics, December 2011, 30: 1150-1163. Also available as NBER Working Paper No.16854
“Benefits of Hydraulic Fracking,” (with Kevin Hassett), Oxford Energy Forum, Issue 91, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford (April, 2013)
“Corporate Tax Burdens on Labor: Theory and Empirical Evidence,” (with Matthew Jensen), Tax Notes, June 5, 2011
"Moving toward a Unified Credit for Low-Income Workers," (with Kevin A. Hassett and Lawrence B. Lindsey), Tax Notes, August 10, 2009
"A Spatial Model of the Impact of Bankruptcy Law on Entrepreneurship,” Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol.4, Issue 1, March 2009
Research funding provided by the Small Business Administration, and subsequently published as Research Publication No. 261, July 2005, Small Business Administration
“The Incidence of a U.S. Carbon Tax: A Lifetime and Regional Analysis,” (with Kevin A. Hassett and Gilbert E. Metcalf), The Energy Journal, Vol.30, No.2, March 2009
NBER Working Paper no. 13554
“Don’t Follow Our Example, Either,” Letter to the Editor, Health Affairs, January/February 2009 (with Thomas P. Miller)
“Health Insurance Mandates and Job Creation by the Self-Employed,” Small Business Economics, Vol. 35, Issue 3 (Spring 2010), available online since December 2008
WORKING PAPERS
“The Million Dollar Rule, Executive Compensation and Managerial Risk-Taking,” (with Jared DeLisle, Aspen Gorry and Cody Kallen), Harvard Kennedy School Working Paper (October 2021)
“To Vape or Not to Vape? Preliminary Results from a Qualitative Survey of Smokers,” (with Roger Bate), AEI Economics Working Paper 2019-11
“Sparking the #MeToo Revolution in India: The Nirbhaya Case in Delhi,” (with Akshay Bhatnagar, Abdul Munasib and Devesh Roy), AEI Economics Working Paper 2019-06
“A Carbon Tax and The Earned Income Tax Credit: An Analysis of Potential Linkages,” (with Adele Morris), Brookings Climate and Energy Discussion Paper Series
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Taxes, Regulations and Economic Growth” (with Robert Barro)
“Estimating Behavioral Responses to Jock Taxes” (with Sita Slavov and Anh Pham)
BOOKS
“Essays in Spatial Econometrics: An Application to Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment”, Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller (February, 2009), available at:
LONGER REPORTS/CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Designing Universal Family Care: State-Based Social Insurance Programs for Early Child Care and Education, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Long-Term Services and Supports,” National Academy of Social Insurance Expert Group Report, June 2019
“Carbon Tax Policy: A Conservative Dialogue on Pro-Growth Opportunities,” Alliance for Market Solutions, April 2017
Member of the American Action Forum Working Group on Tax Reform. Produced Briefing Book outlining principles of corporate tax reform combined with a carbon tax. March 2017
https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/tax-reform-initiative-group-briefing-book/
Contributing Member to National Academy of Social Insurance “Report to the New Leadership and the American People on Social Insurance and Inequality,” February 2017
“New Economy, Old Challenges Facing Entrepreneurs,” Kauffman Foundation’s New Entrepreneurial Growth Agenda (digital volume), February 2016
http://www.kauffman.org/neg/neg-intro
“The Distributional Impacts of a Carbon Tax: Evidence and Implications for Policy,” (with Adele Morris) in Implementing a U.S. Carbon Tax, Challenges and Debates (edited by Ian Parry, Adele Morris and Roberton C. Williams III), Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics, 2015
http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-Carbon-Tax-Explorations-Environmental/dp/1138825360
“Poverty, Not Income Inequality, Is the Challenge We Must Address,” in Poverty in America- and What To Do About it, AEI Press, July 2014
“Opportunity for All: How to Think About Income Inequality, AEI Press, March 2014 (compilation of work on income inequality)
“The Consumer Burden of a Carbon Tax on Gasoline,” (Kevin A. Hassett and Gilbert E. Metcalf), forthcoming chapter in Fuel Taxes and the Poor: The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy, edited by Thomas Sterner, RFF Press, forthcoming December 2011
“Distributional Impacts in a Comprehensive Climate Policy Package” (with Gilbert E. Metcalf and Kevin A. Hassett), NBER’s Conference Volume, The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy, University of Chicago Press (2010), edited by Don Fullerton and Catherine Wolfram
“The Economic Implications of Patent Reform: The Deficiencies and Costs of Proposals Regarding the Apportionment of Damages, Post-Grant Opposition and Inequitable Conduct,” in Patent Reforms: Policy Approaches, edited by C Sri Krishna, ICFAI University Press (2008)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS/CONSULTING PROJECTS
“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Anything But A Simple Tax Reform,” Bloomberg Tax (Bloomberg BNA), March 2019
“A 70 Percent Tax Rate on the Rich May Be Smart Politics, But Is Not Smart Economics,” Bloomberg Tax (reprint in Bloomberg BNA), January 2019
“Business Tax Reforms, Investment and GDP: Potential Impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” (with Cody Kallen), Bloomberg BNA, December 2017
“Potential Linkages Between a US Carbon Tax and the Earned Income Tax Credit,” (with Adele Morris), Tax Policy Center Research Brief, August 2017
“The Impact of Broadband and Related Information and Communications Technologies on the American Economy” Sonecon LLC Study, May 2016
“The Revenue and Economic Effects of the Paul-Boxer Plan to Encourage the Repatriation of Foreign-Source Earnings by U.S. Multinational Corporations,” Sonecon LLC Study, July 2015 (with Robert Shapiro)
“The Impact of Intellectual Property Protections on Research and Development in India and the Growth and Wages of Key Indian Industries,” Sonecon LLC Study, April 2015 (with Robert Shapiro)
“The Economic Costs of Imposing New Global Capital Requirements on Large U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers,” Sonecon LLC Study, November 2014 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“A Carbon Tax in Broader US Fiscal Reform: Design and Distributional Issues,” (with Adele Morris, Brookings Institution), Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, May 2014
http://www.c2es.org/publications/carbon-tax-broader-us-fiscal-reform-design-distributional-issues
“How to Think About Tax Reform that Combines Changes to Depreciation Schedules with Rate Reductions,” (with Kevin A. Hassett), Main Street Partnership Economic Study (White Paper Presented to House Ways and Means Committee), February 2014
“The Corporate Interest Deductibility Provision,” (with Kevin A. Hassett), Main Street Partnership Economic Study (White Paper Presented to House Ways and Means Committee), February 2014
“The Tax Gap,” (with Kevin A. Hassett), Main Street Partnership Economic Study (White Paper Presented to House Ways and Means Committee), February 2014
“How India Can Attract More Foreign Direct Investment, Create Jobs and Increase GDP: The Benefits of Respecting the Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign Pharmaceutical Producers,” Sonecon LLC Study, December 2013 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Practice and Impact of Differential Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in Developing Nations,” Sonecon LLC Study, May 2013 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“An Assessment of the Tax Burden on Health Insurance Companies Before and After the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” Sonecon LLC Study, August 2012 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Contributions of Information and Communication Technologies to American Growth, Productivity, Jobs and Prosperity,” Sonecon LLC Study, September 2011 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Revenue Implications of Temporary Tax Relief for Repatriated Foreign Earnings:
An Analysis of the Joint Tax Committee’s Revenue Estimates,” Sonecon LLC Study, August 2011 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“Beyond Bankruptcy: Does the U.S. Bankruptcy System provide a Fresh Start to Entrepreneurs?,” SBA Office of Advocacy Research Report No.378, April 2011
http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/Bankruptcy%20Report_0.pdf
“American Jobs and Foreign Profits: The Impact of Providing Temporary Tax Relief for Repatriated Foreign Earnings by U.S. Multinational Companies that Expand Their U.S. Workforces”, Sonecon LLC Study, December 2010 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Employment Effects of Awarding Major U.S. Defense Contracts To U.S.-Based Firms, Compared to Foreign-Based Multinational Firms: An Economic Case Study of the Competition To Produce the KC-X Refueling Tanker”, April 2010, Sonecon LLC Study, April 2010 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Economic Benefits of Provisions Allowing U.S. Multinational Companies to Defer U.S. Corporate Tax on their Foreign Earnings and the Costs to the U.S. Economy of Repealing Deferral”, Sonecon LLC Study, June 2009 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Benefits to U.S. Taxpayers from an Open Market Buyback of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities,” Sonecon LLC Study, March 2009 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
“The Social and Economic Value of Private and Community Foundations,” Sonecon, LLC Study, December 2008 (with Robert J. Shapiro). The study was cited in a December 25, 2008 Wall Street Journal editorial.
“The Effects of Proposed Hurricane Legislation,” Sonecon LLC Study, August 2008 (with Robert J. Shapiro).
“The Economic Implications of Patent Reform: The Deficiencies and Costs of Proposals Regarding the Apportionment of Damages, Post-Grant Opposition and Inequitable Conduct,” Sonecon LLC Study, February 2008 (with Robert J. Shapiro)
AEI POLICY PAPERS/REPORTS
American Family Diaries: Can Ethnographic Research Help Shape Public Policy?, December 2019 (with chapters from Jennifer Silva, Nick Eberstadt, Sally Satel, Bruce Meyer, Robert Moffitt, Brad Wilcox)
The 2018 AEI-Brookings Working Group Report on Paid Family and Medical Leave, September 2018
(including an online Paid Family and Medical Leave Cost Model)
“American Family Diaries: An Ethnographic Approach to Understanding Barriers to Opportunity,” AEI Publication, June 2018 (with Robert Doar, Nicholas Eberstadt, Kathryn Edin, Bruce Meyer, Robert Moffitt, Sally Satel, Bradford Wilcox)
“Paid Family and Medical Leave: An Issue Whose Time Has Come,” AEI-Brookings Working Group Project Report on Paid Family Leave, May 2017
“How to Improve Economic Opportunity for Women,” (with Abby McCloskey), AEI Research Study, June 2014
“Solutions to Get the Older Long-Term Unemployed Back to Work,” (with Peter Hansen), AEI Research Study, June 2014
“Opportunity for All: How to Think About Income Inequality, AEI Book, March 2014 (compilation of work on income inequality)
“Fostering Upward Economic Mobility in the United States” (with Abby McCloskey), March 2014, AEI Economic Study
“A Fresh Look at the Indian Business Climate: Findings from a Survey of Indian Entrepreneurs” January 2014, AEI Economic Study
“Falling Short: How Bad Economic Policies Threaten the US-India Relationship and India’s Rise,”
(with Sadanand Dhume, Julissa Milligan and Hemal Shah), October 2013.
-cited in The Economic Times
“A New Measure of Consumption Inequality,” (with Kevin Hassett), June 2012
(cited by Bill Gates as his favorite AEI Paper! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar0ri9NLArs )
“The Impact of Improved Detection Technology on Drug Quality,” (with Roger Bate, February 2011)
http://www.aei.org/paper/100199
“Report Card on Effective Corporate Tax Rates”, AEI Tax Policy Outlook (with Kevin A. Hassett, February 2011)
http://www.aei.org/outlook/101024
“The Effect of Labor Market Regulations on Educational Attainment” (May 2010)
http://www.aei.org/paper/100118
“Taxes around the World,” (with Kevin A. Hassett, December 2009),
http://www.aei.org/paper/100063
“The Deficit Endgame,” (with Kevin A. Hassett and Desmond Lachman, September 2009)
http://www.aei.org/paper/100051
“The Consumer Burden of a Carbon Tax on Gasoline,” (with Gilbert E. Metcalf and Kevin A. Hassett, May 2009)
http://www.aei.org/paper/100016
“Indirect Energy and Your Wallet”, Energy and Environmental Outlook, American Enterprise Institute, March 2009 (with Kenneth P. Green)
“Measuring and Reducing Americans’ Indirect Energy Use, Energy and Environment Outlook, American Enterprise Institute, December 2008 (with Kenneth P. Green)
“The Consumer Burden of a Cap-and-Trade System with Freely Allocated Permits,” (with Gilbert E. Metcalf and Kevin A. Hassett, December 2008)
http://www.aei.org/paper/29113
“Predicting Tax Reform,” AEI Working Paper (with Kevin. A. Hassett, August 2007)
http://www.aei.org/paper/26587
“Foreign Direct Investment, Corruption and Democracy,” AEI Working Paper (with Kartikeya Singh, May 2007)
Presented at International Atlantic Economic Conference, New York, 6-9 October, 2005
http://www.aei.org/paper/26180
“An Empirical Analysis of Middle Class Welfare,” (with Kevin A. Hassett, January 2007)
http://www.aei.org/paper/25484
“Medical Bills and Bankruptcy Filings,” (July 2006)
http://www.aei.org/paper/24680
“Taxes and Wages,” (with Kevin A. Hassett, March 2006)
Presented at IMF Brown Bag Seminar, August 2007, American Enterprise Institute, June 2006. Paper reviewed in the Economist, Economics Focus section: A Toll on The Common Man, (July 1-15, 2006) and in the Wall Street Journal Opinion page (December 2006)
http://www.aei.org/paper/24063
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
“The Brave New World of Minimum Taxes”, IFC Review, January 2023 (forthcoming)
“Proposal for a New US Social Safety Net: Direct Cash Support and One-Stop Shop”, Forbes, December 2022 (reposted on Medium)
“A Miss in the Inflation Reduction Act: Better Paid Leave Policies”, Tribune News Service (multiple outlets), September 2022
Interview with Indiastat, “Rising Inflation and the Relief Masses Need,” January 2022
“The Power of Community” (with Abby McCloskey), National Affairs Magazine Summer Issue, June 2020
“The International Tax Ping Pong: From Competition to Coordination and Back,” IFC Review, April 2020
“Here’s One Way To Provide Small Businesses A Fresh Start,” The Dispatch, March 2020
“The Coronavirus Paid Leave Deal Could Do Even Better for Workers and Businesses,” (with Vicki Shabo), AEIdeas, March 2020
“Is the Coronavirus Relief Deal Sufficient to Solve the Crisis?” (with Angela Rachidi), The Hill, March 2020
“The Best Short-Term and Long-Term Stimulus Package for Covid-19,” (With Erin Melly), AEIdeas, March 2020
“Paid Medical Time Off: A Sensible Way To Stem the Spread of COVID-19” (with Erin Melly), AEIdeas, March 2020
“Let the Dust Settle on the TCJA before Judging Its Effectiveness,” TaxVox blog (Tax Policy Center), February 2020
“Women Are A Majority Of the Workforce: Time To Celebrate?,” (with Erin Melly) AEIdeas, January 2020
“Paid Leave and Labor Force Participation: What Do We Know,” Forbes, January 2020
AEI Enterprise Report, Q&A with Scholars, December 2019
AEI Best Books, AEIdeas, December 2019
“The End Of the Year Brings A New Chapter For Bipartisan Momentum on Paid Leave,” (with Erin Melly), AEIdeas, December 2019
“Are Predictive Scheduling Mandates the Solution to Irregular Work Schedules?,” Institute for Family Studies blog, November 2019
“The Failure of the Triumph of Injustice—Understating Taxes At the Top and Incomes At the Bottom,” (with Kyle Pomerlau), Bloomberg Tax, October 2019
“Want To Take A Quiz On Female Labor Force Participation?” AEIdeas (Using Storyline Trend From Olivier Ballou), September 2019
“Sanders’ Inequality Tax Trap,” Forbes, September 2019
“What We Can Learn From The Way Republicans and Democrats View Paid Family Leave,” (with Erin Melly), Deseret News, September 2019
“Don’t Give Up On The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Just Yet,” AEIdeas (part of TCJA blog series), September 2019
“Are Most People Actually Working Two Or Three Jobs? Not Really,” Forbes, August 2019
“The Life-Changing Conversation Dems Avoided at the Debates,” CNN Opinion, August 2019 (with Abby McCloskey and Vicki Shabo)
“Cheers To The First Bipartisan Bill On Paid Parental Leave,” AEIdeas, July 2019
“Low Skill Worker Shortages Must Be Part of Immigration Discussion,” Fox Business, July 2019
“Have Democrats Forgotten About Paid Leave?” (with Abby McCloskey), AEIDeas, July 2019
“Repealing the SALT Cap Is A Bad Idea” (with Erin Melly), Bloomberg Tax, June 2019
“Extending the Tax Credit for Paid Family Leave Would Provide Valuable Time to Assess Its Success,” (with Erin Melly), AEIdeas, June 2019
“In Defense of Women and Mothers’ Choice To Work,” (with Erin Melly), Washington Examiner, May 2019
“The American Family and Working Moms,” Letter to the Editor, New York Times, May 2019
“Sparking the #MeToo Revolution in India: The Nirbhaya Case in Delhi,” (with Akshay Bhatnagar, Abdul Munasib and Devesh Roy), Ideas For India, April 2019
“Health Savings Accounts: Encouraging to See Another Republican Idea to Improve Paid Parental Leave Access,” (with Abby McCloskey), April 2019
“It’s Time For Paid Family Leave, if Republicans and Democrats Can Find Common Ground,” April 2019
“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Anything But A Simple Tax Reform,” Bloomberg Tax (Bloomberg BNA), March 2019
“The Birth of a Compromise on Paid Parental Leave,” (with Abby McCloskey and Angela Rachidi), Real Clear Policy, March 2019
“Universal Childcare Is The Wrong Approach,” (With Abby McCloskey), February 2019
AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Tracker, February 2019
“The Baby Boomers Are Doing Just That. Booming.” Forbes, February 2019
“How Far Could A 70 Percent Tax Rate Go Toward Funding Recent Proposals,” Infographic, February 2019
“How Much Revenue Would the 70 Percent Tax Rate on Millionaires Raise? It Depends,” AEIdeas, January 2019
“A 70 percent Tax on the Rich May Be Smart Politics, But Is Not Smart Economics,” Bloomberg Tax, January 2019
“What Does the Future Hold For Paid Leave?”, my interview with Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, January 2019
Contributor, AEI Best Books of 2018, AEIdeas, December 2018
“A New Survey On Paid Leave Suggests the AEI-Brookings Proposal Would Garner Strong Public Support,” AEIdeas, December 2018
“Do Meaningless Jobs Exist in America?” Forbes, November 2018
“Amazon Trades Short-Term Costs for Long-Term Goodwill with Wage Hikes,” The Hill, October 2018
“Fixing the Labor Market: India’s Need For Better Data,” Law School Policy Review, October 2018
“A Path Forward on Paid Leave,” (with Isabel Sawhill), The Hill, September 2018
“India’s Wrong Approach to Paid Maternity Leave,” Livemint, August 2018
“The U.S. Counterpunch to the OECD BEPS Project,” IFC Economic Report, July 2018
“The U.S. Does Poorly on Yet Another Metric of Economic Mobility,” Forbes, July 2018
“When Quantitative Data Isn’t Enough: The Promise Of Ethnographic Research”, AEIdeas, July 2018
“America Needs a Workforce with Technology Skills for the Future,” (with Christos Makridis), The Hill, May 2018
“Paid Parental Leave: A Response To A Response” AEIdeas, May 2018
“The Carrot and Stick Approach in U.S. international Tax Reform,” AEIdeas, May 2018
“Has Our Economy Fully Recovered From Depths of Great Recession?” The Hill, May 2018
“Social-Security Based Paid Parental Leave is Worth Considering,” AEIdeas, May 2018
“How High Income Taxpayers Respond to Tax Rates Matters for Revenues and Welfare,” AEIdeas, April 2018
“Exposing the Myth of Widespread Medical Bankruptcies,” Forbes, April 2018
“A Longer Response To George Will on Paid Leave,” (with Abby McCloskey), AEIdeas, April 2018
“The Benefits of a Paid Parental Leave Policy,” (with Abby McCloskey), Washington Post (Letter To the Editor), April 2018
“What the Omnibus Spending Bill Gets Right,” The Hill, March 2018
“Women, Economic Opportunity and Opioid Addiction,” Forbes, March 2018
“Paid Leave Proposal Isn’t a New Entitlement,” (with Abby McCloskey), Wall Street Journal, Letter to the Editor, March 2018
“A Gas Tax Hike is Worth Considering, “(with Cody Kallen), The Hill, February 2018
“Low-Wage Workers are Falling Through the Cracks of Paid Leave Coverage,” (with Cody Kallen), AEIdeas, February 2018
“For Conservatives, Social Security Could Be Key for Paid Leave Reform,” (with Abby McCloskey), The Hill, February 2018
“Time to Give Paid Leave To the American Workers Who Need It,” The Hill, February 2018
“Toward an Inclusive Paid Family and Medical Leave Policy,” AEIdeas, February 2018
“Income Inequality Isn’t As Bad As You May Think,” The Hill, January 2018
“Don’t Worry, Wage Gains Should Be Just Around the Corner,” Forbes, January 2018
“How to Improve Tax Reform: A Carbon Tax and Expanded Benefits for Working Families,” (with Adele Morris), AEIdeas blog and Planet Policy blog (Brookings), December 2017
“The Senate’s Tax Bill is a Start, But Does Not Do Enough to Expand Access to Paid Leave for Low-Wage Workers,” AEIdeas, November 2017
“The GOP Tax Plan is Worth the Risk,” The Hill, November 2017
“It’s Not Fake News. Corporate Tax Reform Can Deliver Higher Paychecks to Households,” Forbes, October 2017
“D.C.’s Paid Leave Law Needs Improvement,” (with Abby McCloskey and Isabel Sawhill), The Washington Post, October 2017
“Analyzing the Link Between Corporate Taxes, Investment and GDP,” (with Cody Kallen and Matt Jensen), AEIdeas, October 2017
“AEI Tax Brief: Child Tax Credit Vs The EITC,” (with Cody Kallen), October 2017
“What Sin Taxes Accomplish: A Q&A with economist Aparna Mathur,” (by Matt Winesett), AEIdeas blog, September 2017
“Plenty to Like About GOP Tax Plan-With One Big Caveat,” The Hill, September 2017
“Paid Family Leave,” The Washington DC 100, September 2017
“Getting Back to Basics: The Why of Tax Reform,” The Hill, September 2017
“Unions are Irrelevant” (with Mark Perry), InsideSources (republished in Savannah Morning News, Madison.com, Watertown Daily Times, The Day), September 2017
“Corporate Tax Reform Done Right Can Boost Middle Class Wages,” Forbes, August 2017
“Predictable Scheduling Laws are Well-Intentioned but Could Backfire,” The Hill, July
“Shifting the Debate on Paid Family Leave from “Whether” to “How”, AEIdeas, July
“Do Minimum Wage Hikes Aid Workers? The Jury is Still Out,” The Hill, July
“A Q&A With Aparna Mathur on Paid Family Leave,” by Bethany Patterson (AEI Ideas Intern), AEIdeas, June 2017
“Two Opposing Groups Wrote the Ultimate Compromise For Paid Family Leave,” (with Isabel Sawhill), Time Magazine, June 2017
“American Families Deserve Paid Leave but Concerns Remain About the Trump proposal,” The Hill, May 2017
“Poor Rich Kids? The Mysterious Decline in Mobility At the Top”, Forbes, May 2017
“On paid leave: A response to Ben Zycher” AEIdeas blog, April 2017
“Is paid family leave a free-market or limited government policy?” AEIdeas blog, April, 2017
“Skewed Access to Paid Family Leave: Evidence From the FMLA” (with Cody Kallen), AEIdeas blog, March 2017
“The Destination-Based Cash Flow tax is a Fitting Response to the OECD’s BEPS project,” Forbes, March 2017
Facebook profile for AEI Leadership Network, February 2017
“Wage Hikes: Proceed with Caution,” CFO Magazine, February 2017
“Paid Leave: An Issue Whose Time Has Come?”, (with Isabel Sawhill), AEIdeas, January 2017
“Child Care and Paid Leave Policies that Work for Working Mothers,” National Review (with Abby McCloskey and Angela Rachidi), January
“Making Manufacturing Great Again Will Require a Two-Pronged Strategy,” Forbes, December
“Trump Tax Plan Could Negatively Impact Giving,” Real Clear Markets (with Alex Brill and Cody Kallen), December 2016
“Tax Reform Requires Transparency,” US News and World Report (with Matt Jensen and Cody Kallen), December 2016
“Three Cheers For The Gig Economy,” Forbes, November 2016
“Corruption and Substandard Medicine in Latin America,” RealClearHealth, October 2016
“Big Promises on Tax Reform,” US News and World Report, October 2016
“Trump and Clinton Miss the Mark on Paid Family Leave,” Forbes, October 2016
“Poor Work Incentives in Disability: What to Do,” Forbes, September 2016
“Training and Education for Better Jobs Can Reduce Income Volatility,” Aspen Institute EPIC blog, September 2016
“The Cure for Wage Stagnation” Wall Street Journal (opinion piece, with Kevin Hassett), August 2016
“Childless Taxpayers: The New Have-Nots” Forbes, August 2016
“An Economic Rebound for Full-Time Jobs, but Part-Time Jobs Restraining Wages”, InsideSources, August 2016
“Time to take Mother’s Labor Force Participation Seriously” Forbes, June 2016
“Economic Empowerment May Also Help Victims of Domestic Abuse” AEIdeas blog, June 2016
“How to Help Close the Tax Gap” Forbes.com, May 2016
“The Concerning Drop in Workforce participation and the Role of Family-Friendly Policies,” Forbes.com (with Abby McCloskey), May 2016
“The Downside of President Obama’s Overtime Rule,” InsideSources.com (appeared in Newsday, Jacksonville-Courier and Philly.com), May 2016
“Monthly Jobs Report: Beyond the Headlines,” Infographic, May 2016
“Why 70% of companies paid zero in corporate taxes: They had zero profits,” Forbes, April 2016
“Note to Treasury: The problem is the U.S. Corporate Tax, Not Inversions,” Forbes, April 2016
“Income inequality is not out of control,” U.S. News and World Report, Economic Intelligence, March 2016
“Forget the Gender Pay Gap, Look at the Gender Labor Force Participation Gap,” Forbes, March 2016
“Right-to-Work Laws and Income Inequality,” AEIdeas blog, March 2016
“Let’s talk about paid family leave,” AEIdeas blog, March 2016 (Infographic on paid family leave with Olivier Ballou)
“The Problem with Paid Family Leave: Access is Not the Same as Take-up,” Forbes, March 2016
“The Wage Story in Four Charts,” Forbes, February 2016
“Five Questions Every Presidential Candidate Should Answer on Work and Family,” AEIdeas 5 Question Series, February 2016
Contribution to AEIdeas Symposium on Republican Debate Debrief, February 2016
“Childcare Costs: Yet Another Way We’re Failing the Poor,” Forbes, February 2016
“The American Problem: Thank High Taxes for Revenue Losses,” Forbes, January 2016
Contribution to AEIdeas Symposium on Previewing SOTU 2016, January 2016
“The Segregation We Don’t Talk About Enough,” Forbes, December 2015
“The Income Gap Keeps Widening. Something’s Not Working,” Aspen Institute Journal of Ideas, December 2015
“FDA undermines what it means to be a Generic Drug,” (with Roger Bate), AEIdeas blog, December 2015
“Taxing Times for GOP Candidates,” Forbes, November 2015
“The Costs of Being a Single Mother,” November, 2015
Marriage is Good Economics, Forbes, October, 2015
“Debate Debrief: Third GOP Debate Tackles Economics,” Contribution to AEIdeas Symposium, October, 2015
“The Impact of Taxes on the Use of Deferred Executive Compensation,” VoxEu.org, October 2015
“The Overstated Benefits and Underestimated Costs of Top Income Tax Hikes,” Forbes, October 2015
“A Carbon Tax Can Be Designed to be Pro-Poor”, Forbes, September 2015
“Drug Quality and Global Trade,” (With Amir Attaran, Roger Bate and Ginger Jin), Ideas For India, September 2015
“TANF is Failing the Non-Working Poor” Forbes, September 2015
New Findings on Executive Compensation and Marginal Tax Rates, AEIdeas blog, September 2015
“Skills, Not Unions, Will Grow the Economy,” InsideSources, September 2015
“The Unacceptable Employment Trade-Off,” InsideSources, August 2015
Free Trade Agreements and the Dangers of Indian Drug Exports,” AEIdeas blog (with Roger Bate and Ginger Zhe Jin), August 2015
“The Overtime Pay Rule is a Risky Bet,” InsideSources.org, July 2015
“Proposed Overtime Rules Unlikely to Benefit Workers,” Forbes, July 2015
“Improving Mobility for our Kids: Starting Early Is Key,” Forbes, June 2015
“From Jobless to Boss,” U.S. News and World Report, June 2015
“The U.S. is Right to Worry about the OECD’s BEPS Project,” Forbes, June 2015
“The Bad and the Bad of U.S. Corporate Income Taxes,” Forbes, May 2015
“Families are the Real Issue for Opportunity, not Inequality,” Brookings Series on the Great Gatsby Curve, Social Mobility Memos, May 2015
“The Slow Decline in Involuntary Part-Time Work,” Forbes, May 2015
“Why Raising Minimum Wages is Riskier than Expanding the EITC,” Forbes, April 2015
Land Acquisition Bill, comment/ blog post on an electronic dialogue at IFPRI’s India Food Security Portal, April 2015
“Discouraged, Dissatisfied, Out of Work: A Jobs Story,” Forbes, April 2015
“A Simple Solution to Funding Maternity Leave,” Forbes.com, March 2015 (mentioned in Washington Post Lead Story http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/conservatives-frustrated-by-gops-drop-in-working-womens-votes/2015/06/19/e2c5e736-0f84-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html?hpid=z1)
“Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence,” Ideas tor India, March 2015
“Apprenticeships as the Pathway to Entrepreneurship for Millennials,” Forbes, March 2015
“The Fall and Rise of Inequality Over the Great Recession,” Forbes, February 2015
“Reasons to Still Worry About Labor Force Participation,” Forbes, February 2015
“Can Tax Policy Distinguish the Rich from the Middle Class?,” The New York Times, “Room For Debate,” February 2015
“Middle Class Economics: Encourage Work, Discourage Jobs?,” Forbes, January 2015
“School Choice: Bringing MLK’s Dream Closer to Reality”, Forbes, January 2015
“Labor Market Woes Remain,” US News and World Report, December 2014
“Are Lottery Winners Upwardly Mobile,” American.com, December 2014
“Single parenthood is the biggest reason for income inequality,” Forbes.com, November 2014
“India’s misguided response to our findings on the quality of drug exports (longer version)”, (with Roger Bate, Ginger Jin and Amir Attaran), SpicyIp.com (IP blog in India), October
“Poor Quality Drugs and Global Trade,” (with Roger Bate, Ginger Jin and Amir Attaran), Voxeu.org, October 2014
“India’s Misguided Response to Our findings on the Quality of Drug Exports,” (with Roger Bate, Ginger Jin and Amir Attaran), AEIdeas blog, October 2014
“Women at Work,” Swarajya Magazine, September 2014
“India Must Fix its Drug Quality Problem,” Forbes.com (with Roger Bate and Ginger Zhe Jin), September 2014
“The August Jobs Report Disappointed on Many Dimensions,” RealClearMarkets.com, September, 2014
“How Does Single Motherhood Affect Wealth?,” Interview in MadameNoire.com, August 2014
“Employers Must Respond to the Market to Stay In Business,” The New York Times, “Room for Debate,” July 2014
“The Real War on Women,” (with Abby McCloskey), USNews.com, June 2014
“What to Do About the Deadly Threat of Substandard Drugs,” (With Roger Bate and Ginger Zhe Jin), June 2014
“What’s Become of the ‘Great Society’ after 50 years?” contribution to AEIdeas Symposium, May 2014
“Absurdities at the IRS,” The American, April, 2014
“For Job-Seekers, It’s not just the need for speed. It’s the need for skill,” (with Abby McCloskey), AEIdeas blog, April 2014
“How Sen. Murray’s new tax plan helps the poor (and how it doesn’t)” (with Abby McCloskey), AEIdeas blog, March 2014
“The Risks of Drugs from Foreign Pharmacies,” AEIdeas blog, March 2014
“Empowering Women in India” Interview with AEIdeas Managing Editor, published in Free-Market Feminist, March 2014
“A Mobility Agenda for the Right,” (with Abby McCloskey), National Review Online, March 2014
“Has Growth Helped the Poor? How to Make it More Inclusive,” Op-ed for OECD-FORD Foundation Workshop on Inclusive Growth, February 2014
“Using the debt ceiling as a political pawn is bad for America,” The National Interest, February 2014
“For India Inc, Gujarat model is more fact than fiction,” Firstpost.com, February 2014
“Five Challenges Facing the American Economy in 2014,” (with Alan Viard and Matt Jensen) Newsday, January 2014
“In the War on Poverty, Cash Assistance Will Fail,” RealClearMarkets.com, January 2014
“Obamacare hasn’t caused a shift to part-time work …yet,” USNews.com (with Sita Slavov), January 2014
“A Cell Phone in Every Pot,” National Review Online, October 2013
“The Inequality Illusion,” Dialogue, KCL Politics Society Magazine, September 2013
“In the New Empowered India, Women are Less Likely to be Walked on and Abused,” (with Sita Slavov, Forbes.com, September 2013
“Five questions for the expert”, AEIdeas blog post on single parenthood in America, September 2013.
“The Mysterious and Alarming Rise of Single Parenting in America,” The Atlantic (with Peter Hansen and Hao Fu), September 2013
“The New York Times is Wrong on Corporate Taxes,” AEIdeas blog, June 2013
A “Genius” Way to Avoid Taxes, The American, April 2013
“The Jobs Crisis is about much more than unemployment,” (Daniel Hanson), RealClearMarkets.com (February 2013)
“Public Cuts Lead to More Private Employment”, The New York Times, “Room for Debate,” February, 2013
“Congress is the Key to a Revived Economy,” Ottawa Citizen, November 2012
“Extend Bush-era Tax Cuts to Spur Economy,” Christian Science Monitor (print and web editions), October 2012
“Swing State Math: Lost Jobs, Lost Vote?,” RealClearMarkets.com, October 2012 (with Daniel Hanson)
“Consumption and the Myths of Inequality,” Wall Street Journal lead opinion piece, October 2012 (with Kevin Hassett)
“Moody’s puts the U.S. Congress on Notice,” RealClearMarkets.com, September 2012
“A Qualitative Reading of the July Jobs Report,” Yahoo!Finance (with Aspen Gorry and Michael Strain), August 2012
“What Can We Do to Fix the Economy,” NPR.org (NPR symposium), August 2012
“Tax Hikes will Kill Jobs, Slow Growth,” US News Debate Club, July 2012 (with Matt Jensen)
“Is the Great Recession Sexist?,” RealClearMarkets.com, July 2012
“Unemployment Is A Labor Market Mismatch,” RealClearMarkets.com, May 2012
“Elizabeth Warren has used Shoddy Evidence before,” (with Alex Brill) National Review Online, May 2012
“Two Problems with Obama’s Tax Proposal,” The Enterprise Blog, February 2012
“How Taxing the Rich Harms the Middle Class,” American.com, February 2012
“Tracking the Unreported Unemployed,” (with Matthew H. Jensen) RealClearMarkets.com, January 2012
“India and Walmart: Democracy at a Crossroads,” (with Rohan Poojara) The Daily Caller, December 2011
“Missing Jobs and How We Can Find Them,” RealClearMarkets.com, August 2011
“Down on the Downgrade”
National Review Online Symposium on the U.S. debt downgrade by S&P, August 2011
“Can Washington Find the Jobs?”
Contribution to National Review Online Symposium on Jobs, August 2011
“Corporate Tax Reform: Will the Obama Administration do the Right Thing,” RealClearMarkets.com, June 2011
“America’s misguided immigration policy,” The Enterprise Blog, April 2011
“Jeff Sachs Wrong Again,” The Enterprise Blog, April 2011
“Don’t Start Cheering Over the March Jobs Report Yet,” The Enterprise Blog, March 2011
“Jeffrey Sachs Plays Robin Hood,” The Enterprise Blog, March 2011
“Banning Gutkha-Will it Work?,” League of India, March 2011
“Race to the Top of the Laffer Curve”, The American, February 2011
“A Tale of Two Indias”, with Rohan Poojara, The American, November 2010
“Warren Appointment Would Mock Principle Upon Which Agency Was Established”, with Alex Brill, The Enterprise Blog, September 2010
“India’s Superbug”, The Enterprise Blog, with Rohan Poojara, August 2010
“Rebirth of the East India Company,” The Enterprise Blog, with Rohan Poojara, August 2010
“Obama’s Subprime Nominee,” Forbes.com, with Alex Brill, August 2010
“Labor Laws Make Finding Work More Laborious”, American.com, August 2010
“Simplifying Tax Credits for Low Income People,” Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, October 2009
“Why Cap-and-Trade is Slowly Dying,” The Enterprise Blog, September 2009
“What Fraction of Bankruptcies are Caused by Medical Debt?” The Enterprise Blog, June 2009
“A Fat Tax That’s Hard to Swallow,” The American, June 2009
“Cap and Stick it to all,” The American, April 2009
“Courting Trouble on Patents,” The American, July 2008.
“Shooting Uncle Sam in the Foot,”BusinessWeek.com, May 2008
“Maxing Out on Debt Hysteria,” The American, June 2007 (with Tom Miller)
“Foreign Investors Prefer Predictability to Democracy,” The American, May 2007
“Forgive Us Our Debts,” The American, January 2007
“Of Growth and Gaps,” National Review Online, December 2006 (with Kevin A. Hassett)
“Conspicuous Consumption,” National Review, October 2006 (with Kevin A. Hassett)
GOVERNMENT TESTIMONY/CAPITOL HILL BRIEFINGS
TESTIMONY
“A Growing Competition of Ideas on Paid Family Leave” Written Statement Submitted for the Hearing Record, House Ways and Means Committee, January 2020
“Extending the Tax Credit for Paid Family Leave Would Provide Valuable Time to Assess Its Success,” (with Erin Melly), Comment Submitted to the Health Task Force (Senators Toomey, Casey, Enzi and Warner), Senate Finance Committee, June 2019
“Paid Family Leave: Understanding the Benefits and the Costs” Written Statement Submitted for the Hearing Record, House Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, Hearing on “Leveling the Playing Field for Working Families: Challenges and Opportunities”, March 2019
“An Employer Mandate Vs A Social Insurance Model For Paid Leave” Testimony to the District of Columbia City Council, October 10, 2017
“Job Vacancies and The Skills Gap,” Testimony to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Hearing on State of the Workforce and the Future of Work, April 5, 2017
“What Do Lower Labor Force Participation Rates Tell Us about Work Opportunities and Incentives,” Joint Economic Committee hearing, July 15, 2015
“Increasing Economic Opportunity for African Americans: Local Initiatives that are Making a Difference,” Joint Economic Committee, July 29, 2014
“Income Inequality in the United States,” Joint Economic Committee, January 16, 2014
“The Tax Outlook for Small Business: What’s On the Horizon?,” House Committee on Small Business, April 18, 2012
“The Interaction of Tax and Financial Accounting on Tax Reform,” House Committee on Ways and Means, March 2012 (written testimony)
“Clarifying the Research on Medical Bankruptcy,” with Tom Miller, House Committee on Education and Workforce, April 2011 (written documentation only)
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg64941/html/CHRG-112hhrg64941.htm
“The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act”, House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, July 2010
“Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?,” Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, October 2009
“Medical Debt: Is our Healthcare System Bankrupting Americans?,” House Judiciary Committee, July 28, 2009
“An Economic Analysis of the Distributional Consequences of Cap and Trade”, House American Energy Solutions Group, May 5, 2009
“The Consumer Burden of a Cap and Trade Program to Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions”, Senate Republican Conference and Republican Policy Committee, March 30, 2009
HILL BRIEFINGS
Hill Briefing on “Making Tax Time Work For Everyone,” February 2020 (organized by Prosperity Now)
Hill Briefing on “Talking Tax Reform: Taxing the Rich,” April 2018 (organized by Tax Foundation)
Hill Briefing on “The 2018 AEI-Brookings Paid Family and Medical Leave Report”, September 2018
Hill Briefing on “The EITC In 2018: What’s Ahead for Working Families Beyond Tax Reform Panel Planning Document” February 2018, (organized by Prosperity Now)
Hill Briefing on “Child Care and the PACE Act”, October 2017 (organized by Ready Nation, Council for a Strong America)
Hill Briefing on “AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Project Report”, June 2017 (with Isabel Sawhill), organized by AEI
Hill Briefing on “The Unintended Consequences of the U.S. Corporate Income Tax”, June 2016, organized by Prosperity Caucus.
Hill Briefing on "Economic Mobility and Family Financial Security: The Role of Place, Education, and Working Families.” March 2016 organized by Pew Charitable Trusts.
Hill Briefing on “Poverty: A Path Forward” (poverty and women economic opportunity) with Representative Diane Black and Representative Jackie Walorski, March 2016, organized by Opportunity Lives and Empowered Women.
Hill Briefing to Senate Economic Mobility Caucus on Working Families in the 21st Century (organized by Pew Charitable Trusts), December 2015.
Hill Briefing on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (organized by Progressive Policy Institute), June 2015
AEI State of the Union briefing on income inequality on Capitol Hill, January 2014
MEDIA (INCLUDING PROMINENT PRINT MEDIA MENTIONS)
2022
Tax Foundation: https://taxfoundation.org/cigarette-taxes-cigarette-smuggling-2022/, December
Forbes India: https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/its-not-just-maiden-pharmaceuticals-indias-health-care-authorities-also-need-to-take-the-blame-for-the-gambian-fiasco/80435/1, October
Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2022/10/7/23389734/american-family-survey-four-day-work-week-paid-family-leave, October
Politico:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/15/republicans-losing-millennial-moms-essay-00045156, July
Tax Foundation: https://taxfoundation.org/carbon-taxes-green-tax-reforms/, June
2021
PBS Newshour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/the-pandemic-was-a-breaking-point-for-caretakers-will-it-be-a-turning-point, October
The Economist: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/05/13/who-bears-the-burden-of-a-corporate-tax, May
Podcast “Sanaartham” on Paid Family and Medical Leave, Hindu College, Department of Economics, April
WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-aims-at-profit-hits-workers-11617747500, April
WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/here-come-the-biden-taxes-11617231225, March
2020
Aspen Economic Strategy Group, “Securing our Economic Future”: https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/securing_our_economic_future/, December
Mentioned in "The Cost" book by James Freeman and Maria Bartiromo, October
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trumps-tax-revolution-maria-bartiromo-james-freeman-the-cost
Featured quote in India Today Magazine as an alumna of Hindu College (ranked 1st in Arts and Sciences in 2020): https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/best-colleges/story/20200706-teaching-you-to-think-1693111-2020-06-28 , July
Discussion of #FedListens presentation at Minneapolis Federal Reserve in “FedListens: Perspectives From the Public (Page 23), June
https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/fedlistens-report-20200612.pdf
Times of India (and other indian newspapers): https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/this-white-house-adviser-on-economic-policies-has-her-roots-in-noida/articleshow/75261406.cms, April
Navbharat Times: https://www.patrika.com/noida-news/dr-aparna-mathur-appointed-in-economic-advisory-council-in-white-house-6016314/, April
University of Maryland Coverage: https://www.econ.umd.edu/news/phd-alumna-aparna-mathur-appointed-white-house-council-economic-advisers, April
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/corona-countermeasures-also-helping-to-combat-flu-11585339574, March
NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/what-should-you-do-your-stimulus-check-experts-weigh-n1169526, March
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/it-was-worst-week-economy-decades-pain-is-just-beginning/
Podcast with Center for the Study of Liberty on COVID-19 response, March
TV interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group on the economic fallout of COVID-19, March
Podcast with “Ideas At Work” for Center For the Study of Liberty on coronavirus pandemic and the policy responses, March
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/giving-americans-money-to-offset-coronavirus-impact-gains-bipartisan-support-in-congress-11584446801, March
Interview with Newsy TV on women in the workplace, March
AEI Viewpoint Video Interview with Brad Wilcox for American Family Diaries Project, March
Podcast with “The Working Experience” on the impact of my research at AEI, paid leave and minimum wages, February (available on ITunes)
Radio Interview with NPR All Things Considered on minimum wage and employment, February
https://www.kpcw.org/post/gives-me-hope-how-low-paid-workers-rose-against-stagnant-wages#stream/0
AEI Viewpoint Video Interview with Nick Eberstadt on “Men Without Work” for American Family Diaries project, January
TIME: https://time.com/5766787/women-workforce/, January
AEI Viewpoint Video Interview with Sally Satel on “Why Do People Use Drugs?” for American Family Diaries project: https://www.aei.org/multimedia/new-approaches-to-understanding-drug-addiction-interview-with-sally-satel-viewpoint/, January
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/health/minimum-wage-suicide.html, January
Radio Interview with World Radio for their podcast “The World and Everything In It” on paid family leave, January (https://worldandeverything.org/2020/01/who-should-pay-for-parents-time-off/ )
Radio interview with NPR Marketplace on December jobs numbers and wage stagnation, January (https://www.marketplace.org/2020/01/10/wheres-the-wage-growth/)
TV interview with Hearst TV on December jobs report, January
NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/08/794568118/raising-the-minimum-wage-by-1-may-prevent-thousands-of-suicides-study-shows
Radio Interview with Chris Woodward on ADP jobs numbers for OneNewsNow (American Family Radio), January
2019
Whitehouse.gov: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/white-house-principles-child-care-reform-increasing-access-affordable-high-quality-child-care-america/, December
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/11/us/11reuters-usa-defense-leave.html, December
Video Interview with Sally Satel for American Family Diaries Book Launch, December
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/business/Elizabeth-Warren-tax-increases.html, December
Podcast with Working Lunch “The Business Case For Scheduling Laws,” November
Interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group on Warren wealth tax, featured in ABC News and multiple outlets, November
Radio Interview on WWL News with Tommy Tucker on paid leave, November
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/upshot/paid-leave-2020-debate.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fclaire-cain-miller&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection (coverage of AEI Paid Leave event that I hosted), November
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-tax-cut-didnt-just-disappoint-it-flopped/2019/11/19/09a59eba-0b10-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html, November
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/business/how-fedex-cut-its-tax-bill-to-0.html, November
Radio Interview on October jobs report with Chris Woodward on OneNewsNow, October
Live TV Interview on CNBC “Squawk Box” on Warren Wealth Tax Plan, October
Time Magazine: https://time.com/child-care-crisis/, October
Live TV Interview on CNBC “Squawk Box” on Bernie Sanders’ Income Inequality Tax Plan, October
Wall Street Journal, Best of the Web: https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-need-a-new-jobs-message-11565214054, August
Indiaspend: https://www.indiaspend.com/after-nirbhaya-more-crimes-against-women-reported-but-justice-falters/, August
TV interview on EWTN’s ‘News Nightly’ on paid family leave, July
Featured on AEI Instagram story: “A Day in the Life of Scholar Aparna Mathur”, July
AEI Banter Podcast “Does the U.S. Economy Need Low Skill Immigrants”, June
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/business/economy/may-jobs-report-economy.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fnelson-d.-schwartz&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection, June
Radio Interview with OneNewsNow on May Jobs Report, June
Live Radio Interview on “Your Turn” with Renee Giachino on WEBY 1330 AM, on women and work, May
Bloomberg Businessweek (interview on paid leave): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-13/despite-bipartisan-effort-paid-family-leave-is-still-years-away, May
Radio Interview with OneNewsNow on April Jobs Report, May
Radio Interview with NPR Marketplace on productivity growth, May
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-an-extra-333-a-month-improve-a-babys-brain-a-research-team-wants-to-know-11556539201, April
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/opinion/sunday/conservative-women.html, April (mention of AEI-Brookings Paid Leave Report)
Bloomberg: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/your-plan-costs-more-than-mine-the-price-tag-for-paid-leave, April
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrants-propel-population-growth-in-10-of-u-s-counties-11555560061?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=3, April
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on immigration and labor markets, April
Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/3/18286017/paid-family-leave-senate-sinema-cassidy, April
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2019/03/27/the-health-202-republicans-are-introducing-a-new-paid-family-leave-proposal-today-here-are-the-details/5c9a6ab71b326b0f7f38f271/?utm_term=.a618e5008ce7, March
Live TV interview on C-SPAN Washington Journal on Paid Family Leave, March
Radio Interview on February jobs report with Chris Woodward on OneNewsNow, March
Quartz: https://qz.com/1563475/why-ivanka-trump-has-been-spared-by-congress-and-democrats/
ABC News: https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/tax-cuts-fueled-growth-in-2018-economists-say-but-slowdown-likely-in-2019
Radio Interview on January jobs report with Chris Woodward on OneNewsNow, February
Interview with Sinclair Broadcasting Group on January jobs report, (covered by WJLA-ABC News and others), February
New York Times (Link to AEI-Brookings Paid Leave Report), January: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/upshot/paid-parental-leave-sweet-spot-six-months-gates.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fclaire-cain-miller&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
Live Radio Interview on NPR-Affiliate 89.3 KPCC “Airtalk with Larry Mantle” on paid parental leave, January: https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2019/01/30/64130/what-s-the-ideal-amount-of-time-for-paid-parental/
Radio Interview on Vermont Public Radio on Vermont and New Hampshire joint paid leave plans, January: http://digital.vpr.net/post/govs-scott-sununu-announce-joint-voluntary-paid-family-leave-plan-vt-and-nh#stream/0
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on automatic (indexed) minimum wage changes, January
Video Interview on Newsy on paid leave: https://www.newsy.com/stories/paid-leave-draws-division-among-conservatives/, January
2018
CBS News Podcast “Where Did You Get That Number” on income inequality and mobility, December: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-years-later-the-financial-crisis-opportunity-in-america/
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on layoffs and the economy, December
Bloomberg Law: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/record-number-of-women-in-congress-boosts-leave-law-likelihood-corrected, November
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on Immigration, November
Radio Interview with OneNewsNow on October Jobs Report, November
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on Trump tax cuts and the deficit, October
Radio Interview with Mike Schikman on WSVA on September Jobs Report, October
Radio and TV Interview with Conservative Commando Radio Show on September jobs Report, October
Radio Interview with OneNewsNow on September Jobs Report, October
Radio Interview on WXTK’s ‘Something More With Chris Boyd’ on paid family leave and Income Inequality, September
Interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on CEA Wage Report, September
Interview on ABC News Radio on Universal Basic Income, August
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/microsoft-to-business-partners-if-you-want-to-work-with-us-offer-paid-family-leave/2018/08/29/979ffcca-abc0-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html?utm_term=.21f5365dbe6a, August
Live TV interview on C-SPAN Washington Journal on the Trump economy, August
Radio Interview on OneNewsNow with Chris Woodward on jobs numbers, August
Live Radio Interview on WATR-AM (Waterbury, CT) on jobs numbers, August
Live Radio Interview on “Bill Martinez Live” Talk Show on jobs report, August
CNN State of the Union With Jake Tapper and FactCheck Org: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/video-tax-cut-claims/, August
NBC News: http://nbc24.com/news/nation-world/white-house-touts-41-gdp-growth-economic-turnaround-or-short-term-boost, August
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/upward-mobility-is-a-myth/2018/08/05/bb960ce4-972c-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html, August
TV Interview on EWTN’S News Nightly on paid family leave, July
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on which economic statistics matter most, July
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/29/not-what-we-expected-trumps-tax-bill-is-losing-popularity/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bfeab88ca3c8, June
TV interview with Newsy on millennials and the Great Recession, July
WJLA (ABC7): http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/un-report-extreme-poverty-in-us-is-political-choice-by-government, June
Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/05/mothers-day-lets-get-moms-something-they-could-really-use.html, May
Interview with Debating Europe on Economic Mobility, May
http://www.aei.org/publication/is-government-intervention-the-best-way-to-cut-inequality/
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on Seattle Head Tax, May
Radio Interview with OneNewsNow on Universal Basic Income, April
AEI Ricochet Podcast on Paid Family Leave (with Isabel V. Sawhill), April 2018 (earlier aired on AEI Youtube channel)
Time Magazine: http://time.com/money/5243564/why-this-27-year-old-mayor-is-giving-his-citys-poorest-residents-500-a-month-no-strings-attached/, April
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on immigration and the future of the workforce, March
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on wage growth amongst low wage workers, March
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-needs-a-universal-paid-leave-program/2018/02/22/07ed459c-0daf-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?utm_term=.161d7a9b6def (AEI-Brookings Paid Leave Report mentioned here), February 2018
Radio Interview on NPR/KJZZ’s “The Show” on full employment’s effect on economic growth, February
Live Radio interview on WAMU-FM’s “1A” show on paid family leave, February
Radio interview on Maine Public Radio on paid family leave, January
NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/23/579753000/tax-credit-aims-to-boost-availability-of-paid-family-leave-but-will-it-work, January
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/economics-may-not-be-driving-corporate-generosity/2018/01/19/a3995d62-f6eb-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.833ca3729ea9, January
2017
TV interview on Newsy “The Why” show on relevance of unions, December
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace on Child tax Credit and Working Family Issues, December
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/as-tax-bill-evolved-benefits-for-corporations-and-the-wealthy-grew/2017/12/01/17f1478e-d6c0-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html?utm_term=.b8673fbd4753, December
TV interview on EWTN Global Catholic Network on tax reform, November
Radio Interview on WFYL-AM’s “It’s a New Day!” on tax reform, November
Live TV Interview on CNBC Asia’s “Capital Connection” on tax reform, November
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/senate-tax-bill.html?_r=0, November
Intuit Tax and Financial Center’s “Talking Tax’ Video Series, http://intuittaxandfinancialcenter.com/talking-tax/aparna-mathur/, October
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/business/tax-bill-q-and-a/?utm_term=.dfe301414c96, November
NPR: http://www.npr.org/2017/10/24/559634802/why-you-shouldnt-count-on-the-promised-4-000-raise-from-gop-tax-plan, October
Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/52d2116c-b3f7-11e7-a398-73d59db9e399?mhq5j=e5, October
The Economist: https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/10/credit-where-it-s-due, October
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on White House CEA Report on Tax Reform, October
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/11/trump-says-corporate-tax-cuts-will-mean-4000-extra-in-your-pocket-economists-arent-so-sure/, October
Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/5/16400440/republicans-tax-reform-congress, October
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/06/why-some-middle-class-families-could-face-a-tax-increase-under-the-gop-plan/, October
Radio Interview on WGN-AM’s (Chicago, IL) “The Opening Bell” on tax reform, October
My CNN interview featured in “Zero Weeks”, an award-winning documentary film about the crisis of paid leave in America. http://www.zeroweeks.com/, September
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/politics/republican-tax-rewrite-middle-class.html?_r=0, September
Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/29/16375160/gop-tax-plan-ryan-corporate-cut-full-expensing, September
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/will-the-middle-class-get-a-tax-break-hard-to-tell-experts-say/2017/09/28/94a70212-a47c-11e7-8cfe-d5b912fabc99_story.html?utm_term=.48de69cf3a17, September
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/27/beware-of-trumps-claim-that-wages-will-soar-after-he-cuts-taxes/?utm_term=.681890885ed0, September
Live TV interview on Fox 5 DC “Mornings” on Trump tax plan, September
Live TV interview on CNBC Asia on Trump tax plan, September
Live radio interview on WAMU/NPR’s (Washington DC) “1A” on upward mobility in the United States, September
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on trends in the labor market, September
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/tax-cut-probability-rising-sharply-larry-kudlow-commentary.html, September
Radio Interview on News Talk 710 KURV’s (McAllen, TX) “The Drive Home” on President Trump’s tax reform plans, September
Business Standard: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/nikki-haley-four-other-indian-americans-in-us-politico-50-list-117090600367_1.html (also covered in Indian Express, NDTV, Indiatimes, and Hindustan Times), September
Politico Magazine (listed in Politico 50 list):
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/politico50/aparna-mathur/, September
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/trump-missouri-tax-plan.html?_r=0, August
Facebook Live Online Interview with Tax Analysts on carbon taxes, August
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-ultimately-pays-for-corporate-taxes-the-answer-may-color-the-republican-overhaul-1502184603, August (also covered in Fox Business)
PBS Newshour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/july-jobs-report-closes-near-decade-long-jobs-gap/, August
C-Span2’s “Book TV”, interviewed Congresswoman RosaDeLauro on her book “The Least Among Us”, July (aired twice)
CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/29/news/economy/paid-leave-politics/index.html (original story covered in Kaiser Health News and other outlets)
Radio Interview on WIJM’s (Lansing, MI) “The Steve Gruber Show”, on paid family leave, July
Radio Interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on low wage workers and job growth, July
AEI Viewpoints Video, interview with Isabel Sawhill, on AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Report, July
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2017/07/10/the-finance-202-trump-economy-could-be-boosted-by-uptick-in-job-hunters/5962d1b1e9b69b7071abcae8/, July
Fortune: http://fortune.com/2017/07/07/the-broadsheet-july-7th-3/, July
NPR WBUR’s “On Point”, discussion on Paid Family Leave, July
The Upshot, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/upshot/family-friendly-laws-are-being-passed-but-not-by-trumps-team.html?_r=0, July
Radio Interview on American Family Association’s “American Family Radio” on Seattle’s $15 minimum wage hike, June
Radio Interview on KOA’s (Denver, CO) “The Mandy Connell Show” on paid family leave, June
NPR: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/15/532838090/a-pattern-in-trumps-policy-pitches-paltry-particulars, June
Live TV interview on C-Span’s Washington Journal on AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Report (with Isabel Sawhill), June
Live TV interview on CNN’s “Newsroom with John Berman and Poppy Harlow”, on AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Report, June
Interview on Tom Brown Radio on paid family leave, June
Associated Press Story on CNBC: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/09/ivanka-trump-signals-flexibility-on-paid-parental-leave.html (also picked up by ABC news, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NBC News)
Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/what-a-bipartisan-compromise-on-u-s-paid-leave-might-look-like
NYTimes The Upshot: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/upshot/what-a-bipartisan-paid-leave-plan-might-look-like.html
CNNMoney:http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/06/news/economy/ivanka-trump-paid-family-leave-aei-brookings/index.html (also covered in Fox news, NBC)
BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40021493, May
NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2017/05/23/529718496/trump-budget-s-paid-parental-leave-plan-leaves-big-questions-unanswered, May
Interview on NPR Marketplace on President Trump’s budget, May
Washington Post, Wonkblog: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/08/fed-chair-janet-yellen-has-a-cure-for-the-lackluster-economy-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-interest-rates/?utm_term=.e0b0101d5b8c
Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/28/15468694/weak-economic-growth
Interview on NPR Morning Edition on Richard Trumka’s speech, April
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/upshot/americans-agree-on-paid-leave-but-not-on-who-should-pay.html?_r=0 (related coverage: New York Magazine, CNBC), March
PBS NewsHour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/steady-jobs-growth-clears-way-interest-rate-hike/, March
Time: http://motto.time.com/4687147/donald-trump-paid-family-leave-congressional-address/, March
TV interview on Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier on debt ceiling (two part-series), March
Radio interview on WWL 870AM (New Orlean’s, LA) “First News” on jobs report, March
Interview on Tom Brown Radio on paid family leave and the jobs report, March
Interview on NPR’s Marketplace Radio on ADP Jobs Report and small business job creation, March
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/06/trump-aides-might-be-considering-a-major-change-to-presidents-maternity-leave-plan/?utm_term=.049aa61a85b9, February
Interview on NPR’s Marketplace Radio on Trump tweets and job creation, February
Interview on 1330 WEBY’s (Pensacola, FL) “Your Turn” radio on paid family leave, January
Interview on NPR’s Marketplace Radio on Trump and Manufacturing Jobs, January
Interview with CGTN-America TV on President Obama’s job record, January
Podcast on manufacturing jobs with Gayle Trotter on “Right in DC”, January
Radio Interview on WEZS Newstalk 1350, Tom Brown Show, on Jobs Report, January
Radio Interview on American Family Radio on Kentucky Right To Work Law, January
Radio Interview on American Family Radio News (OneNewsNow) on minimum wage hikes in Massachusetts, January
2016
Radio Interview on NPR’s All Things Considered, on paid family leave, October (part of #NPR Stretched)
Quoted in radio interview on NPR’s All Things Considered on paid family leave, (part of their new series “Stretched”), October
Radio Interview on American Family News Radio on Obama Administration’s new paid sick days policy, September
Radio Interview on NPR’s Marketplace Radio on Trump paid family leave, September
Radio Interview on WWL Radio’s “WWL First News” on the Census Bureau Income and Poverty Report, September
Radio interview on MBC’s “Bill Martinez Live” on Clinton jobs plan, August
Interview on Middle Ground Radio (Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs), on overtime rule, June
Radio interview with WCVH radio, Joe Thomas in the Morning, on jobs numbers, June
Radio interview with USA Radio Network on jobs report, June
Radio interview on NPR’s Marketplace radio on April jobs report, May
Podcast with AEI Banter on Income Inequality (and right to work laws), April
Podcast with AEI Banter on Right to Work Laws and Income Inequality, April
Radio interview on NPR’s Marketplace radio on labor force participation rates, April
Radio interview with NPR affiliate 89.3 KPCC (Los Angeles, CA) on new Brookings Institution report on income inequality, March
Radio interview on News Radio WTPF (Raleigh, NC) “Bill LuMaye Show” on jobs report, March
Radio interview on American Talk Radio 1450/92.9 WTKI (Huntsville, Alabama) “Fred in the Morning” show on jobs report, March
Radio interview with WEBY Radio’s “Radio Renee Giachino” on jobs report, February
Radio Interview with Freedom Work’s Radio’s “The Paul Malloy Show” on jobs report, February
Online interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group (for ABC 7’s WJLA website), on jobs report, February
Radio interview with Marketplace radio, aired on NPR, on jobs report, February
Radio interview on the Tom Brown Show, WEZS AM 1135, on minimum wages, segregation and the election, January
2015
TV interview with Al Jazeera English on the “gig economy,” October
Radio interview on Tom Brown Radio on minimum wages and presidential campaign, September
Interview on New Hampshire Public Radio “The Exchange,” on city and county level minimum wage hikes, September
NPR’s Diane Rehm Show on paid apprenticeships, July
Radio interview on Louisiana’s WWL First News With Tommy Tucker on proposed overtime legislation, July
Radio interview, Utah Public Radio on income inequality and fast food worker strikes, April
Radio interview with West Virginia Radio Network-Metronews Talkline, on CEO pay and minimum wages, April
Radio interview with NPR Marketplace Radio on USW union strikes, February
Radio interview on WOSU Radio’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher” on President Obama’s tax proposals and income inequality, January
2014
TV interview on WSJ Live’s “Opinion Journal” on the November jobs report, December
TV interview with Hearst TV on jobs numbers, December
Radio interview with Townhall Finance Radio’s “Ransom Notes Radio” on income inequality, November
Radio interview on CRN Radio’s “Bill Martinez Live” on October jobs report, November
Radio interview on WNJC Radio’s “Conservative Commando Radio’s Show” on jobs numbers, November
Radio interview on 1140 WRVA AM’s “Jimmy Barrett Show” on jobs numbers, November
Radio interview on NPR Marketplace Radio on unemployment rates in southern states, October
TV interview with One America News on minimum wages on the show “On Point with Tomi Lohren”, October
Radio interview with WEZS Radio’s “Tom Brown Show” on tax inversions, jobs report and mobility, September
TV interview with Al Jazeera English on fast food worker strikes for higher minimum wages, August
Live radio interview with KSCO 1080 radio’s “Charles Freedman Show” on recent testimony, "Increasing Economic Opportunity for African-Americans: Local Initiatives That Are Making a Difference”, August
Panelist on the “Diane Rehm Show” (WAMU 88.5 and other NPR affiliates) to discuss the state of part-time work in the United States and new city, state, and national legislation on regulating work schedules, August
On CRN Radio’s “Bill Martinez Live,” to discuss recent testimony, ""Increasing Economic Opportunity for African-Americans: Local Initiatives That Are Making a Difference,” August
TV Interview with Fox Business on Volkswagen and UAW unionization in Chattanooga, July
Live radio interview on older unemployed workers on CRN Radio’s “Bill Martinez Live”, June
Live radio interview with WTIC Radio’s (Connecticut) “Soundoff CT with Jim Vicevich,” on long-term unemployment, May
Radio interview with the Buck Sexton Show, on jobs report, April
TV interview with Hearst TV’s syndicated evening news shows on jobs report, April
Radio interview on CRN Radio’s “Bill Martinez Live” on economic mobility study, March
Radio interview on WEZS Radio’s “Tom Brown Show” on minimum wages, fed policy and economic mobility study, March
TV interview with Blaze TV on unemployment, March
AEI “Top Three” video on economic mobility on YouTube, March (http://youtu.be/Y_7Xn4xZhuE)
Radio interview on TPNN Radio’s “Capitol Hill Show” on jobs report, February
Radio interview on CRN Radio’s “Bill Martinez Live” show on jobs report, February
Radio interview on WNJC Radio’s “Conservative Commandos Show” on SOTU, January
Radio interview on CRN Radio’s “Bill Martinez Live” show on income inequality, January
TV interview with Al-Arabiya news channel on income inequality, January
Radio interview with American Family Radio on labor markets, January
TV interview with Voice of America on long-term unemployment, January
2013
Radio Interview with KONP Radio’s “Michael Howe Show” on distributional burden of carbon taxes, December
TV interview with Hearst TV on unemployment numbers and budget meetings, November
Live radio interview with Newsmax Radios’ “Made in America Program” on jobs report, October
Live radio interview with WTIC Radios’ “Governor John Rowland Show” on jobs report, October
Live radio interview with WTPL Radios’ “Bulldog Live” on jobs report, October
Radio interview on the Tom Brown show on single parenting, and Obamacare, September
Video interview with digitalfirstmedia.com on minimum wages, August
Radio interview on World Magazine Radio, on income inequality, July
Radio interview with Radio America on natural gas fracking, June
Radio interview with Radio America on natural gas fracking, June
Radio interview with the Tom Brown Show, WEZS radio, on jobs numbers and deficits, June
Live radio interview with the Bill Martinez show on jobs numbers, May
Radio interview with the Tom Brown Show, WEZS radio, May
Live radio interview with American Radio News Network on jobs numbers, May
TV interview with Hearst on Jobs Numbers, May
AEI Podcast on Nobel Taxes, April
TV interview with Hearst TV on the jobs report and the sequester, April
Live radio interview on Tom Brown Show, WEZS-AM, NH, on carbon taxes, March
Live radio interview with the Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio, on carbon taxes, March
Radio interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (affiliate of NPR) on carbon taxes, February
AEI Video Blog on State of the Union, February
Radio interview on Tom Brown Show, WEZS-AM, NH, on the economy, January
Radio interview on Steve Deace Show, on unemployment numbers, January
Radio interview on the Lars Larson Show, on unemployment numbers, January
2012
AEI Video Blog on the Fiscal Cliff, December
“The Economics of Carbon Taxes” AEI Conference (co-hosted with Brookings, IMF and RFF), November
Live radio interview on Butler on Business on Economy, November
Live TV interview on Fox Business on Consumption Inequality Study, October
Live radio interview with West Virginia Radio on stimulus and jobs, October
Recorded interview with Radio France on Recovery Package, September
Live radio Interview with Sirius XM radio on jobs numbers, September
Live radio interview with KGK Pittsburgh on jobs numbers, September
Live radio interview with Brian Tilton at WTPL Radio on jobs numbers, September
Conference call with Reporters to preview first presidential election debate, September
Live radio interview on Tom Brown show, WEZS-AM, NH on unemployment, September
Live radio interview on Wisconsin Public Radio on the Joy Cardin Show on consumption inequality, August
Live radio interview on the Randy Tobler Show, FM News Talk 97.1, August
Live TV interview on Fox Business on unemployment report, August
Interview with NPR reporter on “what to do to stimulate the economy”, July
Interview with Radio Free Europe on US economy, July
Interview with NPR Marketplace on jobs numbers, July
Radio interview with Sirius XM radio on economy, July
Interview with Al-Jazeera TV on minimum wages, July
Live radio interview on Butler on Business (Atlanta), on inequality study, July
Interview with Matt DeBord at SCPR/89.3 KPCC on inequality study, June
Live radio interview on Tom Brown show, WEZS-AM, NH on corporate taxes and unemployment, June
Live radio interview on Butler on Business (Atlanta), on unemployment numbers, June
Interview with Matt DeBord at SCPR/89.3 KPCC on unemployment numbers, June
Live radio interview on the Tim Constantine Show on the unemployment rate, May
Radio interview with NPR’s Yuki Noguchi for All Things Considered on the unemployment rate, May
Live radio interview with America Radio News on the unemployment rate, May
Live radio interview with America Radio News on the economy, May
Live radio interview with WTPL 107.7 Concord, NH on the unemployment rate, May
Live radio interview with America Radio News on the economy, April
Live radio interview on the Tom Brown show, WEZS-AM, NH on corporate taxes and unemployment, April
Live radio interview on WTPL 107.7 Concord, NH on the unemployment rate, April
Live radio interview with WATR Radio on the unemployment rate, Connecticut, April
Live radio interview on Butler on Business (Atlanta), on corporate taxes, April
Live radio interview on West Virginia Radio, WCHS-AM, on corporate taxes, April
Live radio interview on George Jarkesy Show on the unemployment report, March
Live radio interview on KSCO (California) on the unemployment report, March
Live radio interview on the Tim Constantine Show on the unemployment rate, March
TV interview with Hearst TV on the unemployment rate, March
Radio interview with the Voice of America on the unemployment rate, March
TV interview with Newsmax on the unemployment rate, March
Radio interview with Bill Martinez Live, LA-based program, March
Live radio interview on Butler on Business, Atlanta’s premier business show, February
Interview on Hearst TV on economic news, February
Live radio interview on WBAL-Baltimore, February
Live radio interview on the Randy Tobler Show, FM News Talk 97.1, February
TV interview on Fox News on the President’s economic policies, February
TV interview on Fox News on unemployment, January
2011
Live radio interview on the Marc Steiner Show, an NPR station in Baltimore, September
Interview with Hearst TV on jobs report, July
Interview with Al-Jazeera on jobs report, June
Interview with Hearst TV on jobs report, June
American Bankruptcy Institute Podcast on Small Business and Bankruptcy Study, May
Tax Policy Foundation Podcast on Corporate Taxation, February
2006-2010 (did not keep track!)
Interview on NPR on Elizabeth Warren nomination, August
Interview with New Delhi Television on outsourcing
Ukraine TV
American Public Radio, Marketplace Commentary
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/07/09/lets_return_rewards_to_risk_takers/
CONFERENCES AND PUBLIC EVENTS
2023
Organizer and Moderator, “Evaluating the Role of the Paycheck Protection Program During COVID-19,” (with Glenn Hubbard and David Autor), HKS M-RCBG, January
2022
Speaker, FREOPP Annual Conference, “Welfare Reform, Social Mobility and the Safety Net,” November
Speaker, NASI Ball Award Ceremony, November
Moderator, “Child Poverty: Trends and Outlook”, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity and the Doris Duke Foundation Event, November
Speaker, HKS Study Group, “How Effective Was US Pandemic Spending? Lessons for Future Crises,” HKS M-RCBG, October
Organizer and Moderator, “A True Social Safety Net or Hanging on By A Thread?”. (with Diane Schanzenbach, Jason Furman and Robert Moffitt), HKS M-RCBG, March
Speaker, “Economic Policy in Challenging Times”, St. Louis Fed Women in Economics Symposium, February
Keynote Panel Speaker, Family Stability and Economic Mobility Research Consortium, Urban Institute Conference, February
Study Group Presentation, “Is the U.S. Social Safety Net Delivering On it’s Promise?,” Harvard Kennedy School, February
2021
Speaker, National Tax Association Meeting, ""Frayed Protection: Social Safety Net Spending During the Pandemic", November 2021
Webinar at Harvard Kennedy School, "Frayed Protection: Social Safety Net Spending During the Pandemic" (with Elaine Maag, Tax Policy Center), November 2021
Keynote Speaker, Strategica 2021, “Future of Work Post COVID-19.” October (hosted by National Bank of Romania, Romanian Academic Society of Management and Faculty of Management SNSPA)
Speaker, Association of Washington Business, 2021 Policy Conference, Council of Economic Advisers Panel, September
Panel Speaker, “Can a Carbon Tax Be Politically Feasible?” European Consortium for Political Research, August
Speaker and Moderator, “Cash and Kids: Momentum on Child Tax Credit Policy and Other Ideas to Increase Family Income,” American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, July
Keynote session speaker, Washington State Economic Symposium 2021, “A Post-Pandemic Roadmap to Recovery Metrics that Matter,” June
Speaker, “Exacerbating Inequality: Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Work,” Impact and Policy Research Institute, Gender Impact Studies Center, May
“Expanding Economic Opportunity: Inequality, Labor and Wages,” AEI Executive Council event, February
Speaker, launch of “Simply Green”, an environmental nonprofit based in Romania, January
2020
University of Maryland event: “A Seat At the Table: Lessons and Stories from UMD Alumni,” November 2020
University of Maryland Econ PopUp Shop, September
CEA Representative, OECD Ministerial Roundtable “The Path to Recovery: Alternative Scenarios and Macroeconomic Policies,” July
Speaker, Digital Summit: Economic Policy Responses to Covid-19, Bipartisan Policy Center, March
Speaker, AEI Leadership Network session on paid leave, March
Speaker, Tax Council Policy Institute-KPMG conference on “Hindsight is 2020: What the TCJA and Global Developments Tell Us about the Future of Tax,” February
Seminar Speaker on “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Where Are We Now? at Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, January
Speaker, Georgia Center for Opportunity, Georgia Tech, panel on Paid Family Leave, Atlanta, January
Speaker, Carbon Taxes and Green New Deal, Maxwell School students (Syracuse University) in DC, January
2019
Keynote Speaker, Douglas Leadership Institute, on paid leave, December
University of Maryland Economics Leadership Council Meeting, December
Speaker, University of Rochester session on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, organized by AEI Executive Council. December
Paper presentation, National Tax Association Meetings, Tampa
Organized and hosted, AEI-Brookings Author Conference on Paid Family and Medical Leave, November
Presentation to George Washington University student group on US Tax reform, November
Speaker and Participant, Pew Charitable Trusts Convening on Caregiving, October
Plenary Session Speaker, “Opportunity in America: What Does It Mean?” Aspen Institute, Economic Opportunities Program, October
Organized and Moderated AEI conference “Trump’s Tax Reform Happened: Now What? A Panel Discussion on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” October
University of Maryland Economic Leadership Council Convening, October
Speaker and participant, Aspen Institute ThinkXChange Convening on Family Prosperity, October (Aspen, Colorado)
Speaker, AEI Leadership Network, on Paid Family Leave, October
Guest Speaker, John Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Class on Social and Economic Policy (taught by Heather Boushey), October
Organized and Moderated AEI Event “Paid Family Leave: A Bipartisan Discussion with Sens. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Krysten Sinema (D-AZ),” September
Speaker at University of Maryland Career “Pop-Up” Shop, September
Speaker, AEI Event “Fifth Annual American Family Survey: Myths About Families, Plus What Americans Really Think About Paid Family Leave,” September
Speaker, Ethics and Public Policy Center debate on “Is Paid Family Leave Compatible With Conservative Principles”, U.S. Capital Visitor Center, July
Speaker, Bipartisan Policy Center Panel on Tax Reform, July
Paid Family Leave Salon Discussion Hosted by Kathryn Lopez and Nadine Maenza (National Review Institute), June
Speaker, Reporter-Expert Roundtable on Work-Family Policies in 2020, New America, June
Speaker, AEI Summer Honors Program, on Paid Family and Medical leave, June
Speaker, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Panel on Fighting Poverty and the Rising Cost of Living, June
Paper presentation (On Green New Deal), National Tax Association Spring Symposium, May
Hosted Indra Nooyi (former CEO of PepsiCo) at a private, roundtable discussion at AEI on women in the workforce and caregiving issues, May
Speaker, Aspen Family Prosperity Initiative Convening “Seeking Common Ground With Employers,” May
Speaker, U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, on women entrepreneurship and small businesses, April
Speaker, AEI Leadership Network 2019 Conference, on paid leave, AEI, April
Speaker, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Conference, “Fed Listens: Distributional Consequences of the Cycle and Monetary Policy, (hosted by Neel Kashkari and Abigail Wozniak), April (in Minneapolis, MN)
Organized and Moderated AEI Conference “Paid Family Leave: A Discussion With Senator Bill Cassidy. M.D. (R-LA)”, April
Panelist at AEI’s Values and Capitalism Young Scholar Awards Program, March
Speaker, Presidential Fellows Leadership Conference on Inequality, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, March
Presenter, AEI Policy Simulation Library DC Meeting, March
Speaker, SXSW Conference, “In the Red: How Americans Experience the Economy”, Austin, March
Speaker, Paid Family Leave, Brigham Young University, organized by AEI Executive Council, February
Speaker on paid family leave, AEI-Brookings Joint Intern Talk, February
Luncheon Speaker, National Economists Club of Washington DC, on paid family leave, February
Speaker, First Annual A. Lavar Taylor Tax Policy Symposium on “Tax Reform: One Year Later”, University of California-Irvine, (Irvine, California), February
Participated as “Member of Congress” for simulated Congressional Hearing for Georgetown students, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, January
Presentation to students of Maxwell School, Syracuse University, on carbon taxes, (Tax Policy and Politics Seminar), (at CSIS in DC), January
Paper Presentation, American Economic Association Meetings, Atlanta, January
2018
Speaker, Pop Up Panel on Jobs and Skills Gap, hosted by Institute for Research on Poverty (UW-Madison) and Department of Health and Human Services, December
Speaker, RAND Arroyo Center Workshop on “Identifying Opportunities For Furthering Talent Management in the Army,” December
Speaker, “Effective Public Leadership” conference at Tommy G Thompson Center on Public Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November
Speaker, Bipartisan Women’s Elevate Summit, on paid family leave policies, November
Paper Presentation and Discussant, National Tax Association Meetings, November
Aspen Institute Family Prosperity Innovation Community Convening, November
Roundtable Discussion at Pew Charitable Trusts on Caregiving, Financial Security and Health, November
Breakfast Discussion at the Hanns-Seidel Foundation on US tax reform, Munich, Germany, October
Lecture and Discussion on “The Benefits and Consequences of President Trump’s Corporate Tax Reform” at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Seminar Series on International Taxation, Nuremberg, Germany, October
Video Interview on US tax reform at US Embassy, Berlin, Germany, October
Lunch Discussion at Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung “What Does US tax reform mean for Germany and Europe?”, Berlin, Germany, October
Roundtable discussion at the CDU Economic Council on Trump tax reform, Berlin, Germany, October
Presentation at the Business Lunch Series of Club International on Trump tax reform, Leipzig, Germany, October
Panel Discussion on “US Corporate Tax Reform—Winners and Losers” at Allen and Overy, LLP and American-German Business Club, Frankfurt, Germany, October
Presentation to Union of Hessian Business Association and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, on US tax reform, Frankfurt, Germany, October
Interview at Handelsblatt Media Group on US tax reform, Frankfurt, Germany, October
Multi-city speaker tour in Germany, organized by the US State Department as part of the US Embassy Speaker Program, on US tax reform, October 20-October 26
Presentation to Notre Dame Students at AEI, on carbon taxes, October
Presentation to Georgetown University students at AEI, on paid family and medical leave, October
University of Maryland Economics Leadership Council Meeting, September (at University of Maryland)
Presentation to AEI Leadership Network on Paid Family Leave report, September
Presentation to Bipartisan Policy Center Taskforce on AEI-Brookings 2018 Paid Family and Medical Leave Report, September
Work Scheduling Policy Group convening at Russell Sage Foundation, New York, September
AEI Event “The 2018 AEI-Brookings Project on Paid Family Leave”, AEI, September
AEI Event “Implementing the Paris Agreement,” AEI, September
Organized and Moderated “Economic Mobility Around the World: New Data and Evidence”, AEI, July
Organized and presented American Family Diaries Ethnography Project at AEI Conference, “The Promise and Peril of Ethnographic Research,” June
Speaker, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Work and Family Conference, on paid leave, June
Keynote speaker, AEI Summer Honors Program, June
Speaker, Tax Policy Center conference on “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: A Boost to Growth or a Missed Opportunity”, May
Paid Family Leave presentation to student group from Colorado Christian University, May
U.S. Department of Labor Workshop on paid leave modeling, May
Speaker, Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit 2018 “Debt Matters”, on carbon taxes and tax reform, May
Speaker, Center for Public Justice, Forum on Paid Family Leave, May
Aspen Family Prosperity Innovation Community Workshop, Aspen, Colorado, May
Speaker, AEI Leadership Network Session on Paid Family and Medical Leave, April
Roundtable discussion on U.S. fiscal future, hosted by Committee for Responsible Federal Budget, April
Speaker, Congress Bundestag Forum on Income Inequality and Policy Responses, Colorado Springs, April
Speaker, Professional Development Seminar at Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, March
Speaker, AEI-Brookings Joint Intern Seminar, on Paid Leave (with Isabel Sawhill), March
Speaker, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, session on “Trade, Technology and Inequality,” March
Paper presentation, Georgetown Law Tax and Public Finance Workshop, February
Speaker, National Academy of Social Insurance Annual Conference, January
Speaker, Boston Federal Reserve Panel on Paid Family and Medical Leave, (Boston), January
Speaker, Tax Policy Forum, Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University (Chicago), January
Invited to, and attended, White House Forum on “A Conversation With Women of America”, January
PLEN Speaker on Tax Policy, January
2017
Aspen Family Prosperity Innovation Community Workshop, December
Moderator and participant, Center for Equitable Growth workshop on paid family and medical leave, November
Speaker, CFFE and Civix Strategy Group Forum on Paid Leave, New Hampshire, November
Paper presentation, National Tax Association Meeting, Philadelphia, November
Speaker, APPAM Roundtable on “Who Is Poor? Measuring Poverty with Income or Consumption, November
Chair, APPAM Session on “Paid Family and Medical Leave: Implications for New Mothers, Caregivers and Employers”, November
Speaker, New York Enterprise Club Inaugural Women’s Roundtable (organized by AEI), New York, November
Speaker, Policies to Improve Economic Opportunity for Women, organized by the Hamilton Project, Lean In and Stanford Law School (in Stanford University), October
Speaker, Values and Capitalism conference, on measures to improve labor force participation, AEI, October
Speaker, Business Roundtable Discussion on AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Report, September
Speaker, Urban Institute panel on Income Volatility, September
AEI Leadership Network Session on Paid Family Leave, September
Roundtable discussion at Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, on economic growth, September
Organizer and moderator, AEI event “Carbon Taxes: A Problem or a Solution” Remarks from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sen. Brian Schatz”, July (covered in NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/climate/carbon-tax-reform-climate-change.html?_r=0)
Speaker, State Department Delegation Panel, on US and the global economy, July
Speaker, Aspen Institute Economic Security Summit, Aspen (Colorado), July
Speaker, Deep Poverty Workshop, Organized by University of Wisconsin Poverty Center and Urban Institute, Washington DC, June
Speaker, AEI Values and Capitalism Conference, June
Talk at the Washington Campus on tax reform and policy, June
Keynote Speaker, Agriculture Diversity and Inclusion Consortium, June
Release of AEI-Brookings Paid Family Leave Project Report, AEI, June
Participant, Authors’ conference for the Hamilton Project Women’s Economic Policy Forum, Brookings Institution, May
Moderator, Brookings Institution event, “Should the U.S. enact a Universal Child Allowance,” May (covered by C-SPAN)
Speaker, ERISA Spring Meeting (ERIC 2017) on paid leave issues, April
Speaker, AEI Leadership Network session on challenges facing working families, April
Hosted delegation of European Union MP’s at AEI to discuss labor and social policy, April
Teleconference on “Paid Parental Leave: Are Healthy Families Key to a Healthy Economy?”, The Wilson Center, April
Career talk for George Mason University, Schar School of Public Policy students, April
Talk with Penn State students on paid family leave, AEI, April
Speaker and Organizer, AEI conference “Shaping the Conversation: What new data show about American’s attitudes toward and experiences with paid family and medical leave”, April
Speaker, AEI conference on “Work-Family Policy in Trump’s America”, March
Speaker, AEI Intern Lunch on paid family leave, March
Speaker, NABE 33rd Economic Policy Conference, session on Small Business Formation, March
Speaker, The Washington Campus, on tax policy reform (Indiana University), March
Speaker, The Washington Campus, on tax policy reform, (University of Michigan students), February
Session Chair, Eastern Economic Association Conference, session on carbon taxes, New York, February
Lunch Speaker, Jones Walker Annual Financial Services Conference, on Economic Outlook under President Trump, February
Speaker, National Academy of Social Insurance Annual Conference, on caregiving, January
Speaker, AEI Conference “Carbon Taxes: Public Finance Vs Public Choice”, January
Speaker, Aspen Ascend Forum on Children and Families, January
Conference call with AEI Leadership Network on paid family leave, January
Speaker, ASSA-LERA Plenary Roundtable on “Advice to the Incoming Administration on Labor and Employment Policies”, Chicago, January
2016
Speaker, Kirkpatrick Society Lunch, on paid family leave, December
Discussion on jobs and the economy under the Trump Administration, hosted by The Atlantic, December
Speaker, Prospects for the U.S. Economy under a Trump Administration, John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, November
Brandeis University, Heller School Policy Debate on Income Inequality, November
Workshop on economic mobility at Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, November
Presentation to D.C. Mayor’s Working Group on Jobs, Benefits and Wages, October
George Mason University seminar, Schar School of Public Policy, September
Northern Finance Association Meeting, Quebec, September
Speaker, Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, EPIC convening on income volatility, June
Speaker, National Academy of Social Insurance panel on paid family leave, June
Tax Reform Initiative Workshop at American Action Forum, June
Washington Campus talk on tax policy (University of Texas undergraduates), May
Washington Campus talk on tax reform and tax policy, May (MBA students)
Washington Campus talk on tax reform and tax policy, May (Accounting students Kennesaw University)
Panelist, AEI Vision Talks “Overcoming Barriers to Opportunity”, May
Discussant, session on “The Economic Consequences of Taxing the Rich,” National Tax Association spring meetings
Washington Campus talk on tax policy and tax reform (University of Michigan Carson Scholars Program), May
Meeting of the Tax Reform Initiative Working Group, American Action Forum, April
Speaker at New America event, “Paid Leave Leapfrogging,” April (with Anne Marie Slaughter and Brigid Schulte)
Gender Pay Inequity and Paid Family Leave: A conversation with Senator Deb Fischer, organized and moderated AEI conference, March
Washington Campus talk on tax policy and tax reform, March (four talks)
Washington Campus talk on tax reform, February
2015
Organized and moderated the AEI Conference “The OECD BEPS Report: Should the United States Be Worried?,” December
Speaker, Pew Charitable Trust’s Economic Mobility Caucus, briefing on working families, December
Speaker, Aspen Institute Conference on Inequality and Opportunity, November
Speaker and Discussant, National Tax Association’s Annual Conference on Taxation, November
Discussant, APPAM Meeting, Miami, November 14
Skype conference with University of Texas A&M students on income inequality and mobility, November
Speaker, University of Houston, 2015-2016 Energy Symposium, November
Moderator, AEI Conference, “Strong Families, Prosperous States”, October
Speaker, New America Foundation, on the future of work, October
Speaker, Resources for the Future event on carbon tax impacts on low-income households, September
Panelist at the Georgetown Center for Poverty and Inequality Conference on “$2 a Day” poverty event, September
Washington Campus debate on income inequality, July
Speaker, Aspen Financial Security Summit, Aspen, Colorado, July
Speaker, Kauffman Foundation’s New Entrepreneurial Growth Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, June
Moderator, National Tax Association 45th Annual Spring Symposium, Panel on “Current Issues in Energy-Related Corrective Taxation,” May
Talk at Washington Campus on tax reform (x3), May
Organizer and Moderator, AEI event “Carbon Taxes: Practicalities and Prospects”, April
Video conference with Women’s Colorado Alliance on pay equity issues, April
Presentation at The Washington Campus, on tax policy reform, March (five talks in March)
Panelist on Kauffman Foundation’s State of Entrepreneurship 2015 Conference, Washington D.C., February
2014
Talk at World Resources Institute (DC) on carbon taxes (with Adele Morris), November
Talk to Washington Internship Students on income inequality at AEI, November
Participant in roundtable discussion on the growth of debt and intergenerational wealth transfer at the US Chamber of Commerce (DC), November
Speaker, International Women’s Forum 2014 World Leadership Conference in Atlanta, on income inequality, October
Moderator, AEI conference “For Richer, For Poorer: How Family Structures Economic Success in America,” (Brad Wilcox and Robert Lerman event), October
Speaker at conference on the Role of Research in Promoting Equity and Mobility, American Institutes of Research (DC), October
Talk at the Washington Campus on prospects for tax reform, September
Talk at Washington Campus (MBA students) on tax reform, August
Speaker at Community Action Partnership conference (organized by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services) session on “Policy Options to Improve Social and Economic Mobility”, Washington DC, August
Speaker at National Conference of State Legislators conference session on “Keeping the American Dream Alive”, Minneapolis, August
Paper presentation at NBER’s Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, Vienna, Austria, June
Speaker at Center for Strategic and International Studies and OECD Conference on “Moving From Inequality to Inclusion”, June
Plenary Session Speaker at WREC Conference on Economic Mobility, organized by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May
Release of Paper “A Carbon Tax in Broader US Fiscal Reform: Design and Distributional Issues,” (with Adele Morris, The Brookings Institution), at Capitol Visitor Center, hosted by Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, May 2014
Talk at Washington Campus (Kennesaw State University students) on tax reform (by invitation), May
Talk at the Washington Campus on tax reform, May (by invitation)
Speaker at the Ananta-Aspen Centre and EmancipAction Conference in Delhi on “Igniting Leadership to End Sexual Violence” (by invitation), April
AEI Talk to Hofstra University students on Income Inequality, March
Presentation to The Washington Campus on tax policy and tax reform, March (by invitation)
Participant, OECD-Ford Foundation Workshop on Inclusive Growth, February (by invitation)
AEI State of the Union briefing on income inequality on Capitol Hill, January
Presentation at AEA Meetings, January (Paper on Domestic Violence)
2013
University of Delaware, Department of Economics seminar, October
Roundtable Discussion on Philanthropy at Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, July
Organized and moderated AEI Conference “Pharmacy to the World: India and the Global Prescription Drug Trade,” July
Expert Meeting on Modeling for Carbon Pricing Instruments, World Bank, April
Participated in roundtable discussion on Doing Business Report at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
Presentation at Tax Economists Forum, AEI, on optimal marginal tax rates, March
Round table discussion on carbon taxes, Heinz Center for Climate and Energy, DC, February
2012
Presentation at Brookings Institution Conference on Carbon Taxes and Fiscal Reform, July
Participated and helped organize AEI meeting on carbon taxes, June
Speaker, OECD Forum in Paris on Taxes and Inequality, May 22-23
Participated in panel on Tax Reform at the American Bar Association meetings (DC) (invited talk), May 11
Panel Discussion at Resources for the Future on Carbon Taxes and Tax Reform Initiatives, March
Talk to Kansas University Youth Entrepreneurs on gains from trade and specialization (part of Capitalism and Values project), March
2011
Conference on Job Creation at the Government Accountability Office, August
“Tax Reform: An International Perspective”, AEI-OECD Conference, February
AEA Meetings
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference
2010
NBER conference on Tax Policy and the Economy, September
NBER Conference on the Design and Implementation of Climate Policy, May
Recruitment Committee, AEA Meetings, January
2009
Participant in White House Jobs Summit
Moderator for AEI Conference on Retirement Savings
Speaker, fall intern talk (on carbon taxes)
AEI Conference “How to Simplify the Tax Code for Low Income Taxpayers”
American Economic Association Annual Meetings
Friday Forum presentation, AEI
2008
American Economic Association Annual Meetings
AEI Health Insurance Conference on “Interstate Regulation of Health Insurance”
STATA Workshop (AEI)
2007
AEI Health Policy Workshop, Midwest Economic Association Meetings
Spatial Econometrics Conference (Cambridge)
2006
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference co-sponsored by Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
Conference on Corporate Taxation and the Economy, DC
International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, Rome
Friday Forum, AEI
2005
American Economic Association Meetings
Participant, Workshop on Entrepreneurship organized by the Edward Lowe Foundation and the Small Business Administration
International Atlantic Economic Association
REFEREE WORK
Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Human Resources, Applied Economics(multiple), Economic Inquiry, International Tax and Public Finance(multiple), Empirical Economics, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics(multiple), Journal of Institutional Economics, World Economy, Economics and Politics, Crime, Law and Social Change, African Journal of Business Management, BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (multiple), International Review of Economics and Finance, Economic Change and Restructuring, The Energy Journal, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, Ecological Economics, National Tax Journal (multiple), Energy Policy (multiple), Journal of Banking and Finance, Energy Efficiency, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Canadian Journal of Economics.
Other Review Work
CBO Report on Dependent Tax Credits, SBA (Office of Advocacy), Center For Equitable Growth, Expert Reviewer for National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Knight Foundation, Smith Richardson Foundation, SIPA, Columbia University Center on Global Energy, Brief on Paid Leave for People with Disabilities, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, National Academy of Social Insurance Paper on Paid Leave Policies, Congressional Budget Office paper on energy subsidies, World Resources Institute.
PHD DISSERTATION
“A Spatial Model of the Impact of Bankruptcy Law on Entrepreneurship,” Advisors: Harry Kelejian and John Shea, 2005
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Advanced Macroeconomics, International Economics, Econometrics
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: United States
Languages: Hindi, English