Staff Profiles
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Jacob Alex KlermanSanta Monica Office Senior Economist; Director, RAND Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy, RAND Labor and Population; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School EducationM.A. in economics, University of Chicago |
Research Focus
Employee health benefits and health care reform; fertility; welfare policy; labor markets
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Principal investigator of the statewide evaluation of the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program
- California's implementation of the national Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program
Selected Publications
Jacob Alex Klerman et al., Early Results on Activations and the Earnings of Reservists, RAND Corporation, 2006
Jacob Alex Klerman, "Performance Measurement in Government", in Robert Klitgaard and Paul C. Light, eds., High-Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives, 2005
J. Grogger et al., "Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990s? The Importance of Entry", American Economic Review, 2003
J. A. Klerman and A. Leibowitz, "Job Continuity Among New Mothers", Demography, 36(2), 1999




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