RAND Economist Biographies

Emma Aguila

Santa Monica Office

Director, Center for Latin American Social Policy; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University College London; M.Sc. in economics, University College London; B.A. in economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• economic development;
• geriatrics;
• labor markets;
• retirement and retirement benefits

Abby Alpert

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland; B.S. in mathematics and economics, University of Chicago

• Research Interests:
• health behaviors;
• health care financing;
• health care reform;
• health economics;
• health insurance;
• pharmaceutical drugs

Marco Angrisani

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University College London; M.S. in economics, University College London; B.A. in political economy, University of Siena

• Research Interests:
• financial decision making;
• financial decision making;
• health economics;
• labor markets

C Ross Anthony

Washington Office

Leader, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health; Director, RAND Palestine Initiative

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, M.A. in economic history, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in history, Williams College

• Research Interests:
• global health environment;
• health economics;
• military personnel;
• nation building;
• occupied palestinian territory

Beth Asch

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• labor markets;
• military budgets and defense spending;
• military compensation;
• military personnel;
• military personnel retention;
• military recruitment

Laura Baldwin

Pittsburgh Office

Director, Resource Management Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE; Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in mathematics, Furman University

• Research Interests:
• defense infrastructure;
• econometric models;
• economic analysis methodology;
• labor markets;
• military logistics

Silvia Barcellos

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Princeton University; M.A. in economics, Princeton University; M.A. in economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio; B.A. in economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio

• Research Interests:
• health economics;
• labor markets

Manel Baucells

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in management, University of California, Los Angeles

• Research Interests:
• decisionmaking;
• economic analysis methodology

Sebastian Bauhoff

Washington Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.P.A. in international development, Harvard University; B.Sc. in economics with economic history, London School of Economics

• Research Interests:
• developing countries
• health care costs;
• health care financing;
• health economics;
• health insurance;
• program evaluation

Peter Bergman

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., UC Berkeley

• Research Interests:
• education policy;
• educational equity;
• educational program evaluation

Claude Berrebi

Santa Monica Office

Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Princeton University; M.B.A. in finance, M.A. and B.A. in economics, Hebrew University

• Research Interests:
• counterterrorism;
• economic analysis methodology;
• economic policy;
• energy security;
• international diplomacy;
• international economic relations;
• international humanitarian assistance;
• israel;
• labor markets

Craig Bond

Washington Office

Economist, Full

• Education:
• Ph.D. in agricultrual and resource economics, University of California, Davis; M.S. in economics, Colorado State University; B.A. in economics, Frostburg State University

• Research Interests:
• agricultural sciences;
• decisionmaking;
• discrete choice modeling;
• econometric models;
• energy resources;
• environmental and natural resource management;
• environmental legislation;
• environmental quality;
• exploratory modeling;
• water resources management

Nicholas Burger

Washington Office

Economist; Associate Research Department Director, Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. in economics and philosophy, University of Southern California

• Research Interests:
• developing countries;
• economics;
• environmental quality;
• global climate change;
• program evaluation

Jeremy Burke

Washington Office

Director, RAND Behavioral Finance (BeFi) Forum; Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in mathematics, University of Virginia

• Research Interests:
• economic planning;
• financial decision making;
• households

Frank Camm

Washington Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and A.M. in economics, University of Chicago; A.B. in economics, Princeton University

• Research Interests:
• business strategies;
• economic analysis methodology;
• labor markets;
• military acquisition and procurement;
• military force planning;
• military personnel;
• program evaluation

Katherine Carman

Santa Monica Office

Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University

• Research Interests:
• health behaviors;
• retirement and retirement benefits

Leandro Carvalho

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• M.A. and B.A. in economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio

• Research Interests:
• health economics

Amalavoyal Chari

Pittsburgh Office

Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Yale University

• Research Interests:
• developing countries;
• economic development;
• employment legislation;
• market regulation

Keith Crane

Washington Office

Director, RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Indiana University; B.A. in international studies, University of Minnesota

• Research Interests:
• china;
• economic development;
• energy;
• environmental and natural resource management;
• global climate change;
• international economic relations;
• international trade;
• middle east;
• ukraine

Ashlesha Datar

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Delhi School of Economics

• Research Interests:
• birth weight
• child health;
• childhood obesity;
• children;
• elementary education;
• health disparities;
• neighborhood influences on health

Andrew Dick

Boston Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University

• Research Interests:
• econometric models;
• economic analysis methodology;
• economic policy;
• health care quality;
• health care reform;
• health economics;
• insurance;
• labor markets

Lloyd Dixon

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in political science, B.S. in general engineering, Stanford University

• Research Interests:
• asbestos litigation;
• civil law;
• economic analysis methodology;
• environmental quality;
• insurance;
• insurance liability;
• military compensation;
• terrorism risk insurance;
• water resources management

Rafiq Dossani

Pittsburgh Office

Economist, Sr

• Education:
• Ph.D. in finance, Northwestern University; MBA in finance & economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; BA in economics, St. Stephen's College, Delhi

• Research Interests:
• corporate governance;
• economic development;
• education policy;
• educational technology;
• finance;
• international economic relations;
• international education;
• small businesses;
• technical professions

Fabian Duarte

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; M.A. in economics, University of Chile

• Research Interests:
• educational program evaluation;
• health behaviors;
• health care costs;
• health care reform;
• health economics;
• health insurance;
• international education;
• postsecondary education programs;
• preventive health care;
• public health

Daniel Egel

Washington Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in biology, University of Chicago

• Research Interests:
• afghanistan;
• developing countries;
• economics;
• human capital investments;
• military special operations;
• peacekeeping and stability operations;
• yemen

Christine Eibner

Washington Office

Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

• Research Interests:
• health and wellness promotion;
• health care reform;
• health economics;
• health insurance;
• labor markets;
• military health and health care;
• patient protection and affordable care act

John Engberg

Pittsburgh Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Research Interests:
• econometric models;
• education reform;
• nurses and nursing;
• nursing homes;
• value added modeling in education

Titus Galama

Economist (Adjunct)

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Tilburg University; Ph.D. and M.Sc. in physics, University of Amsterdam; M.B.A., INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

• Research Interests:
• economics;
• education policy;
• finance;
• labor markets;
• mathematics;
• retirement and retirement benefits;
• technical professions

Steven Garber

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.S. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A. in economics, University of Connecticut

• Research Interests:
• economics;
• health care technology;
• health economics;
• market regulation;
• mass torts;
• medical malpractice;
• product liability;
• tort law

Susan Gates

Director, Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; M.A. in Russian and Eastern European studies, Stanford University; A.B. in mathematical economics, Brown University

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• economic policy;
• education policy;
• educational administration;
• entrepreneurship;
• labor markets;
• postsecondary education programs;
• small businesses;
• workforce management

Peter Glick

Washington Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, American University; B.A. in anthropology, Binghamton University

• Research Interests:
• health economics

Charles Goldman

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; S.B. in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• education policy;
• education reform;
• educational administration;
• international education;
• labor markets;
• middle east;
• military personnel

Victoria Greenfield

Washington Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• B.S. in agricultural economics, Cornell University; Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley; M.S. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley

• Research Interests:
• crime;
• drug policy and trends;
• economic analysis methodology;
• economic development;
• economic policy;
• international economic relations;
• military affairs;
• performance measurement;
• terrorism

Christopher Guo

Santa Monica Office

Economist, Assoc

• Education:
• B.A. in economics, Harvard University; Ph.D. in economics, UC Santa Barbara

• Research Interests:
• energy;
• environmental and natural resource management

Michael Hansen

Santa Monica Office

Director, Manpower and Training Program, RAND Arroyo Center; Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Boston College; B.A. in economics, Kalamazoo College

• Research Interests:
• economics;
• labor markets;
• military budgets and defense spending;
• military personnel retention;
• military recruitment

Katherine Harris

Washington Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D., Institute for Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health; M.A. in applied economics, B.A. in economics, The University of Michigan

• Research Interests:
• health economics
• mental health and illness;
• mental health treatment;
• preventive health care;
• primary care;
• public health;
• substance abuse treatment;
• substance use disorders;
• vaccination

Paul Heaton

Santa Monica Office

Director, RAND Institute for Civil Justice; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, Brigham Young University

• Research Interests:
• civil law;
• criminal justice;
• economics;
• insurance;
• labor markets

James Hosek

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Editor, RAND Journal of Economics; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in English, Cornell University

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• labor markets;
• military compensation;
• military personnel;
• military personnel retention;
• military recruitment

Susan Hosek

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• M.A. and A.B.D. in economics, Northwestern University; B.A. in economics, Cornell University

• Research Interests:
• health economics;
• military health and health care;
• military personnel;
• veteran health care

Peter Huckfeldt

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of California, Davis

• Research Interests:
• health care costs;
• health care quality;
• health economics;
• medicare and medicaid;
• medicare part d

Angela Hung

Santa Monica Office

Director, RAND Center for Financial and Economic Decision Making; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.S. in social science, California Institute of Technology; M.A. in economics, University of Virginia; B.A. in mathematical economic analysis, Rice University

• Research Interests:
• financial decision making;
• retirement and retirement benefits

Priscillia Hunt

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of Warwick; M.A. in economics, University of Connecticut; B.A. in international commerce, L'Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Montpellier; B.A. in international business, Texas Tech University

• Research Interests:
• crime;
• drug policy and trends;
• economic policy;
• modeling and simulation

Radha Iyengar

Washington Office

Economist

• Education:
• B.S. in economics, MIT; MA in economics, Princeton; PhD in economics, Princeton

• Research Interests:
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Mireille Jacobson

Santa Monica Office

Deputy Director, Health Economics, Finance, and Organization; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University; B.A. in economics, University of Chicago

• Research Interests:
• health care quality;
• health economics

Srikanth Kadiyala

Santa Monica Office

Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in health policy/economics, Harvard University

• Research Interests:
• cancer;
• chronic diseases and conditions;
• health care costs;
• health care quality;
• health economics;
• health insurance

Lynn Karoly

Washington Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College

• Research Interests:
• early childhood education;
• education policy;
• human capital investments;
• labor markets;
• poverty;
• preschool children;
• social services and welfare

Edward Keating

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economic analysis, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; B.A. in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics, Northwestern University

• Research Interests:
• military acquisition and procurement;
• military aircraft;
• military budgets and defense spending;
• military compensation;
• military personnel;
• military technology;
• outsourcing

Michael Kennedy

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Harvard University; B.A. in economics, University of Michigan

• Research Interests:
• military acquisition and procurement
• military aircraft
• military strategy
• military technology

Rebecca Kilburn

Off Site Office

Director, Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, Kenyon College

• Research Interests:
• after school programs;
• demography;
• early childhood education;
• human capital investments;
• labor markets;
• preschool children

Heather Krull

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Research Interests:
• economics;
• labor markets;
• military personnel

Jinkook Lee

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in family economics, Ohio State University

• Research Interests:
• asian populations;
• health economics;
• mental health and illness;
• retirement and retirement benefits;
• social determinants of health;
• socioeconomic status;
• the elderly

Jennifer Lewis

Santa Monica Office

Economist, Assoc

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Columbia University; M.Phil. in economics, Columbia University; M.A. in economics, Columbia University; A.B. cum laude in economics, Princeton University

• Research Interests:
•  

Thomas Light

Santa Monica Office

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.S. in economics, Cornell University; B.S. in economics and accounting, University of Oregon

• Research Interests:
• energy;
• military acquisition and procurement;
• military logistics;
• transportation

Sebastian Linnemayr

Santa Monica Office

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Universite de la Mediterranee; M.Phil. in economics, Oxford University; M.A. in international relations, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in business administration, University of Vienna

• Research Interests:
• health economics;
• hiv and aids;
• populations

Jill Luoto

Off Site Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. in international and development economics, University of San Francisco; B.A. in Spanish studies, American University; B.Sc. in mathematics, American University

• Research Interests:
• economic development;
• health economics

Nicole Maestas

Santa Monica Office

Director, RAND Center for Disability Research; Acting Director, Bing Center for Health Economics; Research Department Director, Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; M.P.P., Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in English and Spanish, Wellesley College

• Research Interests:
• health economics;
• medicare and medicaid;
• medicare part d;
• retirement and retirement benefits;
• social security

Paco Martorell

Santa Monica Office

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, UC Berkeley; B.A. in economics and mathematics, Carleton College

• Research Interests:
• economics;
• labor markets;
• principals;
• secondary education

Michael Mattock

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• M.A. in social science, California Institute of Technology; B.A. in mathematics, Northwestern University

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology
• economic development;
• labor markets;
• military force deployment;
• military force planning;
• qatar

Erik Meijer

Santa Monica Office

Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in social sciences, Leiden University; M.A. in econometrics, University of Groningen

• Research Interests:
• health disparities;
• health economics;
• medicare and medicaid;
• medicare part d;
• modeling and simulation;
• retirement and retirement benefits;
• social security;
• the elderly

Kata Mihaly

Washington Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.S. in economics, Duke University; B.S. in policy analysis, Cornell University

• Research Interests:
• economic policy;
• economics;
• educational administration;
• labor markets;
• value added modeling in education

Trey Miller

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University; B.A. in economics, University of Texas

• Research Interests:
• education policy;
• educational program evaluation;
• secondary education;
• texas;
• value added modeling in education

Kathleen Mullen

Santa Monica Office

Economist; Associate Director, RAND Center for Disability Research; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

• Research Interests:
• econometric models;
• health economics;
• retirement and retirement benefits;
• social security

Shanthi Nataraj

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in environmental engineering, Northwestern University

• Research Interests:
• developing countries;
• econometric models;
• environmental and natural resource management;
• globalization;
• international trade;
• water resources management

Richard Neu

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• B.S. in economics, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University; M.A. in economics, Harvard University

• Research Interests:
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Nancy Nicosia

Boston Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley

• Research Interests:
• criminal justice;
• diet and eating habits;
• drug policy and trends;
• health disparities;
• obesity;
• physical exercise;
• substance use

Rosalie Pacula

Santa Monica Office

Codirector, RAND Drug Policy Research Center; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Duke University; B.S. in political science, Santa Clara University

• Research Interests:
• crime;
• drug policy and trends;
• health behaviors;
• health care financing;
• health economics;
• substance abuse prevention;
• substance abuse treatment;
• substance use

Francisco Perez-Arce

Washington Office

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Princeton University; M.A. in economics, Princeton University; B.A. in economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

• Research Interests:
• developing countries;
• economic analysis methodology;
• education policy;
• health behaviors;
• indonesia;
• labor markets;
• mexico

Ellen Pint

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D., Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

• Research Interests:
• business process improvement;
• econometric models;
• economic analysis methodology;
• labor markets;
• military health and health care;
• military health and health care;
• military logistics;
• military personnel retention;
• military recruitment

Steven Popper

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in biochemistry, University of Minnesota

• Research Interests:
• assumption based planning;
• computer and information science and technology;
• economic development;
• emerging technologies;
• forecasting methodology;
• international economic relations;
• robust decision making

David Powell

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, MIT; B.A. in applied mathematics, Harvard University

• Research Interests:
• health economics

Jeanne Ringel

Santa Monica Office

Director, Public Health Systems and Preparedness Initiative, RAND Health; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

• Research Interests:
• adolescent health;
• emergency services and response;
• health economics;
• immunization;
• labor markets;
• patient protection and affordable care act;
• public health;
• public health preparedness;
• underage substance use;
• vaccination

Susann Rohwedder

Santa Monica Office

Associate Director, RAND Center for the Study of Aging; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University College London

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• geriatrics;
• households;
• personal finance;
• personal savings;
• personal wealth;
• retirement and retirement benefits;
• social security;
• survey research methodology

Bernard Rostker

Washington Office

Senior Fellow

• Education:
• Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Syracuse University

• Research Interests:
• gulf war illness;
• law enforcement;
• military personnel;
• military personnel retention;
• military recruitment

Alexander Rothenberg

Washington Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in economics and mathematics, University of Virginia

• Research Interests:
• economic analysis methodology;
• economic development;
• indonesia;
• southeast asia;
• transportation economics

Juan Esteban Saavedra

Santa Monica Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in public policy, Harvard University; M.P.A./I.D. in international development, Harvard University; M.A. and B.A. in economics, Universidad de los Andes

• Research Interests:
• international education;
• labor markets;
• postsecondary education programs

Lucrecia Santibanez

Santa Monica Office

Associate Director, RAND Center for Latin American Social Policy; Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in education, M.A. in economics, and M.A. in Latin American studies, Stanford University

• Research Interests:
• central america;
• economic analysis methodology;
• education policy;
• mexico;
• south america;
• teacher effectiveness

Seth Seabury

Santa Monica Office

Associate Director, Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, Columbia University

• Research Interests:
• civil law;
• economics;
• health economics;
• labor markets;
• medical malpractice;
• occupational health and safety

Howard Shatz

Washington Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in public policy, Harvard University; M.I.A. in international policy analysis and management, Middle East studies, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; postgraduate study in Middle East studies, Tel Aviv University; A.B. in history, Brown University

• Research Interests:
• developing countries;
• economic development;
• economic policy;
• globalization;
• international economic relations

Stefan Staubli

Washington Office

Associate Economist

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, University of St. Gallen

• Research Interests:
• econometric models;
• health economics;
• personal savings;
• retirement and retirement benefits

Roland Sturm

Santa Monica Office

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, M.A. in statistics, Stanford University; M.S. in economics, University of Florida

• Research Interests:
• econometric models
• economic analysis methodology;
• health economics;
• labor markets;
• neighborhood influences on health;
• nutrition;
• obesity;
• physical exercise;
• public health

Gema Zamarro

Santa Monica Office

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

• Education:
• Ph.D. in economics, CEMFI (Central Bank of Spain foundation)

• Research Interests:
• econometric models;
• economic analysis methodology;
• education policy;
• health and wellness promotion;
• health economics;
• labor markets;
• value added modeling in education