RAND Expert Biography
Lynn A. Karoly
Senior Economist
Expertise
Early care and education, family and child well-being, poverty and inequality, retirement, social welfare policy, U.S. labor markets
Recent Work
Assessed the costs and benefits of a high-quality universal preschool program in California
Previous Positions
Director, RAND Labor and Population
Education
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Publications of Interest
County-Level Estimates of the Effects of a Universal Preschool Program in California, RAND Corporation, 2005
Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise, Lynn A. Karoly et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn A. Karoly, Harvard University Press, 2005
The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California, Lynn A. Karoly and J. H. Bigelow, RAND Corporation, 2005
The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States, Lynn A. Karoly and Constantijn W. A. Panis, RAND Corporation, 2004
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; Chicago Tribune; CNN; Marketplace Morning Report; San Diego Union-Tribune; San Francisco Chronicle; San Jose Mercury News; USA Today; Wall Street Journal
Commentary: Los Angeles Times
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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