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Matthew D. Baird

Adjunct Economist

Matthew Baird is an adjunct economist at the RAND Corporation. He was co-director of the Center for Causal Inference from 2018-2022, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School from 2018-2022. His research focuses primarily on understanding labor markets and education policy to improve…

Robert Bozick

Senior Demographer

Robert Bozick is a senior demographer at the RAND Corporation. His research focuses on the effects of economic strain on labor force and education outcomes, with a particular focus on linkages between school, work, and health across the life course. Bozick has over 20 years of experience…

Shelly Culbertson

Director, Infrastructure, Immigration, & Security Operations Program, RAND Homeland Security Research Division

Shelly Culbertson is a senior policy researcher, a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and the director of the Infrastructure, Immigration, & Security Operations Program (IISO), part of the RAND Homeland Security Research Division. IISO supports eight organizations…

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