Expertise
Budget and fiscal policy; public and private pensions; saving behavior; tax policy; transfers of wealth between generations
Background
Past Positions
Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies Program, Brookings (2006-2009); Joseph A. Pechman Fellow, Brookings (1992-2001); Senior Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers (1991-92); Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (1987-91)
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1987; B.A., Duke University, 1981