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Appendix: Biographical Sketches
Pages 607-616

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From page 607...
... She has written extensively on gender issues, immigration, wage inequality, and international comparisons of labor market outcomes. She was president of the Society of Labor Economists, the Midwest Economics Association, and the Labor and Employment Association; and vice president of the American Economic Association.
From page 608...
... , sponsored by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, HM Treasury, and HM Customs and previously served on the council of the Israel Economic Association. His research focuses on dynamic macroeconomics with applications to taxation, public debt, the economic effects of immigration, optimal fiscal policy, and the emergence of multiple equilibria in models of economic growth.
From page 609...
... Previously he held appointments at Tel-Aviv University and the University of Chicago and was a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and visiting fellow at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He is the author of numerous articles in major refereed journals on law and economics, crime and corruption, human capital and health economics, advertising and information, risk and insurance, asset management, Social Security, and economic growth and development.
From page 610...
... He is a member of the American Planning Association, American Sociological Association, Population Association of American, and the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. His research approach of integrated demography treats demographic factors as interwoven with aggregate behaviors and impacts, including public perceptions and reactions to demographic change.
From page 611...
... and is currently serving on the Council of Economic Advisors to California State Controller Betty Yee. Her expertise focuses on state and local public finance and the economics of education;
From page 612...
... She has served on the boards of Brown University, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the W.T. Grant Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation and was president of the Population Association of America.
From page 613...
... He is a member of the American Economic Association and the Population Association of America. He has presented at numerous workshops and seminars and has served as a referee for journals including American Economic Review, American Economic Journal, Applied Economics, Demographic Research, and Population Studies.
From page 614...
... Dr. Gelatt's work on child well-being includes a focus on instability in families' access to child care subsidies, analysis of the child care settings used by parents working nonstandard schedules, an examination of the contexts that shape parenting practices, and a study of the factors influencing immigrant families' child care choices.
From page 615...
... She is currently supporting two expert panels and one workshop and has worked on a variety of panel studies, workshops, and planning meetings under the Committee on National Statistics. She coedited Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education and was co-rapporteur of National Patterns of R&D Resources: Future Directions for Contents and Methods: Summary of a Workshop.


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