Contact Information
202-452-3703
adam.looney@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Public Economics
Labor Economics
Health, Education, and Welfare

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 2004
M.A., Economics, Harvard University, 2001
B.A., Economics, Dartmouth College, 1999

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2004-present

Selected Publications

• ''Consumption Smoothing and the Welfare Consequences of Social Insurance in Developing Economies'' (with Raj Chetty), NBER Working Paper 11709 (October 2005), pp. 1-17.
• ''Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States'' (with Raj Chetty), in Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, eds., Fiscal Policy and Management, East Asia Seminar on Economics Vol. 16. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
• The Effect of Anticipated Tax Changes on Intertemporal Labor Supply and the Realization of Taxable Income (with Monica Singhal), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-44. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• The Effects of Welfare Reform and Related Policies on Single Mothers’ Welfare Use and Employment, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-45. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• ''Family Composition and Marginal Tax Rates: An Identification Strategy for Estimating Intertemporal Labor Suply Substitution'' (with Monica Singhal), Proceedings of the 97th Annual Conference, National Tax Association (2004), pp. 129-134.