Richard Burkhauser
Biography
Richard V. Burkhauser is a senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute. He has been Emeritus Sarah Gibson Blanding Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University since 2017. Burkhauser has been also a tenured professor in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University and at Syracuse University. Between September 2017 and May 2019, he served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President at the White House. Earlier, he served as president of the Association for Public Policy and Management. During his career, he has focused on how public policies affect the employment and well-being of vulnerable populations. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
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