Elizabeth O. Ananat

Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat is the Mallya Chair in Women and Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. She received a B.A. in political economy and mathematics at Williams College in 1999, a master's degree in public policy from the Ford School at the University of Michigan in 2001, and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. In 2010 she served as Senior Economist for Labor, Education, and Welfare at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Her research focuses on the intergenerational dynamics of poverty and inequality.

Research Interests

Child Policy
Children
Contraception
Discrimination
Family Policy
Income Based Interventions
Inequality
Inequality/Disparity
Place-Based Interventions
Poverty
Racism
Social Policy
Labor Policy

Datasets

American Community Survey
Current Population Survey