CRIW - Executive Committee

John M. Abowd is the Edmund Ezra Day Professor Emeritus of Economics, Statistics and Data Science at Cornell University. He is retired from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Katharine G. Abraham is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. Her research ranges widely in labor economics, including labor market decisions of older Americans, the impact of government policies on labor markets, and the measurement of economic activity.

Vipin Arora is director of the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Susanto Basu is a professor of economics and director of graduate studies in economics at Boston College. His primary research interests are macroeconomics, monetary economics and productivity.

Alberto F. Cavallo is the Edgerley Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on price measurement, particularly using web-accessible data, and associated implications for macroeconomics.

Carol Corrado is a senior adviser and research director in economics at The Conference Board, and a senior scholar at Georgetown University McDonough School’s Center for Business and Public Policy. Her research focuses on the measurement of intangible capital and the determinants of innovation and economic growth.

Karen Dynan is a Professor of the Practice in the Harvard University Department of Economics and at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

John C. Haltiwanger is the Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor of Economics and Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the measurement of employment dynamics and business creation using data that links firms and their workers.

Erik Hurst is the Frank P. and Marianne R. Diassi Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  His research explores topics in labor economics, macroeconomics, and urban economics, especially the determinants of labor market fluctuations.

Ronald S. Jarmin is the acting director, deputy director, and chief operating officer of the United States Census Bureau.

J. Bradford Jensen holds the McCrane/Shaker Chair in International Business and is a professor of economics and international business at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. His research focuses on the relationship between international trade, investment, and firm performance.

André Loranger is currently the Assistant Chief Statistician for Economic Statistics, responsible for the key economic indicators (CPI, GDP, etc.) produced by Statistics Canada.

Erika McEntarfer is the Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Her research is focused on the consequences of job loss, wage rigidity, and the interactions between firms and workers in the economy.

Ayşegül Şahin is the Richard J. Gonzalez Regents Chair in Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on unemployment, and labor force participation dynamics, and other aspects of labor market performance.

Peter K. Schott is the Juan Trippe Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management. His research focuses on how firms and workers respond to globalization and changes in the trade policy environment.

Daniel E. Sichel is a professor of economics at Wellesley College, and the former Senior Associate Director of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board. His research interests span macroeconomics, economic growth, and economic measurement.

William Wascher is the Senior Associate Director in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board. His research focuses on the impact of public policies, particularly the minimum wage, and labor market outcomes.

Weihuan (Mark) Xu is the head of the Statistics of Income Division, of the Internal Revenue Service.