Current Faculty
Jacob Klerman
Prof. Klerman is a Senior Economist at RAND. He is the Director of the RAND Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy and led the official evaluation of welfare reform in California (the RAND Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation). Among his other interests are the determinants of recruiting into the armed forces, women's work behavior and fertility. Prof. Klerman also maintains an active interest in statistical and survey methodology issues. He is a past chair of the U.S. Bureau of the Census's Advisory Committee of Professional Organizations and has for many years served on the Organizing Committee for the Economic Demography Workshop.
Prof. Klerman received his B.S. from Brown University and his M.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Recent Publications
Grogger, J., S.J. Haider, and J.A. Klerman. "Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990's? Entry vs. Exit", American Economic Review, May 2003.
Haider, S., J. A. Klerman, and E. Roth. "The Relationship Between the Economy and the Welfare Caseload: A Dynamic Approach." 2003 Research in Labor Economics.
Klerman, J. A. and S. J. Haider. 2003 "A Stock-Flow Analysis of the Welfare Caseload: Insights from California Economic Conditions." Forthcoming Journal of Human Resources.
1999 Abortion Policy and American Fertility, American Economic Review, May 1999, pp. 145-155.
1999 Job Continuity Among New Mothers (with A. Leibowitz), Demography, May 1999, 36(2), pp. 145-155.
