William J. Congdon is an economist focused on issues in labor market policy and poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on the use of experimentation and the application of insights from behavioral economics to inform policy design. He is currently a Principal Research Associate in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute. He was formerly the Chief Economist at the
nonprofit organization ideas42. He previously served as a Senior Economist for labor and behavioral
economics at the Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to CEA, he served
as a Fellow and founding member of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, an
Obama Administration initiative dedicated to translating insights from behavioral
economics into improvements in Federal policies. He has previously worked as a Research Director in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University.
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