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Short bio

Benjamin Glasner is a Senior Economist at the Economic Innovation Group and an affiliate of the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. He studies U.S. labor markets, place-based policy, and the design of social programs. His research appears in the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Public Economics, and Health Affairs.

Long bio

Benjamin Glasner is a Senior Economist at the Economic Innovation Group and an affiliate of the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. He studies U.S. labor markets, place-based policy, and the design of social programs. At EIG, he co-authored the 80-80 wage subsidy proposal with Adam Ozimek, led EIG's analysis of how Opportunity Zones affected housing supply, and documents gaps in U.S. retirement-plan coverage.

His peer-reviewed research on the minimum wage and gig work and on the expanded Child Tax Credit appears in the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Public Economics, and Health Affairs. He has appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal and CBS News, and his research has been covered by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Reuters.

Before joining EIG in 2023, he was a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia's Center on Poverty and Social Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in public policy and management from the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and a B.A. in economics from Vassar College.

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Speaking topics

Each topic links to the underlying research or policy work.

• The minimum wage, gig work, and self-employment
• The expanded Child Tax Credit, employment, and parents' well-being
• Retirement-plan access and the Retirement Savings for Americans Act
• Opportunity Zones and housing supply
• Wage subsidies and low-wage work
• Government transfers and local economies
• The state of the American worker

Past appearances

Broadcast, podcast, and print appearances are on the Media page. The full CV (PDF) is also available.