Thomas MaCurdy
Professor of Economics, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Bio
Thomas MaCurdy is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research, and he further holds appointments as a Professor of Economics and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. MaCurdy has published numerous articles and reports in professional journals and general-interest public policy venues, and he has served in an editorial capacity for several journals. He is a widely-recognized economist and expert in applied econometrics, who has developed and implemented a wide range of empirical approaches analyzing the impacts of policy in the areas of healthcare and social service programs. MaCurdy directs numerous projects supporting the activities and operations of the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), General Accounting Office (GAO), and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), and he has served as a member of several standing technical review committees for many federal and state government agencies (e.g., CBO, Census, BLS, California Health Benefits Review Program). MaCurdy currently supervises several empirical projects that support CMS regulatory policy responsible for the establishment of Healthcare Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Economics
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Hoover Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Fellow, Econometric Society
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Fellow, Society of Labor Economics
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
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Adjunct Fellow, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Public Policy Institute
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Editor, California Policy Review
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Former Member of Editorial Board, Econometrica
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Former Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Econometrics
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Former Member of Editorial Board, Labour Economics
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Former Member of Editorial Board, Review of Economics and Statistics
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Member, American Economic Association
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Member, American Statistical Association
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Member of the Labor Advisory Committee, Institute for Research on Poverty
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Member of the Labor Advisory Committee, United States Bureau of Statistics
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Member of the Labor Advisory Committee, United States Census Bureau
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Member of the Labor Advisory Committee, California Health Benefits Review Program
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Member of the Labor Advisory Committee, Congressional Budget Office
Program Affiliations
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Public Policy
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Chicago
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B.A., University of Washington
2024-25 Courses
- Econometrics Seminar
ECON 370 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Economics of Health and Medical Care
BIOMEDIN 156, BIOMEDIN 256, ECON 126, HRP 256 (Aut) - Understanding the Welfare System
ECON 11N (Aut) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Reading
ECON 139D (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading
ECON 239D (Aut, Win, Spr) - Honors Thesis Research
ECON 199D (Aut, Win, Spr) - Practical Training
ECON 299 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Econometrics Seminar
ECON 370 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Economics of Health and Medical Care
ECON 126, HRP 256 (Aut) - Labor Economics Seminar
ECON 345 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Econometrics Workshop
ECON 370 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Economics of Health and Medical Care
BIOMEDIN 156, BIOMEDIN 256, ECON 126, HRP 256 (Aut) - Energy, the Environment, and the Economy
ECON 17N (Win) - Labor Economics Seminar
ECON 345 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Understanding the Welfare System
ECON 11N (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Econometrics Workshop
ECON 370 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Economics of Health and Medical Care
BIOMEDIN 156, BIOMEDIN 256, ECON 126, HRP 256 (Spr) - Labor Economics Seminar
ECON 345 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Understanding the Welfare System
ECON 11N (Aut)
- Econometrics Seminar
All Publications
- A Practitioner’s Approach for Modeling Wage Dynamics Using Longitudinal Data Handbook of Econometrics edited by Heckmen, J., Leamer, E. North Holland Publishing Company. 2007
- Welfare The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics edited by Henderson, D. 2006
- Characterizing the Experiences of High-Cost Users in Medicare Analyses in the Economics of Aging edited by Wise, D. University of Chicago Press. 2005: 79–128
- Helping Working-Poor Families: Advantages of Wage-Based Tax Credits Over the EITC and Minimum Wages Employment Policies Institute. 2004
- What Happens to Families When They Leave Welfare? Public Policy Institute of California. 2003
- How Does a Community’s Demographic Composition Alter Its Fiscal Burdens? Demography and Fiscal Policy edited by Auerbach, A., Lee, R. Cambridge University Press. 2001: 101–148
- Using Information on the Moments of Disturbances to Increase the Efficiency of Estimation Nonlinear Statistical Inference edited by Hsiao, C., Powell, J. Cambridge University Press. 2001: 281–320
- Labor Supply: A Review of Alternative Approaches Handbook of Labor Economics North Holland Publishing Company. 1999