Dr. Binder is an economist with the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau, and regularly supports LAI in specialized, case-related research projects. His primary research interests are related to the measurement, causes, and consequences of socioeconomic inequality, germane to most of our work regarding earnings, time allocation, and savings/consumption. Dr. Binder has published via the NBER and in several top-rated economics journals, including the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Journal of Human Resources and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Dr. Binder also serves as a reviewer for many others, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Health Economics, Journal of Political Economy, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from the University of Michigan and his B.A. in mathematics and economics from Williams College.