Bhash Mazumder

Bhash Mazumder

Senior Economist and Director, Chicago Census Research Data Center

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Bhash "Bhashkar" Mazumder is a senior economist in the economic research department and executive director of the Chicago Census Research Data Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. As a member of the microeconomic team, Mazumder conducts research in labor economics, education and health. His recent research has focused on the long-term effects of poor health early in life. He has also written several papers on intergenerational economic mobility.

Mazumder’s research has been published in the American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Journal of Human Resources and the Review of Economics and Statistics. His research has also been featured in the Chicago Fed Letter and Economic Perspectives. Mazumder has also served as a co-editor for a symposium on intergenerational mobility at the journal, Industrial Relations.

In addition to his research activities, Mazumder also oversees the operations of a research center enabling access to Census microdata on behalf of a consortium of institutions including the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois system.

Mazumder previously worked at the Conference Board in New York and oversaw the transfer of the leading economic indicators from the Commerce Department to the Conference Board.

Mazumder received a B.A. in political science from New York University, an M.A. in economics from New York University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. 

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Economic Perspectives

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