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Deborah Reed
Senior Vice President, Director of Human Services Research
Deborah "Debbie" Reed is senior vice president and director of human services research. She is a member of Mathematica’s senior management team, which is responsible for company vision, leadership, and management.
Reed is an expert in labor economics with research interests in policies and programs for disadvantaged populations. She is directing a systematic review of labor research for the U.S. Department of Labor. She is also contributing to the impact analysis for the Youth Transition Demonstration, a randomized control trial funded by the Social Security Administration to help young people with disabilities make the transition from school to work. In addition, she serves as the lead for the Quality Review Team for the What Works Clearinghouse, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.
Previously, Reed directed a cost-benefit analysis of the Registered Apprenticeship program for the U.S. Department of Labor. She also helped to lead an examination of enrollment modernization efforts for public social services in several states to inform California’s plans for enrollment centralization.
Prior to joining Mathematica in 2009, Reed was director of research and a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), where she was the first recipient of the Thomas C. Sutton Chair in Policy Research. Her recent PPIC publications include Sanctions and Time Limits in California’s Welfare Program Poverty in California: Moving Beyond the Federal Measure and Retention of New Teachers in California. Before joining PPIC, she was an adjunct professor of economics at the University of Michigan. She has published in peer-reviewed journals, including the American Economic Review, Demography, and the Review of Income and Wealth. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.
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- Areas of Expertise
- Key Projects
- Professional Activities
- Publications
- Labor economics
- Employment and training programs
- Poverty and income inequality
- Research and Evaluation Clearinghouse
- Youth Transition Demonstration
- An Effectiveness Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Registered Apprenticeship
- Panelist, Registered Apprenticeship National Education and Action Summit (August 2012)
- Member, Policy Council, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (2009-2012)
- "The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on the Career Transitions Program" (December 2012)
- "An Effectiveness Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Registered Apprenticeship in 10 States" (July 2012)
- "Simplification of Health and Social Services Enrollment and Eligibility: Lessons for California from Interviews in Four States" (November 2010)