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Kevin Corinth is a senior fellow and the deputy director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches economic mobility, poverty, safety net programs, homelessness, social capital, and other issues.

Before joining AEI, Dr. Corinth served as the staff director of the Joint Economic Committee in Congress and chief economist in the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, where he previously served as chief economist for domestic policy and senior economist for poverty and social issues. He has also worked as executive director of the Comprehensive Income Dataset Project at the University Chicago.

Dr. Corinth has testified before Congress and has been widely published in the popular press, including in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has published academic articles in scholarly journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Urban Economics, and the Journal of Housing Economics.

Dr. Corinth has a PhD and an MA in economics from the University of Chicago. He holds a BA in economics and political science from Boston College.

Experience

• Joint Economic Committee, US Congress: Staff Director, 2022–23
• University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy: Executive Director of the Comprehensive Income Dataset Project, 2021–22
• Council of Economic Advisers, The White House: Chief Economist, 2020–21; Chief Economist for Domestic Policy, 2018–20; Senior Economist, 2017–18
• American Enterprise Institute: Research Fellow, 2014–17
• Analysis Group: Research Analyst, 2006–08

Education

PhD, MA, economics, University of Chicago
BA, economics and political science, Boston College