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Edward P. Lazear Prize 2024 Recipient Robert A. MoffittCommittee: John Abowd (Chair) Jed DeVaro, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Fabian Lange Robert Moffitt is the recipient of the 2024 Edward Lazear Prize for excellence in research, exemplary service to the field, and contributions to civil society. Robert A. Moffitt is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, Faculty Affiliate in the Institute for Health and Social Policy, and Professor, Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health in the School of Public Health, all at Johns Hopkins University. He is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and the Institute for Research on Poverty (Wisconsin). Robert is past president and fellow of SOLE. He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the Econometric Society, and past president of the Population Association of America. Robert received his B.A. in economics from Rice University and Ph.D. in economics from Brown University. Before joining the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 1995, he served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, and Brown University. Robert has made major contributions to the study of poverty, income inequality, social insurance, program evaluation, and health care. These include his early seminal papers on welfare stigma (American Economic Review, 1983), unemployment insurance (Journal of Econometrics, 1985), retirement and post-retirement work (JOLE, 1985 with Gary Burtless), and real wages over the business cycle (Journal of Political Economy, 1988 with Michael Keane and David Runkle). His more recent work includes leading a major comparative study of male earnings volatility trends (Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2023 with many others). Robert’s research includes many methodological and review papers that are now standard references in labor economics such as his review of incentive effects in the U.S. welfare system (Journal of Economic Literature, 1992), the deserving poor, the family and the U.S. welfare system (Demography, 2015), and his handbook papers on the take-up of social benefits (2022 with W. Ko), anti-poverty programs in the U.S. (2012, with Y.Ben-Shalom and J.K Scholz), and econometric models for data combination (2007, with Gert Ridder). Robert’s service to the profession includes long stints as the editor of major journals. He served six years as the chief editor of the American Economic Review, seven years as co-editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics, four years as chief editor of the Journal of Human Resources, and eight years as the editor of the NBER’s Tax Policy and the Economy series, where he continues to serve. Finally, Robert’s public service demonstrates an extraordinary willingness to serve on advisory committees and panels for the American government’s statistical and scientific agencies. He has chaired or served on seven major National Academy of Sciences boards, standing committees, and panels including the Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in Ten Years, the Panel on the Future of Behavioral Economics, (co-chair), the Panel on Disclosure Avoidance in the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the Committee on the Value of Social and Behavioral Sciences to National Priorities, and the Panel on Data and Methods for Evaluating the Effects of Changes in Social Programs. In addition to service with the National Academies, he has served as chair, Social Security Advisory Board Technical Committee on Labor Force Projections; board of directors, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA); American Economic Association Appointee to the Census Scientific Advisory Committee; member, Advisory Panel on Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service; and member and chair, Technical Review Committee, National Longitudinal Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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