Damon Jones

Damon Jones is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, focusing on the intersection of economics and public policy. His research integrates Public Finance, Household Finance, and Behavioral Economics to analyze government taxation, household financial decisions, and deviations from traditional economic models.

• Education: B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University (2003); Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley (2009)

His work addresses critical topics such as income tax policy, social security, retirement savings, and employer-provided benefits' influence on labor markets. The Alaska Permanent Fund study explores universal cash transfers' labor effects, while the Social Security Earnings Test methodology investigates budget constraint impacts on extensive margin responses.

Damon is a member of the Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP) network, contributing to interdisciplinary research on economic disparities and policy design.