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Joseph Price is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he directs the Record Linking Lab. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Fellow at the Wheatley Institute. His research integrates family history data with machine learning to create large linked datasets, focusing on intergenerational mobility, labor economics, and family structure analysis.
- PhD in Economics from Cornell University (2007)
- BA in Economics from Brigham Young University (2003)
Price's work spans economic history, demographic studies, and educational policy, with over 50 publications in top journals like the Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Labor Economics. He mentors over 60 undergraduate research assistants and 400 BYU Pathway students in Africa. His key projects include the Census Tree—linking 700 million historical U.S. census records— and studies on marriage premiums, NBA referee bias, and farm succession.
Recent research trends include multigenerational mobility analysis (2025), lifespan transmission studies (2023), and machine learning applications in historical record linking (2019). His work often addresses socioeconomic disparities, policy impacts, and structural changes over time.
- NBER Faculty Research Fellow
- Wheatley Institute Fellow
Price advises numerous mentored research projects and contributes to policy discussions through grants and datasets. His lab develops methods for analyzing historical socioeconomic mobility and family dynamics. Personal details include being a father of seven children (two at BYU, one in Uruguay missionary service).
