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Bradley Hardy

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Administration and Policy

  • Bradley Hardy is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests lie within labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability, intergenerational mobility, poverty policy, and socio-economic outcomes. Within the department, he teaches courses on microeconomics and social policy. His research examines trends and sources of income volatility and intergenerational mobility within the United States, with a focus on socio-economically disadvantaged families. He also conducts research on the role of anti-poverty transfer programs such as SNAP food stamps and the earned income tax credit for improving economic well-being among low income individuals and families. Before joining American, he served as a research fellow at the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. Prior to his doctoral studies, Hardy helped provide analyses of U.S. budget, tax, and income support policies as a researcher at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, DC.

  • Degrees

    Ph.D., Economics, University of Kentucky; M.P.P., Georgetown University; B.A., Economics, Morehouse College
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Partnerships & Affiliations

  • National Economic Association

    Executive Board Member

  • Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

    Member

  • American Economic Association

    Member

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

       
  • Labor Economics 
  • Income Volatility 
  • Intergenerational Mobility 
  • Poverty
  • Social Policy

Selected Publications

Hardy, Bradley L. 2014.  “Childhood Income Volatility and Adult Outcomes.” Forthcoming at Demography.

Hardy, Bradley L., and James P. Ziliak. 2014. “Decomposing Rising Income Volatility:The ‘Wild Ride’ at the Top and Bottom.” Economic Inquiry 52(1): 459-476.

Hardy, Bradley L. 2012. “Black Female Earnings and Income Volatility.” The Review of Black Political Economy (39) 465-75.

Ziliak, James P., Bradley Hardy, and Christopher Bollinger. 2011.  “Earnings Volatility in America:   Evidence from Matched CPS.” Labour Economics 18(6) 742-754.

Ziliak, James P., Charles Hokayem, and Bradley Hardy. 2008. “Child Care Subsidies and the Economic Well-Being of Recipient Families: A Survey and Implications for Kentucky,”   Technical Report to Kentucky Youth Advocates and the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. 

Hardy, Bradley, James P. Ziliak, and Charles Hokayem. 2008. “The economic impact of  child care subsidies for Kentucky,” University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Occasional Policy Brief No. 3. 

Hardy, Bradley, Richard Kogan, and Arloc Sherman, and. 2005.  “What Are The Effects of Cutting Domestic Appropriations Another Two Percent?,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Parrott, Sharon, Arloc Sherman, and Bradley Hardy. 2005.  “House Budget Resolution Would Require Much Deeper Cuts In Key Low-Income Programs Than Senate Budget Plan: Depth and   Breadth of Cuts a Key Issue in the Budget Resolution Conference,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Parrott, Sharon, Jim Horney, Isaac Shapiro, Ruth Carlitz, Bradley Hardy, and David Kamin. 2005.   “Where Would the Cuts Be Made Under the President’s Budget? An Analysis of Reductions in   Education, Human Services, Environment, and Community Development Programs,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Work In Progress

Hardy, Bradley L. 2013. “Income Instability and the Response of the Safety Net.” Under review.

Hardy, Bradley L., and Seth Gershenson. 2013. “Parental Involvement, Summer Activities, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment.”  

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 2012

Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar, 2007-2011

University of Kentucky Lyman T. Johnson Fellow, 2006-2011

Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia at Morehouse College, May 2002