William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair
The Brookings Institution
Background
William G. Gale conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on tax policy, fiscal policy, pensions and saving behavior. He is also co-director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. Dr. Gale has published extensively on these issues in academic and popular outlets. Prior to joining Brookings in 1992, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a senior staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.W. Bush.
Gale attended Duke University and the London School of Economics and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1987.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Effects of Public Policies on the Disposition of Lump-Sum Distributions: Rational and Behavioral Influences" (with Michael Dworsky), Working paper, #2006-15, August 2006
"Pensions, Social Security, Wealth and Lifetime Earnings: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study" (with John W.R. Phillips), Working Paper, # 2006-14, August 2006
"Effects of Stock Market Fluctuations on the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation" (with Eric M. Engen and Cori E. Uccello), Working Paper, #2004-16, May 2004
"Lifetime Earnings, Social Security Benefits, and the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation" (with Eric M. Engen and Cori Uccello), Working Paper, #2004-10, April 2004
"The Adequacy of Household Saving" (with Eric M. Engen and Cori Uccello), Working Paper, #2000-01, January 2000.
Selected Publications
- Gale, William G, Peter R. Orszag and J. Mark Iwry, eds. 2006. Aging Gracefully: Ideas to Improve Retirement Security in Amercia. A Century Foundation/Retirement Security Project Report. Century Foundation Press. 2006.
- Gale, William G, Esther Duflo, Jeffrey Liebman, Peter Orszag, and Emmanuel Saez. 2006 forthcoming. "Saving Incentives for Low- and Middle-Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R Block." Quarterly Journal of Economics.
- Gale, William G and Karen M. Pence. 2006. "Are Successive Generations Getting Wealthier, and If So, Why?" Brookings Paper on Economic Activity, 155-213.
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