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Curriculum Vitae

Education, experience, and professional background

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Senior Researcher

Mathematica, Princeton, NJ

Sep. 2015 – Present

Senior Fellow

Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania

Aug. 2019 – Present

Adjunct Professor

Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University

Sep. 2016 – Present
Jun. 2015 – Present

Senior Visiting Fellow

IZA – Institute of Labor Economics (formerly briq), Bonn, Germany

Apr. 2019 (visiting appointment)

Ph.D. Economics

University of Chicago

Jun. 2015

M.A. Economics

University of Chicago

Jun. 2012

B.A. Economics (with Honors)

Stanford University

Jun. 2008
  • Spencer Foundation Grant (Co-PI), "Advancing the Measurement of Non-Cognitive Skills" ($480k)
  • ECMC Foundation Grant (Co-PI), "Evaluation of Chicago's OneGoal Program" ($100k)
  • Milgrom Foundation Successful Pathways Initiative Grant (PI), "Evaluation of Chicago's OneGoal Program" ($50k)
  • Esther and T.W. Schultz Endowment Fellowship, University of Chicago
  • Social Sciences Fellowship, University of Chicago
  • NSF Graduate Fellowship
  • Young Investigator Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (2009)
  • Anna Laura Meyers Award for an Outstanding Economics Honors Thesis, Stanford University

Referee:

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Education Finance and Policy, Forum for Health Economics and Policy, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Political Economy, Labour Economics, Learning and Individual Differences, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SAGE Open, Science

Member:

Council of Distinguished Scientists, National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

Computer Skills

Stata, Python, R, Git, Mplus, MATLAB, Mathematica, LaTeX

Languages

Spanish (intermediate), Swahili (very basic)

Interests

Photography, Hiking

2023: Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference

2022: Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency

2020: APPAM Conference, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

2019: NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, briq / University of Bonn

2017: Society of Labor Economics, University of Chicago, Jinan University, APPAM

2016: University of Oxford (RISE Annual Conference)

2015: UVA Batten School, Columbia Teachers College, Stanford, SUNY Binghamton

2014: American Economic Association Annual Meeting, World Bank

Tim Kautz

Economist studying the skills that help people succeed in education, employment, and life

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