Robert Bozick

Robert Bozick is a senior demographer and research scientist at RAND Corporation. Dr. Bozick is also director of RAND Survey Panels and principal investigator of the American Youth Panel and the American Parents Panel. He was previously the associate director of RAND Labor and Population and formerly a senior fellow in the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. His research focuses on the effects of economic strain on labor force and education outcomes, with a particular focus on linkages between school, work, and health across the life course. Dr. Bozick has over 20 years of experience designing and administering surveys, analyzing survey data, and using longitudinal data to address public policy issues in education, labor, and population. He has particular expertise in the design and analysis of surveys administered to hard-to-study populations. His research has been featured in over 100 news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and NBC News. He is currently on the editorial board of Population Research and Policy Review. Dr. Bozick holds a PhD in sociology from Johns Hopkins University, an MA in sociology from the University of Maryland-College Park, and a BA in sociology from Ohio University.

updated 2024