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Jacob Goldin

Jacob Goldin Biography

Current Institution name
University of Chicago Law School
Date of PhD completion
2015
Institution where PhD was completed
Princeton University
Research area
Program Evaluation
Social insurance

Jacob Goldin is the Richard M. Lipton Professor of Tax Law at the University of Chicago Law School, currently on leave at the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Tax Policy. Trained as a lawyer and economist, much of Goldin’s research focuses on U.S. tax policy affecting low-income households. His research interests also include health policy, tax administration, and the application of behavioral economics to policy design. Prior to joining the Chicago Law School faculty, Goldin was a professor of law at Stanford Law School. Before that, he worked in the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department and clerked for Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.