Bridging research and policy
Many of our faculty affiliates have worked in presidential administrations since SIEPR鈥檚 founding in 1982, helping shape and inform economic policymaking with their academic expertise.
Gopi Shah Goda, a SIEPR senior fellow, continues that practice of government service in a yearlong role as a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, with support from 成人大片's program.
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鈥淚t definitely feels like I鈥檓 leaving my comfort zone.鈥
Meet Gopi Shah Goda as she gets ready to leave 成人大片 for her yearlong position as a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Eager to work so close to the White House and make an impact, there are also logistics to deal with: Packing up a house, moving a family, and putting a pause on 12 years of work at SIEPR.
"I'm getting a call I have to take..."
Six weeks into her role at the CEA and settled into her office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Gopi gets an urgent call: President Biden will announce later today that workers at larger businesses must be vaccinated against COVID. The CEA is needed to weigh in on various aspects of the new rule, and Gopi sees firsthand how 鈥渆conomists have a seat at the table.鈥
鈥淭here was no manual to tell me how to think about this new topic.鈥
After focusing most of her academic work on the economics of aging, Gopi relies on basic economic principles and her years of experience and expertise as a researcher to tackle new economic questions posed by a presidential order.
"I have a passion for connecting research to policy."
Although the Supreme Court ultimately blocked President Biden鈥檚 vaccine mandate, Gopi realizes that having a policy in effect for even a short period of time can make a big difference. And she returns to 成人大片 energized to find more ways to directly connect her scholarship and her colleagues鈥 work to the economic policymaking process.
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