Research Fellow
(415) 291-4413
bohn@ppic.org
curriculum vitae
Expertise
• Income and employment
Income distribution
Poverty and poverty measurement
California’s economy
• Immigration and immigrants
Immigration and U.S. labor markets
Immigration policy
• Higher education
Community colleges
Workforce preparedness
Experience
Research Assistant, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park (2004-2007). Instructor, microeconomics, University of Maryland, College Park (2006). Research Assistant, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1999-2002).
Education
Ph.D. (2007) and M.A. (2005), economics, University of Maryland, College Park.
PPIC Publications
California Economy: Planning for a Better Future Public Policy Institute of California, 2013.
California 2025: Planning for a Better Future (co-authored with Ryken Grattet, Ellen Hanak, Joseph Hayes, Laura Hill, Hans Johnson, Shannon McConville, Paul Warren, and Margaret Weston). Public Policy Institute of California, 2013.
The Impact of Budget Cuts on California’s Community Colleges (co-authored with Belinda Reyes and Hans Johnson). Public Policy Institute of California, 2013.
Child Poverty in California Public Policy Institute of California, Just the Facts, 2011.
Immigrants and the Labor Market (co-authored with Eric Schiff) Public Policy Institute of California, Just the Facts, 2011.
Lessons from the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (co-authored with Magnus Lofstrom and Steven Raphael). Public Policy Institute of California, 2011.
Poverty in California Public Policy Institute of California, Just the Facts, 2011.
The Great Recession and Distribution of Income in California (co-authored with Eric Schiff) Public Policy Institute of California, 2011.
New Patterns of Immigrant Settlement in California Public Policy Institute of California, 2009.
Other Selected Publications
"Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State’s Unauthorized Immigrant Population?” (with Magnus Lofstrom and Steven Raphael), forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics.
"Immigration and Informal Labor” (with Emily Owens), Industrial Relations v. 51, No. 4, 2012.
"The Quantity and Quality of New Immigrants in the U.S.,” Review of Economics of the Household, v.8, n.1, 2010.