Curriculum Vitae

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Current Position

Senior Researcher, Mathematica, Princeton, NJ
Sep. 2015 - Present

Affiliations

Senior Fellow, Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Aug. 2019 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Sep. 2016 - Present
Network Leader, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jun. 2015 - Present
Senior Visiting Fellow, briq - Institute on Behavior & Inequality, Bonn, Germany
Apr. 2019

Education

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

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Heckman, James J., Tomas Jagelka, and Tim Kautz. (2021). "Some Contributions of Economics to the Study of Personality." In Handbook of Personality, Vol. 4, edited by O.P. John and R.W. Robins. New York, NY: Guilford Press. pp. 853-892.
  • Heckman, James J. and Tim Kautz. (2014). "Achievement Tests and the Role of Character in American Life," In The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, edited by J.J. Heckman, J.E. Humphries, and T. Kautz. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. pp. 3-56.
  • Heckman, James J., John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz. (2014). "Who Are The GEDs," In The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, edited by J.J. Heckman, J.E. Humphries, and T. Kautz. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. pp. 139-170.
  • Heckman, James J., John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz. (2014). "The Economic and Social Benefits of GED Certification," In The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, edited by J.J. Heckman, J.E. Humphries, and T. Kautz. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. pp. 171-267.
  • Heckman, James J. and Tim Kautz. (2014). "Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions that Improve Character and Cognition," In The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, edited by J.J. Heckman, J.E. Humphries, and T. Kautz. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. pp. 293-317.
  • Heckman, James J., John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz. (2014). "What Should be Done?," In The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, edited by J.J. Heckman, J.E. Humphries, and T. Kautz. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. pp. 431-436.
  • Almlund, Mathilde, Angela Lee Duckworth, James J. Heckman, and Tim Kautz. (2011). "Personality Psychology and Economics," In Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 4, edited by E. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessman. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 1-181.

Selected Policy Reports and Briefs

Edited Volumes

Works in Progress

  • Lira, Benjamin, Maria Bartlett, Tim Kautz, and Angela L. Duckworth. "Remote Schooling Depresses Course Grades for the Most Vulnerable Students." Under review.

Funding, Fellowships, and Awards

  • Spencer Foundation Grant (Co-PI), "Advancing the Measurement of Non-Cognitive skills" ($490k)
  • ECMC Foundation, "Evaluation of Chicago's OneGoal Program" ($100k)
  • Milgrom Foundation Successful Pathways Initiative, "Evaluation of Chicago's OneGoal Program" ($50k)
  • Esther and T.W. Schultz Endowment Fellowship, University of Chicago
  • Social Sciences Fellowship, University of Chicago
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  • Young Investigator Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (2009)
  • Anna Laura Meyers Award for an Outstanding Economics Honors Thesis, Stanford University

Presentations

  • 2023: Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference
  • 2022: Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency
  • 2020: Association for Public Policy Analysis Management Conference, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Conference
  • 2019: National Center for Education Statistics STATS-DC Data Conference, Institute on Behavior and Inequality at Bonn University
  • 2018: Symposium of the Turkish Private Schools Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference
  • 2017: Society of Labor Economics Annual Meeting, University of Chicago (Measuring and Assessing Skills Conference), Jinan University, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference
  • 2016: University of Oxford (RISE Annual Conference)
  • 2015: University of Virginia (Batten School), Columbia University (Teachers College), Stanford University (Colloquium on Social Mobility in the Americas), University of Chicago (Measuring and Assessing Skills Conference), SUNY Binghamton, Latin-American Congress on the Assessment of Competencies and Citizenship Skills and Abilities
  • 2014: Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Identity and Personality Conference, University of Chicago (Family Economics Workshop), American Economic Association Annual Meeting, World Bank
  • 2013: Personality and Identity Formation in Childhood and Adolescence, University of Zurich
  • 2008-2012: American Economic Association Annual Meeting, University of Chicago (The Spencer Conference), Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Stanford University (Research in Progress Seminar)

Interviews, Opinion Pieces, and Blogs

Professional Service

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

Previous Positions

Research Assistant, Center for the Economics of Human Development, Chicago, IL
Jun. 2010 - Jun. 2015
Quantitative Research Analyst, Acumen LLC, Burlingame, CA
Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2008
Research Assistant, Center for Health Policy, Stanford, CA
Jan. 2006 - Jun. 2008

Skills

Computer Skills

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

Languages

Spanish (intermediate), Swahili (very basic)

Interests

Photography, Hiking