Bradley L. Hardy
Research Fellow
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Bradley L. Hardy is a research fellow with the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He is an associate professor of public policy at Georgetown University and a nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. His research interests are in labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability, intergenerational mobility, poverty policy and socio-economic outcomes. He also conducts research on the role of anti-poverty transfer programs such as SNAP food stamps and the earned income tax credit for improving economic well-being among low-income individuals and families.
Hardy holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kentucky, a master of public policy degree from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Morehouse College.
- Black Economists on Race and Policy: Contributions to Education, Poverty and Mobility, and Public Finance
with Dania Francis and Damon Jones, forthcoming at Journal of Economic Literature, 2022 - Crashing Without a Parachute: Racial and Educational Disparities in Unemployment During COVID-19
with Charles Hokayem and Stephen Roll, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2022 - Income Inequality, Race, and the EITC
with Charles Hokayem and James P. Ziliak, National Tax Journal, March 2022 - Racial Inequality Across Income Volatility and Employment
with Michael Carr, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, February 2022 - Cash Remains King (PDF)
with Kathryn Edwards, The Future of Building Wealth, Sept. 30, 2021 - The Persistence of Historical Racial Violence and Political Suppression: Implications for Contemporary Regional Inequality
with Jhacova Williams and Trevon D. Logan, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July 6, 2021 - Ties that Bind? Family Income Dynamics and Children’s Post-Secondary Enrollment and Persistence
with Dave Marcotte, Review of Economics of the Household, 2020 - Renter Households Face Trade-offs When Choosing Amenities or Price
with Ana Hernández Kent, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis In the Balance, May 2019 - Income Instability and the Response of the Safety Net (PDF)
Contemporary Economic Policy, June 2016
