Julie Cai is an economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), where she works on a variety of issues relating to labor market conditions, racial and gender disparities, economic well-being, and social policy. Her recent work examines the U.S. safety net鈥檚 buffering effects in the context of job/work-hour instability. Cai earned her Ph.D. in social welfare with a minor in public affairs from the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison. She is an external affiliate with the Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy and was previously a visiting fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Her research interests include household income volatility, job quality, economic inequality, and poverty.
