Faculty

David M. Betson
Associate Professor of Economics

404 Decio Faculty Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone:
(574) 631-5068
Email: David.M.Betson.1@nd.edu
CV: David Betson

B.A., Economics and Physics, Kalamazoo College, 1972
M.A., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980

David M. Betson is an Associate Professor of Economics and the former Director of the Hesburgh Program in Public Service at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously a research associate at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin and a staff economist at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He has been a member of four National Academy of Science Panels. From 1990 to 1992, Betson was a member of the Panel to Evaluate Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs. From 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the Panel on Poverty Measurement and Family Assistance. From 1996 to 2000, Betson served as a member of the Panel on Local Area Estimates of Poverty for the Allocation of Title One School Funding. Currently, he is the Chair of the Panel to Evaluate the National Estimates of Participants in the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program to Insure Full Funding of the Program. His research has dealt with the impact of tax and transfer programs on the economy and the distribution of income. A particular area of interest is child support policy in which he has written academic papers and consulted with numerous state governments on the development of their child support guidelines.




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