David Loughran
Associate Economist
RAND

David Loughran holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland (1999) and a B.A. from Swarthmore College (1991). His research has focused on a variety of applied topics in labor economics and demography including wage inequality, intrahousehold resource allocation, family formation, and retirement. Ongoing work for the Social Security Administration involves simulating the effects of changes in Social Security early and normal retirement ages on labor force participation and comparing planned with actual retirement outcomes. Loughran has also examined relative wage growth in the civilian careers of military retirees and is beginning work evaluating the implications of a major change in the Reserve retirement system. Other recent research includes an investigation of the impact of changes in within group wage inequality on age at first marriage, the effect of age at first marriage on earnings and divorce propensities, and an examination of the interaction of gender and parental condition on resource allocation within the family.