Chief, Housing and Household Economic
Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Daniel H. Weinberg came to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1989 as Chief of the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division. The division is responsible for housing issues such as homeownership; income, poverty and health insurance statistics; and other reports on economic well-being. Previously, Dr. Weinberg had worked for nine years at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on welfare and poverty research and policy. He is considered one of the nation’s top experts on income and poverty.
During his career, Dr. Weinberg has authored numerous professional articles and Census Bureau publications, including The Changing Shape of the Nation’s Income Distribution: 1947-1998, Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation: 1980 to 2000, and Evidence From Census 2000 About Earnings by Detailed Occupation for Men and Women. He was co-author of The Economics of Housing Vouchers (1982) and co-editor of The Great Housing Experiment (1983), Fighting Poverty (1986), and Confronting Poverty (1994).
Dr. Weinberg is a recipient of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bronze Medal, 1994, and (group) Silver Medal, 2003; a fellow of the American Statistical Association, 1999; a recipient of the Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics, 2002; and of the Service to America Social Services Award, 2002. He currently serves as Treasurer for the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
Dr. Weinberg received his B.S. in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971 and his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1975. He taught at Yale University and Tufts University, and worked for four years on housing research at Abt Associates, Inc. before coming to the federal government.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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August 25, 2004 at 01:15:32 PM
