Matthew Unrath

Biography

Matt Unrath is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. His research focuses on economic measurement and households’ interactions with transfer policies and means-tested programs. His work has been published in leading economics and policy journals, and cited in major media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Atlantic.

Before joining Price, Dr. Unrath was an economist and branch chief for income statistics at the US Census Bureau. He received a PhD and Masters in Public Policy from UC Berkeley, and has a BA international studies from Boston College.

 Selected Publications

• Iselin, J., Mackay, T., & Unrath, M. (2023). Measuring Take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit Using State Administrative Data. Journal of Public Economics, 227, 105002.
• Linos, E., Prohofsky, A., Ramesh, A., Rothstein, J., & Unrath, M. (2022). Can Nudges Increase Take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit?: Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy,  14(4).
• Bartik, A. Bertrand, M., Lin, F., Rothstein, J., & Unrath, M. (2020). Measuring the Labor Market at the Onset of the COVID-19 Crisis. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. DOI 10.3386/w27613.