Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2010               PhD, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota2002              Master of Public Policy and Social Work, University of Minnesota1999              Bachelor of Science, Spanish and Family Social Science, University of Minnesota

EMPLOYMENT

2023-   Associate Professor, Economics, University of Kansas2022-   Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas2022- Co-Director, Kansas Population Center2019-2020     Visiting Scholar & Senior Economist, Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis2018, 2022     Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland2010-2022     Senior Advisor & Principal Economist, U.S. Federal Government2003-                Co-Owner & COO, Heggeness-Bascuñán Household Enterprise, “Raising awesome, semi well-rounded humans since 2008”2002-2005 Principal Planning Analyst, Hennepin County2001-2002     Women & Child Advocate, Casa de Esperanza Battered Women's Shelter2000-2010     Lecturer, RA, & TA (gap 02-05), University of Minnesota1998-2000     Youth Worker, YMCA

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2019              U.S. Representative, World Bank/Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) Statistical Modernization Workshop (Brasília, Brazil)2018                U.S. Representative, International Census Forum (Edinburgh, Scotland)2011               U.S. Representative monitoring the implementation of an RCT for a project to eliminate child labor (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)2011               U.S. Representative, ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) (Accra, Ghana)2009               Dissertation research, interviews, and data collection (Santiago, Chile)2001               Internship, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, Chile)2000               Student, International Summer School, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)1997-1999 Research and Enumerator, Venezuelan Household Survey of 1997 (Mérida, Venezuela)1996               Study Abroad (Cuernavaca, México)

COURSES TAUGHT

2023, 2024 Policy Analysis2023 Gender, Public Policy, and the Economy2018, 2021 Policy Analysis and Evaluation2010 Economic Demography2010 Microeconomics of Development2009 Writing for Planners and Public Policy Makers2008 Statistics for Policy Analysis

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Heggeness, Misty L., 2023, “The Girly Economics of Care Work: Implications for Economic Statistics,” American Economic Association (AEA) Papers & Proceedings 113: 632-636.Heggeness, Misty L., Donna K. Ginther, Maria I. Larenas, and Frances D. Carter-Johnson, 2023, “The Impact of Postdoctoral Fellowships on a Future Independent Career in Federally Funded Biomedical Research," PLoS ONE 18(2): e0272230. [NBER Preprint]Gideon, Michael, Misty L. Heggeness, Marta Murray-Close, and Samuel L. Myers, Jr., 2022, “Consider the Source: How Source Data Influence Estimated Returns to Human Capital and Determinants of the Black-White Earnings Gap,” Journal of Income Distribution, 1.Horrigan, Michael, Misty L. Heggeness, Kate Bahn, and Michael R. Strain, 2022, "Is There a Labor Shortage?" Business Economics, 57(1).Azoulay, Pierre, Wesley H. Greenblatt, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2021, “Long-Term Effects from Early Exposure to Research: Evidence from the NIH Yellow Berets,” Research Policy, 50(9), 104332. [NBER Preprint]Heggeness, Misty L., 2020, “Estimating the Immediate Impact of the COVID-19 Shock on Parental Attachment to the Labor Market and the Double Bind of Mothers,” Review of Economics of the Household, 18(4), 1053-1078. [Preprint] [Replication Archive]Donna K. Ginther, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2020, “Administrative Discretion in Scientific Funding: Evidence from a Prestigious Postdoctoral Training Program,” Research Policy, 49(4), 103953. [NBER Preprint]Heggeness, Misty L., 2020, “Improving Child Welfare in Middle Income Countries: The Unintended Consequence of a Pro-Homemaker Divorce Law and Wait Time to Divorce,” Journal of Development Economics, 143, 102405. [Preprint] [Replication Archive]Brown, J. David, Misty L. Heggeness, Suzanne M. Dorinski, Lawrence Warren, and Moises Yi, 2019, “Predicting the Effects of Adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census,” Demography, 56(4), 1173-1194. [Preprint] [IZA Preprint (original)] [Replication Archive]Heggeness, Misty L., Kearney Gunsalus, Jose Pacas, and Gary McDowell, 2017, “The New Face of US Science,” Nature, 541, 21-23. [SJS Preprint]Plank-Bazinet, Jennifer L., Misty L. Heggeness, P. Kay Lund, and Janine Austin Clayton, 2017, “Women’s Careers in Biomedical Sciences: Implications for the Economy, Scientific Discovery, and Women’s Health,” Journal of Women’s Health, 26(5), 535-539.Heggeness, Misty L., Frances Carter-Johnson, Walter T. Schaffer, and Sally J. Rockey, 2016, “Policy Implications of Aging in the NIH-Funded Workforce,” Cell Stem Cell, 19, 15-18.Heggeness, Misty L., Lisa Evans, Jennifer Reineke Pohlhaus, and Sherry Mills, 2016, “Measuring Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce,” Academic Medicine, 91, 1164-1172.Heggeness, Misty L., and Elizabeth E. Davis, 2010, “Factors Influencing Length of Stay in Out-of-Home Placements: Are Human Services and Corrections Placements Different?” Children and Youth Services Review, 32(5), 749-757. [Technical Report]Ruggles, Steven, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2008, “Intergenerational Coresidence in Developing Countries,” Population and Development Review, 34(2), 253-281.

JOURNAL ARTICLES IN PROCESS

Brown, J. David, Misty L. Heggeness, and Marta Murray-Close, Under Review, “Noncitizen Coverage and Its Effects on U.S. Population Statistics.” [IZA Preprint]Heggeness, Misty L., and Ana Sofia Leon, Under Review, “Parenthood and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Chile.” [Preprint]Azoulay, Pierre, Misty L. Heggeness, Jennifer L. Kao, Under Review, “Medical Research and Health Care Finance: Evidence from Academic Medical Centers.” [NBER Preprint]Heggeness, Misty L., and Palak Suri, Under Review, “Telework, Childcare, and Mothers' Labor Supply.” [Preprint] [Replication Archive]

TECHNICAL REPORTS & POLICY BRIEFS

Heggeness, Misty L., Jennifer M. Babitzke, and Lilly Springer, forthcoming, "The Economics of Child Care and Child Care Licensing in Kansas," Kansas City, MO: United Women's Empowerment. Heggeness, Misty L., Carlos E. Zambrana Roman, and Donna K. Ginther, 2023, "Workforce Trends: The Future of Microbial Sciences," Bethesda, MD: American Society for Microbiology.Brown, J. David, Samuel R. Cohen, Genevieve Denoeux, Suzanne Dorinski, Misty L. Heggeness, Carl Lieberman, Linden McBride, Marta Murray-Close, Hongxun Qin, Allen E. Ross, Danielle H. Sandler, Lawrence Warren, and Moises Yi, 2023, "Real-Time 2020 Administrative Record Census Simulation," 2020 Census Memorandum Series No. 2023-08, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC.Brown, J. David, Genevieve Denoeux, Misty L. Heggeness, Carl Lieberman, Lauren Medina, Marta Murray-Close, Danielle H. Sandler, and Joseph L. Schafer, 2023, "Estimating the U.S. Citizenship Voting-Age Population (CVAP) Using Blended Survey Data, Administrative Record Data, and Modeing: Technical Report," Center for Economic Studies Working Paper No. 23-21, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC.Heggeness, Misty L., 2022, “Parents in the Care Economy: Before and During the First Two Years of the Pandemic,” Paper commissioned by the Consensus Study Addressing the Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC.Heggeness, Misty L., and Rochelle Williams, 2021, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Collaboration, Mentorship and Sponsorship, and Role of Networks and Professional Organizations,” Paper commissioned by the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC.Abowd, John A., William R. Bell, J. David Brown, Michael B. Hawes, Misty L. Heggeness, Andrew D. Keller, Vincent T. Mule Jr., Joseph L. Schafer, Matthew Spence, Lawrence Warren, and Moises Yi, 2020, “Determination of the 2020 U.S. Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) Using Administrative Records and Statistical Methodology Technical Report,” Center for Economic Studies Working Paper No. 20-33, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC.Heggeness, Misty L., 2020, “The Need for Data Innovation in the Time of COVID-19,” Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute (OIGI) Policy Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.Hokayem, Charles, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2014, “Living In Near Poverty in the United States, 1966-2012,” P60 Report – P60-248 (March), U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC. [Preprint]

WORKING PAPERS/PREPRINTS (not linked above)

Heggeness, Misty L., and Ana Sofía León, 2023, “Parenthood and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Chile,” Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Working Paper No. 75, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.Murray-Close, Marta, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2019, “Manning Up and Womaning Down: How Husbands and Wives Report Their Earnings When She Earns More,” Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Working Paper No. 28, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.Brown, David, Misty L. Heggeness, Suzanne Dorinski, Lawrence Warren, and Moises Yi, 2018, “Understanding the Quality of Alternative Citizenship Data Sources for the 2020 Census,” Center for Economic Studies Working Paper No. 18-38r, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. [Replication Archive]Colby, Sandra, Jose Debora, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2017, “Evaluating Self-Report of SNAP Food Assistance in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP),” SEHSD Working Paper No. 2017-03, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC. Edmonds, Eric V., and Misty L. Heggeness, 2014, “A Century of Adolescent Employment in the United States: 1870-1970.”Hokayem, Charles, and Misty L. Heggeness, 2014, “Factors Influencing Transitions into and Out of Near Poverty: 2004-2012,” SEHSD Working Paper No. 2014-05, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC. Heggeness, Misty L., 2013, “Decomposing Trends in Lone Mothers’ Educational Attainment, Labor Market Outcomes, and Poverty,” SEHSD Working Paper No. 2013-09, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC. Heggeness, Misty L., and Laryssa Mykyta, 2012, “Changing the Face of Poor Lone Mothers: Understanding How Alternative Poverty Definitions Change the Composition of Lone Mother Families Living in Poverty,” SEHSD Working Paper No. 2012-15, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC.Heggeness, Misty L., Trent Alexander, and Sharon Stern, 2012, “Alternative Strategies for Grouping People into Resource Units: Measuring Poverty in the American Community Survey,” SEHSD Working Paper No. 2012-09, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Heggeness, Misty L., “Marital Instability, Economic Opportunity, and Development”Heggeness, Misty L., and J. David Brown, “The Impact of Asking About Citizenship on Survey Response: A Randomized Control Trial”Heggeness, Misty L., “The Mismeasurement of Single Mothers and Implications for Development Policy”Edmonds, Eric V., and Misty L. Heggeness, “The Trade-Off between Schooling and Work: Evidence from a School-Day Extension Program”Heggeness, Misty L., and Edward Olivares, “Do Voucher Incentives Improve the Reporting Accuracy of Earnings in Household Surveys?”Barrera, Sergio, and Misty L. Heggeness, “The Influence of Living Arrangements, Education, and Work on the Outcomes of Single Mothers”

AWARDS, HONORS, and FUNDING FOR RESEARCH and TRAINING

2023 University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics Outstanding Alumni Award2019                  U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award2015                  National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director Honor Award2015       Population Association of America Poster Award2010                  IPUMS-International Research Award for Best Contribution to Graduate Student Research2009                  University of Minnesota Graduate School Activity Grant2009                  Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy Research Grant2008-2009    University of Minnesota Graduate School Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship Award2007                  Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Research Grant (with Elizabeth E. Davis)1999-2002    Federal IV-E Child Welfare Scholarship Award 2001                  MacArthur Foundation Travel Award2001                  Center on Women and Public Policy Travel Grant1999                  Magna cum Laude, University of Minnesota1998-1999    Katherine E. Sullivan Scholarship Award1996-1999    College of Human Ecology Honors

GRANT and CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

2023-2025 Around $800,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to research and develop a dashboard of statistics on the care economy2021-2022     Around $20,000 from the NBER Gender and the Economy Program/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study economic shocks and gender2013-2016     Oversaw approximately $2 million (USD) to conduct economic research and modeling of the biomedical research workforce and related price indexes2010-2011     Managed over $8 million for impact evaluations and monitoring services of USG funded projects to eliminate child labor in developing countries2009-2010     Over $35,000 in grant funding to implement a 3-day graduate workshop in Population Studies

CERTIFICATIONS and SPECIALIZED TRAINING

2016                Certificate in Public Leadership, Brookings Executive Education2013-2018  U.S. Federal Contracts COR-II Certified2012                Winter School for Impact Evaluation Methods in Population Studies, University of Padova2011                Summer Institute in International Program Evaluation, Georgetown University

CONFERENCE, SYMPOSIUM, and SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2021- presentAllied Social Sciences Association/American Economic Association (ASSA/AEA) Annual Meeting, Rutger's Center for Women in Business - Women in Hybrid and Remote Work Conference,  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 67th Economic Conference, 2023 Council for State Governments National Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Minnesota Economic Association Annual Conference, University of Kansas Women's Leadership Institute Annual Conference, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile Seminar, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) Seminar, Florida Commission on the Status of Women's Virtual LEAD Summit, Trustees' Council of Penn Women Spring Conference Panel, Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) Conference, National Association of Business Economists (NABE) Annual Meeting, University of Connecticut Economics Seminar, Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting, International Centre for Economic Analysis - Gender Inequality Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference
2017-2020              Minnesota Population Center (MPC) Seminar, Women in the World Summit*, Yahoo! Finance Live Interview, Managing the Challenges of COVID-19 for Government Economists, Federal Interagency Big Data and Social Science Virtual Conference, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Women and COVID-19 Public Sessions, ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Public Economics Meeting, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting, World Bank/Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) Statistical Modernization Workshop, University of Minnesota Institute for Research on Statistics and Its Applications - Record Linkage Workshop, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Brown University PSTC Colloquia, APPAM Fall Research Conference, SEA Annual Meeting, Macalester College Economics Seminar, SHADAC Seminar, SEA Annual Meeting, Administrative Data Research Facilities (ADRF) Conference, Western Economic Association (WEA) International Conference, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Next Generation Initiative, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Science Policy Conference & Social Science Advocacy Day, NASEM Tracking Community Resilience
2007-2016              National Institutes of Health-National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy Joint Workshop, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation – Burroughs Wellcome Fund Workshop on the Scientific Workforce, APPAM Fall Research Conference, 2nd Symposium on the Future of Research, PAA Annual Meeting, European Population Conference (EPC), U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, Agriculture and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, University of Chile Department of Economics, Minnesota Population Center Seminar, University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota Trade and Development Seminar, Hennepin County, University of Minnesota Applied Economics Seminar Series

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial Board: Scientific DataGuest Editor: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS)Journal Referee: Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Review of Economics of the Household, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Income and Wealth, International Labour Review, PNAS, Science, Demography, Research Policy, Scientific Data, Nature Human Behaviour, Economics Bulletin, Social Networks, Academic Medicine, eLIFE, Health Policy and Technology, Population Research and Policy ReviewCommittee and Membership: Associate Chair/Director of Outreach and Partnerships, American Economic Association CSWEP (2023); Society of Government Economists Board of Directors (2019-2021, executive secretary); 2020 Census Methods Internal Expert Panel (2018-2022, coordinator); Census Frames Committee (2018-2019, coordinator); PAA Session Organizer (2017-2018); Census Job Market for Economists Hiring Committee (2017-2018); Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Communications Committee (2017-2018); National Institutes of Health (NIH) Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers (2014-2016); NIH Decreasing Investigator Age for Reaching Research Independence Working Group (2014-2016); NIH Training Advisory Committee Workforce Subgroup (2014-2016, co-chair); Humphrey School of Public Affairs Alumni Board of Directors (2007-2010, president 2009-2010); University of Minnesota Population Studies Minor Curriculum Oversight Committee (2009-2010); Minnesota Population Center Education Committee (2008-2010); Minnesota Population Center Advisory Board (2006-2007 & 2009-2010); University of Minnesota Applied Economics Graduate Student Association (2005-2010, president 2007-2008); Hennepin County Survey of the Health and All the Population and Environment (SHAPE) Advisory Group (2005); Minnesota Policy Analysis Conference Planning Committee (2004-2005); Twin Cities Research Group (2002-2005); Minnesota Department of Human Services American Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee (2002-2003); Minnesota Indicators Group (2002-2003); Minnesota Department of Human Services African American Disparities Advisory Committee (2001); University of Minnesota School of Social Work Student Association (1999-2002, president 2000-2001)Session Organizer: SGE Annual Meeting (2020*); APPAM Fall Research Conference (2021, 2020, 2019); PAA Annual Meeting (2018)Session Chair: SGE Annual Meeting (2020*); APPAM Fall Research Conference (2020, 2019, 2018); PAA Annual Meeting (2018, 2007); SEA Annual Meeting (2017)Discussant: ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting (2019); SEA Annual Meeting (2019, 2018); APPAM Fall Research Conference (2020, 2018, 2015); WEA International Conference (2017); PAA Annual Meeting (2015, 2010)Grant Application Reviewer: National Science Foundation

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2016-American Economic Association, 2014-Society of Government Economists, 2014-Society of Labor Economists, 2013-2014, 2019-European Association for Population Studies, 2012-2013Agriculture and Applied Economics Association, 2008-2009Population Association of America, 2007-
*Cancelled due to COVID-19