Contact Information
202-452-2761
louise.m.sheiner@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Health, Education, and Welfare
Fiscal Policy
Public Economics

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1993
A.B., Biology, Harvard University, 1982

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1993-present
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1996-1996
Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 1995-1996
Economist, Joint Committee on Taxation, 1990-1993

Selected Publications

• ''Should America Save for Its Old Age? Fiscal Policy, Population Aging, and National Saving'' (with Douglas W. Elmendorf), Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 14 (Summer 2000), pp. 57-74.
• ''Generational Aspects of Medicare'' (with David M. Cutler), American Economic Review, vol. 90 (May 2000), pp. 303-07.
• ''Demographics and Medical Care Spending: Standard and Non-Standard Effects'' (with David M. Cutler), in Auerbach, Alan and Ronald Lee, eds., Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
• ''Welfare Improving Health Expenditure Subsidies'' (with William Jack), American Economic Review, vol. 87 (March 1997), pp. 206-21.
• ''The Geography of Medicare'' (with David M. Cutler), American Economic Review, vol. 89 (May 1999), pp. 228-33.
• Health Care Costs, Wages, and Aging, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-19. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1999.
• Recent Trends in Compensation Practices (with David Lebow, Larry Slifman, and Martha Starr-McCluer), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-32. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1999.
• ''Managed Care and the Growth of Medical Expenditures'' (with David M. Cutler), in Alan Garber, ed., Frontiers in Health Policy Research. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998.
• ''Housing Prices and the Savings of Renters,'' Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 38 (July 1995), pp. 94-125.
• ''Marginal Tax Rates and Health Care Reform,'' National Tax Journal, vol. 47 (September 1994), pp. 497-517.