Zach Parolin, CPSP Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Zach Parolin is a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at the Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University. His research focuses on the measurement and determinants of poverty and social inequality in high-income countries. He has published his research in Social Forces, Demography, The Lancet Public Health and elsewhere, with a forthcoming book on poverty and social policy at Oxford University Press. His current work, recently featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, focuses on forecasting the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parolin earned his PhD in Socio-Economics from the University of Antwerp in Belgium.