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Aparna Mathur is a Senior Economist at White House Council of Economic Advisers.  Prior to this she was a resident scholar in economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she researches income inequality and mobility, tax policy, labour markets, and small businesses. She also directs the AEI-Brookings Project on Paid Family and Medical Leave, for which she was recognised in the 2017 Politico 50 list. Before joining AEI, Dr. Mathur was an instructor in economics at the University of Maryland. She has been also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Public Policy (now the McCourt School of Public Policy).

The holder of a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, Dr. Mathur also has an M.A. in economics from the Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and a B.A. from Hindu College at Delhi University in India.