Yael Katz

Policy Analyst

Off Site Office

Education

M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, UC Irvine

One Page Bio

Overview

Yael Katz (she/her) is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. She most recently completed an IPA with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau where she researched reservists and their SCRA rights. Katz is an IES WWC certified reviewer. She has worked on a variety of different topics at RAND, such as education, workforce development, labor, and disability. Prior to grad school, she worked for a public finance consulting firm that specialized in using California's Proposition 13 to create special tax districts. Katz also worked at CBRE as a researcher and as a private research assistant for an NBER Postdoctoral Fellow. Prior to joining RAND, she completed her master’s in economics at the University of Chicago, where she wrote her graduate thesis on the effects of food insecurity on educational outcomes. Katz received her B.A. in economics from UC Irvine where she wrote her honors thesis on how Proposition 13 affected California K-12 education financing.

Research Focus

Commentary

Food Insecurity

Food Access: Challenges and Solutions Brought on by COVID-19
For the 14.3 million American households already experiencing food insecurity before the pandemic, shutdowns and restrictions have created new layers of hardship. Tremendous efforts are already underway to help. But the weeks to come will surely demand more creative solutions from the public and private sectors.
Mar 31, 2020
The RAND Blog

Publications

Infographic
Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors Within the Family Courts
This infographic accompanies a tool that supports the implementation of an empowerment-based domestic violence program within a family court setting.
Jan 6, 2022
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Tool
Empowerment-Based Domestic Violence Programming Within a Family Court Setting: An Implementation Guide
This guide supports the implementation of an empowerment-based domestic violence program within a family court setting. It was developed to share the best practices learned during an evaluation of the Safe Horizon Family Court organization.
Jan 6, 2022
Report
Practice Expense Data Collection and Methodology: Phase II Final Report
In this report, the authors address how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services might improve the methodology used in practice expense (PE) rate-setting, update data that inform PE rates, or both.
Nov 1, 2021