Bradley Hardy

Bradley Hardy is an Associate Professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is also a nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. He serves as a research affiliate of the University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty, the Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy, the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, and the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.

His research interests lie within labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability, intergenerational mobility, poverty policy, racial economic inequality, and socio-economic outcomes. Within the school, he teaches courses on microeconomics and public finance. His research examines trends and sources of income volatility and intergenerational mobility within the United States, with a focus on socio-economically disadvantaged families, neighborhoods, and regions. He also conducts research on the role of anti-poverty transfer programs including food assistance programs, the earned income tax credit, and cash assistance for reducing inequality and improving economic well-being.

Hardy's professional activity includes membership on the American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics, and service as a coeditor at Contemporary Economic Policy. Prior to joining Georgetown, Hardy was a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University, where he held leadership roles as Department Chair and Director of the master of public policy program.