$89,806
Inequality in Health Returns to Local Labor Markets: Extraction Booms and Mortality among Native Americans
2022
Randall Akee is a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President. He is currently on leave from his position as an associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Previously, he served as a David M. Rubenstein fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution. Akee is an applied microeconomist and has worked in the areas of labor economics, economic development, and migration.
He served on the National Advisory Council on Race, Ethnic, and Other Populations at the U.S. Census Bureau. Akee is a research fellow at the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He completed his doctorate at Harvard University in June 2006.
Funded Research
$70,000
Business dynamics on American Indian Reservations: Understanding the role of the gaming industry and secondary employment growth
2019
Authored by Randall Akee
Policy
Racial equity in U.S. data collection improves the accuracy of research, policy evaluation, and subsequent policymaking (opens in a new tab)
Videos SEP 28, 2021
By: Randall Akee
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Sovereignty and improved economic outcomes for American Indians: Building on the gains made since 1990 (opens in a new tab)
Blog JAN 14, 2021
By: Randall Akee
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
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