Richard Evans
Senior Economist at Open Source Economics Laboratory (OSE Lab)
United States
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Top SchoolRichard Evans is a Senior Economist and open-source macroeconomics leader who builds and maintains large-scale models used for demographic and fiscal policy analysis across multiple countries. He directs the Open Source Economics Laboratory, presides over Open Research Group, and co-maintains flagship projects like OG-Core and the FiscalSim-US microsimulator, combining rigorous academic training (Ph.D., UT Austin) with applied policy work for institutions such as the UN, World Bank, and Indian Ministry of Finance. His career spans academia and policy shops—from BYU and University of Chicago to the Becker Friedman Institute and tax policy centers—reflecting deep expertise in macroeconomics, public economics, and computational methods. Beyond high-level modeling, he contributes hands-on code for tax-benefit microsimulation (e.g., PolicyEngine US) and has a demonstrated track record of building open-access training programs that mentor the next generation of computational economists.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics at The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Arts (M.A.), Public Policy, Master of Arts (M.A.), Public Policy at Brigham Young University
English, Italian
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Github Skills (12)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
PolicyEngine/policyengine-us
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
The PolicyEngine US Python package contains a rules engine of the US tax-benefit system, and microdata generation for microsimulation analysis.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 19 commits, 4 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the development of tax and benefit calculation logic for the state of Utah within the PolicyEngine US project. Their work involved creating new variables and modifying existing ones related to tax credits, including maximum credit calculations and reduction formulas. They also integrated new data inputs and updated the system's configuration, while also focusing on code formatting.
policypythoninequalitypovertypublic-policy
rickecon/USempl_NormPeakPlot
Jun 2020 - Aug 2023
Code for creating normalized peak plot of U.S. nonfarm employment (PAYEMS) in last 15 recessions
Contributions:108 pushes, 79 branches in 3 years 2 months
normalizedpeakplotemployment
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