Background
Watts, Harold Wesley was born on September 30, 1932 in Salem, Oregon, United States. Son of Elton and Claire Watts.
Watts, Harold Wesley was born on September 30, 1932 in Salem, Oregon, United States. Son of Elton and Claire Watts.
Bachelor, University Oregon, 1954. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1957.
From instructor to associate professor Yale University, New Haven, 1957-1963. From associate professor to professor economics University Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1976, director Institute Research on Poverty, 1966-1971. Professor economics public policy Columbia University, New York City, 1976-1998, professor economics public policy emeritus, since 1998, director Public Policy Research Center, 1988-1993.
Senior fellow Mathematica Policy Research Princeton, New Jersey, 1979-1992. Senior research associate Urban Institute, 1994-1995.
Clarification of conceptual basis of economic poverty, and implementation of alternative concepts in analysing income distributions. Analysis of negative income tax and other linear tax and transfer schemes. Development and implementation of first major social experiment — the New Jersey negative tax experiment.
Development of method for optimising experimental designs to estimate functions of linear regression parameters. Analysis of the child development
process as a human capital accumulation programme.
Fellow Association Public Policy Analysis and Management, Econometric Society. Member American Economic Association, Long Island Wine Council (president 2000-2002, secretary 2004-2006).
Married Doris A. Roth, September 28, 1951 (divorced 1973). Children– Michael Lee, Suzanne, Jane Marie, Kristin.