Kathleen Utgoff, an American economist, was Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2002–2006.

Education

Utgoff holds a BA degree in Economics from California State University, Northridge, and a PhD in Economics from

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(1978).

Career

Utgoff began her career at the

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and served as a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during the

Reagan administration Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following a landslide victory over ...

. President Reagan appointed her as executive director of the

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in 1985. During her time as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS increased the number of data series published and expanded internet-based data collection. Utgoff is also credited with establishing an "unofficial motto" for BLS: "When asked whether the glass is half full or half empty, the bureau’s response is, It’s an eight-ounce glass with four ounces of liquid."

Selected works

* Utgoff, Kathleen Classen. "Compensation levels and quit rates in the public sector." Journal of Human Resources (1983): 394-406. * Utgoff, Kathleen P., and Zvi Bodie. "The PBGC: A costly lesson in the economics of federal insurance." In Government Risk-Bearing, pp. 145–166. Springer, Dordrecht, 1993. * Utgoff, Kathleen P. "Pension Reform Strengthens Defined-Benefit Plans." Compensation and Benefits Management 4 (1988): 273-5.

References

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