Elise Gould, Ph.D., is director of health policy research at the Economic Policy Institute. Her research areas include employer-sponsored health insurance, the employer tax exclusion, the burden of health costs, income inequality and health, and retiree coverage. She has co-authored a book on health insurance coverage in retirement, and published in academic journals including Health Economics, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Risk Management & Insurance Review, and International Journal of Health Services. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.