Ana M. Aizcorbe

Ana M. Aizcorbe is a Research Professor at the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory (SDAL) at the Virginia Bioinformatics Laboratory at Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the measurement of economic growth and productivity, with an emphasis on identifying novel data sources that could be used to improve existing measures. Prior to joining SDAL, she was the Chief Economist of the Bureau of Economic Analysis where she led a project to improve output and productivity measures for...See more

Ana M. Aizcorbe is a Research Professor at the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory (SDAL) at the Virginia Bioinformatics Laboratory at Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the measurement of economic growth and productivity, with an emphasis on identifying novel data sources that could be used to improve existing measures. Prior to joining SDAL, she was the Chief Economist of the Bureau of Economic Analysis where she led a project to improve output and productivity measures for the health sector using large databases containing health insurance claims. Dr Aizcorbe has also been a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Board and a research economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics Her publications in the health field include studies published in the Journal of Health Economics and Health Affairs. She is the coeditor of Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs (University of Chicago Press). She received her Ph.D. in economics from Boston College. See less