Ali Melad
Research Associate @AEI | Former MA Fellow @Mercatus | Tax, Crime & Health Econ
- Role
- Research Associate Economic Policy at American Enterprise Institute
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ali Melad
I’m a Research Associate in Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute,…
Experience
Research Associate Economic Policy
May 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Use Python-based microsimulation models (Tax-Calculator and PolicyEngine) to analyze federal tax reforms, state-level policy changes, and their distributional and revenue effects• Build and maintain reproducible pipelines for counterfactual policy simulations, producing estimates for briefs, testimony, and scholarly work• Work with tax and health policy teams to examine how fiscal policy interacts with healthcare markets, including the role of tax incentives and regulation in shaping patient access• Conduct research on pharmaceutical trade policy, modeling how tariffs on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) affect supply chains, drug pricing, and availability• Translate technical modeling results into distribution tables, revenue scores, and policy-relevant insights for use by AEI scholars and external stakeholders
Education
George Mason University
Master of Science - MS, Economics
The University of Southern Mississippi
Bachelor of Science - BS | Honors Scholar, Applied Economics (Computer Science Minor)
2019
University of Cambridge
A-level, Business Economics & Law
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