Tyler Q. Welch, CEBS

I am a fifth-year PhD candidate (dissertator) in the Department of Risk and Insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin School of Business. I am also a Graduate Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty.

My research interests are tied to applied topics in insurance and public economics. Specifically, I am interested in social insurance (especially Social Security and workers' compensation), longevity risk management, health insurance, public policy, and poverty.

Prior to joining UW-Madison, I completed my undergraduate work in Risk Management and Insurance (employee benefits, economics) at Temple University's Fox School of Business in May 2020.

I am a former Merton C. Bernstein Intern on Social Insurance at the National Academy of Social Insurance, where I worked with the Congressional Research Service. Currently, I am an Income Security Policy Consultant and Associate Member at the Academy. I was also a Summer Fellow in the U.S. Department of Labor's Chief Evaluation Office in 2024.

I earned my Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation in 2020, which is offered through the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

You can contact me at tyler.welch@wisc.edu.