Joe Peck is a research analyst at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, and is a freelance advisor on UK policy. His research examines how governments can improve economic mobility for those in work, focusing on industrial legislation. He has previously worked at the Federal Reserve, the Yale Sociology Department, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and under Katherine S. Newman, provost and professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a BA from Yale University and an MRes from University College London.