Sophie Mitra is professor of economics at Fordham University in New York City and founder of the Disability Data Initiative. Her research agenda has documented economic insecurity and evaluated policies that try to reduce it, in particular in relation to disability and aging. She received her doctorate in economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and is a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association, an IZA fellow and an elected member of the National Academic of Social Insurance.