Stephen Rose has published a series of monographs and articles on the changing state of the middle class, the nature of the new service economy, earnings and income mobility, the economic gender gap, and the determinants of who attends highly-selective universities. His findings have been often cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and other mass media outlets.

Currently, Dr. Rose is the principal at Rose Economic Consulting and is writing a book on changing social conditions (Number Games: The Declining Middle Class and Other Economic Myths). Previously, Rose served in a number of research and policy positions at Third Way: A Strategy Center for Progressives, U.S. Department of Labor, National Commission for Employment Policy, Joint Economic Committee, ORC Macro, and Educational Testing Service.

Rose has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a doctoral degree in economics from The City University of New York.