Heidi Shierholz (born October 10, 1971) is the president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C.^[1][2] She previously served as Chief Economist of the United States Department of Labor under Secretary Thomas Perez.^[3][4][5]

Shierholz studied mathematics at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, earning a B.A. in 1994. She earned a M.S. in statistics at Iowa State University in 1996. She then studied economics at the University of Michigan, earning a M.A. in 2001 and Ph.D. in 2005.^[4][6]

Shierholz worked as an assistant professor of economics at the University of Toronto from 2005 to 2007.^[7] Shierholz joined the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in 2007.^[8] At EPI, Shierholz worked on unemployment policy, ways to support the long-term unemployed, and possible policies to pull America out of the recession.^[4] She co-authored two editions of The State of Working America, EPI's flagship publication.^[9][10] Before joining the Department of Labor, Shierholz regularly wrote for a number of publications, including U.S. News & World Report column "Economic Intelligence,"^[11] the Washington Post,^[12] and the Huffington Post.^[13] She has been called to testify before Congress on labor market issues, including unemployment insurance and immigration.^[5]

• Mishel, Lawrence; Bivens, Josh; Gould, Elise; Shierholz, Heidi (18 Dec 2012). The State of Working America, 12th Edition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801478550. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
• Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared; Shierholz, Heidi (26 Mar 2009). The State of Working America, 2008/2009. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801474774. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
• Wolfson, Martin H.; Epstein, Gerald A. (21 Feb 2013). The Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975723-7. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.
• "Heidi Shierholz". JSTOR.