Thor Watson
Thor Watson
I am a research economist in the Center for Enterprise Dissemination at the U.S. Census Bureau. My division primarily focuses on the application of disclosure avoidance mechanisms to data products and evaluates the trade-off between privacy and accuracy in the publication of official statistics. My current research includes work at the intersection of labor and health economics, with a growing interest in migration-related issues, data privacy protection, and synthetic data.
If you're interested in learning how the Census Bureau protects individuals' privacy, I recommend watching this brief video on Differential Privacy by Minute Physics.