Brendan Cirillo

DC. Denver. cirillo.brendan@gmail.com.

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I’m an economist and policy researcher with experience working in the White House across two different administrations. My work focuses on the evaluation of public programs and policies, with projects in political economy and applied microeconomic policy analysis.

Currently, I served as a Pathways Economist at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the White House . Prviously, I was an Analyst Intern at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). My academic research examines the causal impacts of gun policies, voting rights protections, and drug testing policies on TANF and SNAP.

I have experience in R, Python, and Stata.

selected publications

  1. State Differences in Handgun Permit-to-Purchase Responses: Criminal Usage and Purchasing
    Brendan Cirillo
    2025
    Working paper