Thomas Masterson is a research scholar working primarily on the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) within the Distribution of Income and Wealth program. The LIMEW is an alternative, household-based measure that reflects the resources that the household can command for facilitating current consumption or acquiring physical or financial assets.
Masterson's specific research interests include the distribution of land, income, and wealth. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is the author of Rural Poverty in Paraguay: Gender, Land Markets, and Productivity, 2008.