Javier Miranda is Principal Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau where he began his career in 1998. Javier received his Ph.D. in Economics from American University in 2004. Previous to joining the Census, Javier was a research consultant at the World Bank and the Urban Institute.

Javier has published papers in the areas of industrial organization, technological change, job creation, entrepreneurship and firm financing. Among his publications are articles in the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Journal Macroeconomics, Review of Economic and Statistics, IMF Review, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss, NBER Macroeconomics Annual, and multiple books and chapters. Javier received the Director's Award for Innovation (2007) and the U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (2011). His contributions to data infrastructure are notable. 

Javier Miranda is responsible for the development of the Longitudinal Business Database v3. Together with the USPTO, Javier has led the development of the Business Dynamics Statistics of Innovative Firms, a longitudinal database of firms, patents and inventors. Javier Miranda is also President of the Board of the Southeast Ministry, an adult education and job readiness program designed to address the root causes of poverty, illiteracy and violence in Washington DC.