Alan B. Krueger
| Alan Krueger | |
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| Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
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In office November 7, 2011 – August 2, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Austan Goolsbee |
| Succeeded by | Jason Furman |
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy | |
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In office May 7, 2009 – October 16, 2010 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Phil Swagel |
| Succeeded by | Jan Eberly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 17, 1960 Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Simon |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Cornell University (BS) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Field |
Labor economics Macroeconomics Public Finance |
| Doctoral advisor |
Lawrence Summers Richard B. Freeman |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Alan Bennett Krueger (born September 17, 1960) is an American economist, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. On March 7, 2009, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to be United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for economic policy. In October 2010, he announced his resignation from the Treasury Department, to return to Princeton University. He is among the 50 highest ranked economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. On August 29, 2011, he was nominated by Obama to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and on November 3, 2011, the Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination.
Krueger grew up in a Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey, and graduated from Livingston High School in 1979.
Krueger received his B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University (with honors), and he received his A.M. and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1985 and 1987, respectively.
Krueger developed and applied the method of natural experiments to study the effect of education on earnings, the minimum wage on employment, and other issues.
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