Alan Krueger

Alan Krueger
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office November 7, 2011 – August 2, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Austan Goolsbee
Succeeded by	Jason Furman
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
In office May 7, 2009 – October 16, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Phil Swagel
Succeeded by	Jan Eberly
Personal details
Born	(1960-09-17) September 17, 1960 (age 56) 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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