Betsey Stevenson
| Betsey Stevenson | |
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| Chief Economist U.S. Department of Labor |
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In office September 2010 – September 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Alex Mas |
| Succeeded by | Adriana Kugler |
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| Born | c. 1971 (age 45–46) |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Domestic partner | Justin Wolfers |
| Alma mater |
Wellesley College (B.A.) Harvard University (M.A. and Ph.D.) |
| Website | users |
Betsey Ayer Stevenson (born c. 1971) is an economist and Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The Obama Administration announced her appointment to the Council of Economic Advisers, a post she assumed in the summer of 2013. She previously served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor under Secretary Hilda Solis. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Betsey Stevenson earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College in 1993. After working as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve, she went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2001. At Harvard, she studied under N. Gregory Mankiw, and had Caroline M. Hoxby, Lawrence Katz, and Claudia Goldin as thesis advisors.
Currently, Stevenson serves as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, which she has been affiliated with since 2008. She has been on the Board of Directors of the American Law and Economics Association since 2010.
In 2011, Stevenson was appointed to the Brookings Institution's, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity as an Advisor. Also in 2011, Stevenson joined the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Happiness and Development.
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