2025 Candidates for Office
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On the basis of recommendations submitted by the Nominating Committee (Chair David Card, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Sandra Black, Renee Bowen, Karen Clay, Vijay Krishna, Omari Swinton, and Linda Tesar), the Electoral College presents these nominees with a brief biographical sketch of each candidate. (See Bylaws, Article III, Sections 1-3, and Article V, Section 2, for provisions relating to election of officers and selection of nominees.) For the list of current officers, visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/leadership/officers.
For President-Elect
KATHARINE G. ABRAHAM, Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park
Statement of Purpose: The Association includes members employed in many different settings, not only research universities but also teaching colleges, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and the private sector. As President-elect, my central goal will be to ensure that the Association serves the needs of all its members. Historically, the Association’s annual meeting has provided a venue for its diverse membership to gather. In recent years, reflecting in part the move to conducting initial job-market interviews online rather than in person at the annual meetings, fewer people have attended. One of my specific priorities will be to find ways to ensure that the annual meeting is a well-attended event that continues to serve its historical function of bringing the members of the profession together. Sustaining the Association’s many activities of course requires that it remain on a sound financial footing. That is something I will keep sharply in focus during my tenure.
Previous and Present Positions: Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology, 2021–, Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology, 2013–21, Professor of Survey Methodology, 2001–13, Professor of Economics, 1991–97 and Associate Professor of Economics, 1987–91, University of Maryland, College Park; Member, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 2011–13; Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1993–2001; Research Associate, Brookings Institution, 1985–88; Associate Professor of Industrial Relations, 1985–87 and Assistant Professor of Industrial Relations, 1980–85, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Degrees: Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University, 1982; B.S. in Economics, Iowa State University, 1976.
Publications: “Measuring the Gig Economy: Current Knowledge and Open Issues,” (with Haltiwanger, Sandusky, and Spletzer), in C. Corrado, J. Haskel, J. Miranda, and D. Sichel, eds., Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the 21st Century, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021; “How Tight is the U.S. Labor Market?” (with Haltiwanger and Rendell), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2020; “Framing Effects, Earnings Expectations and the Design of Student Loan Repayment Schemes,” (with Filiz-Ozbay, Ozbay, and Turner), Journal of Public Economics, 2020; “The Consequences of Long-term Unemployment: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data,” (with Haltiwanger, Sandusky, and Spletzer), ILR Review, 2019; “Nonresponse in the American Time Use Survey: Who is Missing from the Data and How Much Does It Matter?”, (with Maitland and Bianchi), Public Opinion Quarterly, 2006; “Financial Aid and Students’ College Decisions: Evidence from the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program,” (with Clark), Journal of Human Resources, 2006; “Firms’ Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence,” (with Taylor), Journal of Labor Economics, 1996; “Job Duration, Seniority and Earnings,” (with Farber), AER, 1987; “Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?”, (with Katz), Journal of Political Economy, 1986; “Experience, Performance and Earnings,” (with Medoff), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: Ad Hoc AEJ: Economic Policy Editor Search Committee, 2022; Ad Hoc Search Committee for Washington DC Representative, 2021–22; Distinguished Fellow, 2020; Nominating Committee, 2018; AEACGR Chair, 2009–11; AEA Vice President, 2008; AEAStat (Chair 2006–09), 2009–11; CSWEP, 2005–08.
Other Affiliations and Honors: Member, Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Advisers, 2015–; Member, Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee, 2014–23; Member, National Academy of Sciences, elected 2022; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2020; Prize for Contributions to Data and Measurement, Society of Labor Economists, 2019; Chair, Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, 2016–17; Fellow, Society of Labor Economists, elected 2007; Fellow, American Statistical Association, elected 2003; D. Sc., Iowa State University, 2002; Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, 2002.
For Vice-Presidents
MARTHA J. BAILEY, Director of California Center for Population Research and Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Statement of Purpose:The AEA plays a crucial role in setting the tone for the economics profession, training the next generation of students and scholars, and increasing the publication and impact of high-quality and rigorous scholarship. As former Director of the CeMent program and AEA Executive Committee member, I supported the efforts to collect more data about AEA membership, foster mentoring and training of a more diverse set of junior faculty and PhD students, and increase accountability for sexual harassment. While on the AEA Editorial Committee, I worked to broaden the institutional representation of journal editors and increase accountability and feedback to journal editors. As Vice President, I would be honored to continue to build these and other AEA efforts to (1) foster a more inclusive and respectful culture; (2) increase the speed, transparency, and fairness of editorial practices at AEA journals; and (3) expand journal space for creative and high-quality research.
Previous and Present Positions: Director, California Center for Population Research 2023–, Professor of Economics 2020–, University of California, Los Angeles; Professor of Economics 2017–20, Associate Professor of Economics 2013–17, Assistant Professor of Economics 2007–13, University of Michigan.
Degrees: Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 2001; B.A. Agnes Scott College, 1997.
Publications:“How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Affected the U.S. Gender Gap,” (with Helgerman and Stuart), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024; “Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large Scale Evidence for the Food Stamps Program,” (with Hoynes, Rossin-Slater, and Walker), Review of Economic Studies, 2024; “The Unexpected Increase in U.S. Fertility Rates in Response to the Pandemic,” (with Schwandt and Currie), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023; “Prep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impact of Head Start on Heath, Human Capital and Productivity,” (with Sun and Timpe), AER, 2021; “How Well Do Automated Methods Linking Perform? Evidence from the LIFE–M Project”, (with Cole, Henderson and Massey), JEL, 2020; “The War on Poverty’s Experiment in Public Medicine: The Impact of Community Health Centers on the Mortality of Older Americans,” (with Goodman-Bacon), AER, 2015; “The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception, Fertility Timing and the Gender Gap in Wages,” (with Hershbein and Miller), AEJ: Applied Economics, 2012; “Reexamining the Impact of U.S. Family Planning Programs on U.S. Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and Early Years of Title X,” AEJ: Applied Economics, 2012; “Inequality in Postsecondary Education,” (with Dynarski), G.J. Duncan and R.J. Murnane (eds.), Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children’s Life Chances, 2011; “Momma’s Got the Pill: How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S Childbearing,” AER, 2010.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, CSWEP, 2023; AEA Program Committee, 2020; CSWEP, Member 2017, Director of the CeMent program, 2019–22; AEA Executive Committee, Member, 2019–21; Editorial Committee, 2019–22; chair 2022; Search Committee for AEJ: Applied editor, 2019; AER Board of Editors, 2018–24; JEL Board of Editors, 2015–20.
Other Affiliations and Honors: Editor, Journal of Labor Economics, 2019–; National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Population Sciences Subcommittee Member, 2022–24; Fellow, Cliometrics Society, 2024–; Fellow, Society of Labor Economists, 2023–; UCLA Department of Economics Berck and Lisa Cheng Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2022; University of Michigan, John Dewey Teaching Award, June 2017.
AMY FINKELSTEIN, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Statement of Purpose:I am honored to be nominated for Vice President of the AEA. If elected, I believe a key responsibility would be to serve as a voice for members with proposals for new initiatives for the AEA Executive Committee. Indeed, the work I am most proud of during my prior stint on the Executive Committee was to respond to a proposal by an AEA member for a Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession; that proposal might not have gone forward had I not volunteered to chair a committee to consider – and ultimately advocate for – its creation. In addition to representing members’ ideas, my experience founding and editing AER:Insights has left me particularly committed to continuing to explore ways to expand the AEA journals to both publish a greater number of papers – too many excellent papers are being passed over– and to include a wider range of research styles.
Previous and Present Positions: John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016–; co-Founder and co-Scientific Director, J-PAL North America, 2013–; co-Director, Economics of Health Program, 2023–, co-Director, Health and Aging Fellowship, 2016–, NBER; co-Director, Health Care Program, 2020–23, co-Director, Public Economics Programs, 2008–20, NBER; Associate Editor, JEP, 2014–19; Co-Editor Journal of Public Economics, 2008–14; Ford Professor of Economics, 2012–16; Professor of Economics, 2008–12, Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure), 2007–08, Assistant Professor of Economics, 2005–07, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2010–11; Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, 2002–05; Visiting Scholar in the Demography of Aging, NBER, 2001–02; Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 1997–98.
Degrees: Ph.D. in economics, MIT, 2001; MPhil in Economics, Oxford University, 1997; A.B. in government, Harvard University, 1995.
Publications: We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care (with Einav), Portfolio Press, 2023; Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What To Do About It (with Einav and Fisman), Yale University Press, 2023; “Voluntary Regulation: Evidence from Medicare Paper Reform” (with Einav, Ji and Mahoney), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022; “Health Care Hotspotting: A Randomized, Controlled Trial” (with Zhou, Taubman, and Doyle), New England Journal of Medicine, 2020; “The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment” (with Hendren and Luttmer), Journal of Political Economy, 2019; “Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration” (with Gentzkow and Williams), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016; “Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the US Healthcare Sector” (with Chandra, Sacarny and Syverson), AER, 2016; “Medicaid Increases Emergency Department Use: Evidence from Oregon’s Health Insurance Experiment” (with Taubman, Allen, Wright, and Baicker), Science, 2014; “The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year”(with Taubman, Wright, Bernstein, Gruber, Newhouse, Allen, Baicker, and the Oregon Health Study Group), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012; “Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices”(with Einav and Cullen), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: Founding Editor, AER: Insights, 2017–23; Executive Committee, 2013–16; John Bates Clark Medal, 2012; Program Committee, 2008, 2014, 2017; Elaine Bennett Research Prize, 2008.
Other Affiliations and Honors: MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health, 2020; MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 2018; Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2018; ASHEcon Medal, 2014; Arrow Award for Best Paper in Health Economics, 2013; Graduate Teacher of the Year Award, Graduate Economics Association, MIT, 2012; Fellow, Econometric Society, 2012; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012; Best Adviser, Graduate Economics Association, MIT, 2010; Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2009.
GARY A. (HOOV) HOOVER, Executive Director of the Murphy Institute, Professor of Economics, Affiliate Professor of Law, Tulane University
Statement of Purpose: The AEA does and should present the most relevant and current information for policymakers concerning economics. However, it is also an association of professional economists from around the world. The leadership of the organization does not match the membership on many dimensions. I would like to see that changed now and in the future so that any professional economist, regardless of pedigree, could assume a position of leadership just as easily as being a member. The mapping to possible leadership is disjointed for a majority of the membership and thus the voice of the entire membership is not represented in its leadership.
Previous and Present Positions: Executive Director of the Murphy Institute, Professor of Economics, Affiliate Professor of Law, Tulane University, 2021–; Department Chair of Economics, Presidents Associate’s Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma, 2015–20; Professor of Economics, William White McDonald Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Assistant Dean for Graduate Student and Faculty Development, University of Alabama, 1998–2014.
Degrees: PhD in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, 1998; MA in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, 1995; BA in Economics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 1993.
Publications: “Late-arriving votes and electoral fraud: A natural experiment and regression discontinuity evidence from Bolivia” (with Escobari), World Development, forthcoming; “How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx and Native American People in the Economics Profession” (with Bayer and Washington), JEP, 2020; “Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labor Market Differences” (with De, Compton, and Giedeman), Southern Economic Journal, 2021; “The Changing Nonlinear Relationship between Income and Terrorism” (with Enders and Sandler), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2016; “Whose Line is it?: Plagiarism in Economics” (with Enders), JEL, 2004.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession, Co-Chair, 2011–24; Ad hoc Committee to Select JEL Editor, 2022.
Other Affiliations and Honors: National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award selection committee, 2022–; Nobel Prize Summit, Our Planet, Our Future, 2021; Southern Economic Association: President 2022–23; Southern Economic Association: Vice President, 2018–20.
JEFFREY M. WOOLDRIDGE, University Distinguished Professor of Economics, Michigan State University
Statement of Purpose: As someone who has taught in the AEA continuing education program, I am interested in being involved with the scheduling of topics and selection of instructors. Also, over the years I have supervised dozens of Ph.D. students, including many women. But as a field, econometrics appears to lag behind other fields in terms of participation by underrepresented groups. I am interested in exploring whether barriers exist for certain groups – and how those might be eliminated or reduced. Are there strategies at the undergraduate level that can encourage a more diverse group of economics majors to obtain a suitably technical background? Finally, as a heavy user of data in my research and teaching – and, in particular, the use of data in replication studies – I would like to see if certain features of the data archive can be made more user friendly. Many of the available data sets are cumbersome to work.
Previous and Present Positions: University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University, 2001–; Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986–91
Degrees: Ph.D. in Economics, U.C. San Diego, 1986; B.A., Computer Science and Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1982.
Publications: Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, 2e. MIT Press, 2010; Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 7e. Cengage, 2020; “Simple Approaches to Nonlinear Difference-in-Differences with Panel Data,” Econometrics Journal, 2023; “When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?” (with Abadie, Athey, and Imbens), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023; “Correlated Random Effects Models with Unbalanced Panels,” Journal of Econometrics, 2019; “Control Function Methods in Applied Econometrics,” Journal of Human Resources, 2015; “Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation” (with Imbens), JEL, 2009; “Inverse Probability Weighted M-Estimation for General Missing Data Problems,” Journal of Econometrics, 2007; “Cluster-Sample Methods in Applied Econometrics,” AER, 2003; “Econometric Methods for Fractional Response Variables with an Application to 401(k) Plan Participation Rates” (with Papke), Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1996.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: AEA Summer Program Instructor, Michigan State University, 2016–20; CSWEP Econopalooza, June 2022; AEA Continuing Education (with G. Imbens), 2009, 2012
Other Affiliations and Honors: T.W. Schultz Award, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2024; Founding Fellow, International Association for Applied Econometrics, 2018; President, Midwest Economics Association, 2010–11; Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany, 2009; Fellow, Econometric Society, 2002; Richard Stone Prize, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1998; Multa Scripsit Award, Econometric Theory, 1997; Journal of Econometrics Fellow, 1995; Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1991–94.
For Executive Committee Members
KRISTIN F. BUTCHER, Vice President and Director of Microeconomic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Statement of Purpose: I am excited and grateful to be on the ballot for the Executive Committee of the AEA. I have been fortunate in my career to work in many different environments – public and private research universities, a private charitable foundation, a small liberal arts college, a think tank, and the Federal Reserve System. This experience gives me insight into the challenges and opportunities that AEA members face across the many different types of institutions in which they work. I think the AEA can build on recent momentum in the profession to have a powerful effect on everything from undergraduate pipeline issues to late-stage career moves. As a member of the Executive Committee, I hope to ensure that economists from a variety of backgrounds, with a variety of interests, can thrive across the diverse settings in which economic insights play an important role.
Previous and Present Positions: Marshall I. Goldman Professor of Economics 2012– (on leave), Economics Department Chair 2013–19, Professor of Economics 2008–12, Associate Professor of Economics 2006–08, Wellesley College; Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Director of the Center on Children and Families, the Cabot Family Chair, The Brookings Institution, 2021–22; Research Associate, NBER, 2010–; Senior Economist, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2002–07; Program Officer in Human and Community Development, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2000–02; Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston College, 1995–2001; Assistant Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992–95.
Degrees: Ph.D. Economics, Princeton, 1993; M.A. Economics, Princeton, 1989; MSc. Economics, London School of Economics, 1989; B.A. Economics, Wellesley College, 1986.
Publications: “Women’s Colleges and Economics Major Choice: Evidence from Wellesley College Applicants,” (with McEwan and Weerapana), Feminist Economics, 2024; “Making the (letter) Grade: The Incentive Effects of Mandatory Pass/Fail Courses,” (with McEwan and Weerapana), Education Finance and Policy, 2023; “Living with Children and Food Insecurity in Seniors,” (with Schmidt, Shore-Sheppard, and Watson), Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022;“Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.–born Elderly,” (with Moran and Watson), Review of International Economics, 2022; “Judge Effects, Case Characteristics, and Plea Bargaining,” (with Park and Morrison Piehl), Journal of Labor Economics, 2021; “Beyond Income: What Else Predicts Very Low Food Security Among Children?,” (with Anderson, Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Hoynes), Southern Economic Journal, 2016; “The Effects of an Anti-Grade-Inflation Policy at Wellesley College,” (with McEwan and Weerapana), JEP, 2014; “Maternal Employment and Overweight Children,” (with Anderson and Levine), Journal of Health Economics, 2003; “Recent Immigrants: Unexpected Implications for Crime and Incarceration,” (with Piehl), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1998;“The Effect of Sibling Sex Composition on Women's Educational Attainment and Earnings,” (with Case), The Quarterly Journal of Economics,1994.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: CSWEP: CeMENT Mentor, 2011, 2024; JEP Advisory Board, 2015–17.
Other Affiliations and Honors: Non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity, Brookings, 2022–; Midwest Economics Association, Second Vice President, 2020–21; Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, MIT, 2019; MyinTuition.org, Board Member, 2017–; Board of Experts, Undergraduate Women in Economics, 2014–15. Visiting Scholar, Regional and Community Outreach, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2012; Visiting Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California, 2007; Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1997–98.
ELIZABETH U. CASCIO, Professor of Economics and DeWalt H. 1921 and Marie H. Ankeny Professor in Economic Policy, Dartmouth College
Statement of Purpose: It’s an honor to stand for election to the AEA Executive Committee. As a teacher, I am consistently amazed by the potential future of our discipline. As an editor, mentor, colleague, and researcher, though, I’ve felt some alarm about the recent trajectory of economics as a profession. Rising barriers to entry, growing resource inequality, and poor climate are discouraging the next generation and deepening frustration. The AEA’s initiatives to expand the number and publication frequency of Association journals, develop a code of professional conduct, promote inclusion, and invest in the pipeline are steps in the right direction. However, more must be done. I don’t claim to have all the answers. But I have some ideas, and if elected will listen and collaborate creatively with others to advance efforts to democratize the profession. I’m grateful and enthusiastic for this opportunity and thank you for your consideration.
Previous and Present Positions: Professor of Economics and DeWalt H. 1921 and Marie H. Ankeny Professor in Economic Policy 2021–, Associate Professor of Economics 2013–21, Assistant Professor of Economics 2006–13, Dartmouth College; Research Associate 2013–, Faculty Research Fellow 2004–13, Programs on Education, Development of the American Economy, and Children, NBER; Research Fellow 2005–, IZA; Assistant Professor of Economics 2003–06, University of California, Davis.
Degrees: Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2003; A.B. summa cum laude, Economics, Franklin and Marshall College, 1997.
Publications: “Teacher Salaries and Racial Inequality in Educational Attainment in the Mid–Century South,” (with Lewis), Journal of Labor Economics, 2024; “Does Universal Preschool Hit the Target? Program Access and Preschool Impacts,” The Journal of Human Resources, 2023; “A Century of the American Woman Voter: Sex Gaps in Political Participation, Preferences, and Partisanship Since Women’s Enfranchisement,” (with Shenhav), JEP, 2020; “Distributing the Green (Cards): Permanent Residency and Personal Income Taxes After the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,” (with Lewis), Journal of Public Economics, 2019; “Valuing the Vote: The Redistribution of Voting Rights and State Funds Following the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” (with Washington), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014; “The Impacts of Expanding Access to High-Quality Preschool Education” (with Schanzenbach), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2013; “Local Responses to Federal Grants: Evidence from the Introduction of Title I in the South,” (with Gordon and Reber), AEJ: Economic Policy, 2013; “Cracks in the Melting Pot: Immigration, School Choice, and Segregation,” (with Lewis), AEJ: Economic Policy, 2012; “Paying for Progress: Conditional Grants and the Desegregation of Southern Schools,” (with Gordon, Lewis, and Reber), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010; “Maternal Labor Supply and the Introduction of Kindergartens into American Public Schools,” The Journal of Human Resources, 2009.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: CeMENT Mentor for Junior Faculty, 2021; Ad Hoc Search Committee for Editor of AEJ: Economic Policy, 2022.
Other Affiliations and Honors: Dean of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising, Dartmouth College, 2024; Elected member of the Executive Board of the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), 2022–24; Editor, Journal of Labor Economics, 2024–; International Editorial Board, ILR Review, 2019–; National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Selection Committee, 2021–24; Editorial Board, Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2020–23; Co-Editor, Journal of Human Resources, 2014–19; Spencer Foundation Small Grants Review Committee, 2014–16; NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009–11; Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 2007–09.
DAMON JONES, Associate Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Statement of Purpose: It would be an honor to serve on the AEA Executive Committee. I have attended AEA meetings since 2005. One thing that I’ve valued about this organization is that anyone in the profession can join. My goal as a professional economist is to deliver on that promise and make the process of learning, researching, and teaching economics accessible to those who want to be a part of the field. I do not know how much impact any one executive committee member has, but my aim would be to continue opening the door to those who are interested and also working to have the AEA be reflective of and responsive to a broad, diverse, and engaged group of economists.
Previous and Present Positions: Associate Professor 2017– (tenured 2022), Assistant Professor 2010–16, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), 2009–10.
Degrees: Ph.D. Economics, 2009, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. Public Policy, 2003, Stanford University, minor in African and African-American Studies.
Publications: “The Behavioral Effect of Student Loan Debt: Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program” (with Jacob and Keys), Journal of Labor Economics, 2024; “The Short–Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit” (with Enriquez and Tedeschi), AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023; “Black Economists on Race and Policy: Contributions to Education, Poverty and Mobility, and Public Finance” (with Francis and Hardy), JEL, forthcoming; “The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund” (with Marinescu) AEJ: Economic Policy, forthcoming; “Using Non–Linear Budget Sets to Estimate Extensive Margin Responses: Method and Evidence from the Social Security Test” (with Gelber, Sacks, and Song), AEJ: Applied Economics, forthcoming; “What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do?” (with Molitor and Reif), The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019; “Estimating Earnings Adjustment Frictions: Method and Evidence from the Social Security Earnings Test” (with Gelber and Sacks) AEJ: Applied Economics, 2020; “Inertia and Overwithholding: Explaining the Prevalence of Income Tax Refunds,” AEJ: Economic Policy, 2012; “Information, Preferences and Social Benefit Participation: Experimental Evidence from the Advance Earned Income Tax Credit and 401(k) Savings,” AEJ: Applied Economics, 2010, “Post–Baccalaureate Migration and Merit–Based Scholarships” (with Fitzpatrick), Economics of Education Review, 2016.
AEA Offices, Committees, and Honors: AEA Annual Meeting Program Committee, 2023; CSMGEP Graduate Student Mentor 2021–; Board of Editors, AEJ: Economic Policy, 2021–23; Excellence in Reviewing Award, AEJ: Economic Policy, 2021; Excellence in Refereeing Award, AER, 2013
Other Affiliations and Honors: Research Associate, NBER (Public Economics, Aging); Associate Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality & Mobility, University of Chicago; Co-Editor, Journal of Public Economics; Member, National Academy of Social Insurance; Board of Directors, National Tax Association; Editorial Advisory Board, National Tax Journal; Affiliated Professor, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL); Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison; 2020 Winner: National Institute of Health Care Management Annual Health Care Research Award
GIOVANNI PERI, C. Bryan Cameron Endowed Professor, University of California, Davis
Statement of Purpose: I am honored for the opportunity to stand for election as an AEA Executive Committee Member. In my 25 years of research and teaching Economics, I have been driven by the belief that high–quality, rigorous economic research is a powerful tool for improving policies and understanding crucial societal issues. Furthermore, teaching and mentoring are the vehicles through which we communicate these insights and expertise, and we engage with and promote a diverse group of new scholars into the profession. The AEA plays a vital role in helping our profession achieve these objectives through three main avenues: (i) managing its influential journals, (ii) organizing its annual meetings, and (iii) facilitating job market activities. If elected, my focus will be on fostering continued and enhanced excellence, accountability, transparency, and inclusivity in each of these areas, with a specific emphasis on involving young scholars who will shape the future of the profession.
Previous and Present Positions: C. Bryan Cameron Endowed Professor 2024–, Chair 2015-19, Full Professor 2011–, Associate Professor 2006–11, Assistant Professor 2001–06, Department of Economics University of California–Davis; Visiting Professor 2024, Anderson School of Management, UCLA; Visiting Research Professor 2010–11, Assistant Professor 1998–2000, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy; Jean Monnet Fellow 2000–01, European University Institute, Florence.
Degrees: Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1998; Doctoral Degree in Economics, 1997 and Bachelor’s in science (Laurea) in Economics and Social Sciences (DES), Bocconi University, Milano, 1992.
Publications: “Comparing the Effects of Policies for the Labor Market Success of Refugees” (with Foged and Hasager), Journal of Labor Economics, 2024; “Language and Refugees’ Integration” (with Arendt, Bolvig, Foged, and Hasager), Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022; "Emigration and Entrepreneurial Drain,"(with Anelli, Basso, and Ippedico),AEJ: Applied Economics, 2023; “The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States,” (with Mayda and Steingress), AEJ: Applied Economics, 2022; "The Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the Performance of Firms and Workers: Evidence from Switzerland," (with Beerli , Ruffner, and Siegenthaler), AER, 2021; “The Labor Market Effects of Immigrants: New Analysis Using Longitudinal Data,” (with Foged), AEJ: Applied Economics, 2016; “Immigration, Offshoring, and American Jobs” (with Ottaviano and Wright), AER, 2013; "Rethinking The Effect Of Immigration On Wages” (with Ottaviano), Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012; “Task Specialization, Immigration and Wages,” (with Sparber), AEJ: Applied Economics, 2009; “Identifying Human Capital Externalities: Theory with Applications,” (with Ciccone), Review of Economic Studies, 2006.
AEA Offices, Committee Memberships, and Honors: AER Excellence in Refereeing Award, 2017.
Other Affiliations and Honors: Co-Editor, Journal of Social Sciences, 2021–24; Co-Editor, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018–24; Member Scientific Committee of CEPII, (Institute for Research on International Economics), 2021; Harry Johnson Prize for the best paper published in the Canadian Journal of Economics, 2021; Founding Director, Global Migration Research Center, University of California–Davis, 2019; Co-Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012–18; Economic Journal Referee Prize, 2017; Appointed IZA Research Fellow, 2011; Appointed Research Associate, NBER, 2008.