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| Alan B. Krueger | |
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| Name | Alan B. Krueger |
| Birth date | April 13, 1960 |
| Birth place | Livingston, New Jersey, United States |
| Death date | March 16, 2019 |
| Death place | Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Princeton University |
| Occupation | Economist, Professor, Policy Maker |
| Employer | Princeton University, Harvard University, U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| Notable works | "Rockonomics", research on minimum wage, unemployment, education |
Alan B. Krueger was an American economist, academic, and public servant known for empirical research on labor markets, education, and social policy. He served in senior policy roles, taught at leading universities, and produced influential studies that shaped debates involving labor, taxation, and cultural industries. Krueger combined field experiments, natural experiments, and administrative data to address questions affecting social welfare, labor trends, and public finance.
Born in Livingston, New Jersey, Krueger grew up in a family with ties to Passaic County, New Jersey and attended local schools before matriculating at Harvard University for undergraduate studies. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and pursued graduate studies at Princeton University, where he completed a Ph.D. in economics. His doctoral work connected him with scholars at National Bureau of Economic Research and exposed him to methodological traditions at Cowles Foundation and collaborations with economists affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, and University of Chicago.
Krueger joined the faculty of Princeton University as a professor in the Department of Economics and later held positions at Harvard University as a lecturer and visiting scholar. His research program integrated techniques from randomized controlled trial traditions popularized at University College London and Stanford University with natural experiments studied by scholars at Brown University and Columbia University. He collaborated with prominent economists including affiliates of National Bureau of Economic Research, Brookings Institution, and American Enterprise Institute, intersecting debates involving figures from The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Krueger's empirical analyses addressed labor supply, wage determination, unemployment duration, education returns, and the economic impact of cultural industries such as music and sports, positioning him in dialogues with researchers at London School of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michigan.
Krueger served in the Clinton administration as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury for Economic Policy and later as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama. In Washington, he interacted with officials from Federal Reserve System, Office of Management and Budget, and members of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. His policy work involved coordination with agencies such as the Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and international counterparts at the European Commission and United Nations. Krueger advised governors, mayors, and institutions including Federal Reserve Bank of New York and engaged with stakeholders from Labor Unions and advocacy groups active in debates over minimum wage, unemployment insurance, and tax policy.
Krueger authored and coauthored numerous influential papers and books, including collaborative work exemplified by studies in journals associated with American Economic Association, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of Economics. His contributions to the empirical evaluation of the minimum wage, drawing on case studies from New Jersey and comparisons with Pennsylvania, influenced policy discussions involving researchers at Cornell University and Rutgers University. Krueger's research on school resources and student outcomes intersected with studies by scholars at Teachers College, Columbia University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. He coauthored "Rockonomics", synthesizing analyses of the music industry, intellectual property debates linked to Recording Industry Association of America and Sony Music Entertainment, and labor-market dynamics affecting artists associated with labels like Universal Music Group and venues such as Madison Square Garden. His empirical innovations included applications of matched employer-employee data used by teams at University of Warwick and event-study methodologies popularized by researchers at New York University and University College London.
Krueger received recognition from academic and policy institutions, including fellowships and honors from organizations such as National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and prizes awarded by the American Economic Association. He was invited to deliver lectures at venues like London School of Economics, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, and Brookings Institution. His appointments and medals reflected engagement with philanthropic and research organizations such as Russell Sage Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation.
Krueger was married and had family connections in the New Jersey and New York City area, maintaining residences near Princeton, New Jersey and participating in community institutions including local chapters of professional societies linked to American Economic Association and alumni organizations at Harvard University and Princeton University. He died in March 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey; his passing was noted by colleagues at Princeton University, Harvard University, and policy communities in Washington, D.C..
Category:1960 births Category:2019 deaths Category:American economists Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Harvard University alumni