Jonathan Gruber (economist)
| Born | September 30, 1965 |
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| Nationality | American |
| Institution | MIT |
| Field | Health economics |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (Ph.D., 1992) MIT (B.Sc., 1987) |
| Information at IDEAS/RePEc | |
Jonathan Holmes "Jon" Gruber (born September 30, 1965) is an American economist and a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2007 he was called the Democratic Party's "most influential health-care expert" by the Washington Post,[1] but has also served in positions of advisement with Republicans, including working on healthcare reform in Massachusetts with Governor Mitt Romney.[2]
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[edit] Biography
Gruber was born on September 30, 1965. He completed his B.S. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1992.
Gruber started his career as an assistant professor of economics at MIT. Currently, he is a professor of economics at MIT. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
[edit] Research
Gruber is known for his research on the areas of public finance and health economics. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Public Economics, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Economics, and the author of the widely used textbook, Public Finance and Public Policy.[3] In 2006, he received the American Society of Health Economists Inaugural Medal for the best health economist in the nation aged 40 and under.[4] He was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine in 2005.
[edit] Public service
From 1997 to 1998, Gruber served as Assistant Deputy Secretary for Economic Policy in the U. S. Treasury Department.
More recently, Gruber has served as an advisor on health care reform to political candidates and elected officials. He is frequently called upon to provide estimates of how various policy options might affect health insurance coverage. He bases those estimates on a model he developed. Gruber has generally worked with Democrats, including all three of the leading presidential candidates in 2008, although he has advised some Republicans, as well. He was a key architect of the sweeping health insurance reforms that Massachusetts enacted in 2006, while Mitt Romney was governor. Gruber currently sits on the board of the state's "Connector," which helps oversee the implementation of those reforms.
In January 2010 he was criticised for not disclosing a government health-related contract in the context of his media contributions to discussion of congressional health-care reform.[5]
[edit] Published works
- On February 15, 2006, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published an article by Dr. Gruber entitled "The Cost and Coverage Impact of the President's Heath Insurance Budget Proposals"[6]
- In his op-ed of December 4, 2008 in the New York Times titled "Medicine for the Job Market", Gruber argued that expanding health insurance, even in this grim financial times, would further stimulate the economy.[7]
He has published over 100 research articles.[8]
[edit] Personal life
- Jonathan Gruber lives in Massachusetts with his wife Andrea, his sons Samuel and Jack, and his daughter Ava. He is the son of the NYU Stern finance professor (emeritus) Martin J. Gruber.
[edit] References
- ^ Bacon, Perry, Jr. (July 10, 2007), "For Democrats, Pragmatism On Universal Health Care", Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902029.html
- ^ Issenberg, Sasha (March 30, 2010), "Romney defends Mass. health care law", Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/03/30/romney_defends_massachusetts_health_care_law/
- ^ MIT Department of Economics : Jonathan Gruber : Short Biography
- ^ Honors & awards - Fall 2006 Soundings
- ^ Berger, Judson (January 8, 2010), "Economist Was Under Contract With HHS While Touting Health Reform Bill", Fox News, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/08/economist-contract-health-department-touting-reform/
- ^ The Cost and Coverage Impact of The President’s Health Insurance Budget Proposals, 2/15/06
- ^ Gruber, Jonathan (December 4, 2008), "Medicine for the Job Market", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/opinion/04gruber.html
- ^ NBER Working Papers by Jonathan Gruber
