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Krueger developed and applied the method of [[natural experiment]]s to study the effect of education on earnings, the [[minimum wage]] on employment, and other issues.
Krueger developed and applied the method of [[natural experiment]]s to study the effect of education on earnings, the [[minimum wage]] on employment, and other issues.

Krueger compared restaurant jobs in New Jersey, which raised its minimum wage, to restaurant jobs in Pennsylvania, which did not, and found that restaurant employment in New Jersey increased, while it decreased in Pennsylvania.<ref>[[Sylvia Nasar|Nasar, Sylvia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/weekinreview/conversations-david-card-alan-krueger-two-economists-catch-clinton-s-eye-bucking.html "Conversations/David Card and Alan Krueger; Two Economists Catch Clinton's Eye By Bucking the Common Wisdom"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 22, 1993. Accessed August 29, 2011.</ref>


In his book, ''What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism'', (2007), he wrote that in contrast to the assumption that terrorists come from impoverished, uneducated environments, terrorists often come from middle-class, college-educated backgrounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/62904/lawrence-d-freedman/the-history-of-terrorism-from-antiquity-to-al-qaeda-denial-of-sa|title=Review: What Makes a Terrorist|first=Lawrence D.|last=Freedman|date=November/December 2007|accessdate=August 29, 2011|work=[[Foreign Affairs]]}}</ref>
In his book, ''What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism'', (2007), he wrote that in contrast to the assumption that terrorists come from impoverished, uneducated environments, terrorists often come from middle-class, college-educated backgrounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/62904/lawrence-d-freedman/the-history-of-terrorism-from-antiquity-to-al-qaeda-denial-of-sa|title=Review: What Makes a Terrorist|first=Lawrence D.|last=Freedman|date=November/December 2007|accessdate=August 29, 2011|work=[[Foreign Affairs]]}}</ref>

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Alan Krueger
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
In office
May 7, 2009 – October 16, 2010
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPhillip Swagel
Succeeded byJohn Bellows (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1960-09-17) September 17, 1960 (age 64)
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materCornell University
Harvard University
ProfessionEconomist

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 Barack Obama to be United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for economic policy.[1] In October 2010, he announced his resignation from the Treasury Department, to return to Princeton University.[2] He is among the 50 highest ranked economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. On August 29, 2011, he was nominated by President Obama to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers[3].

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.

In his book, What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism, (2007), he wrote that in contrast to the assumption that terrorists come from impoverished, uneducated environments, terrorists often come from middle-class, college-educated backgrounds.[4]

From 1994-95 he served as Chief Economist at the United States Department of Labor. He received the Kershaw Prize, Mahalanobis Prize, and IZA Prize (with David Card), and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society of Labor Economists, Econometric Society and American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of CERGE-EI, a top-tier academic institution based in Prague, Czech Republic.

Krueger received his Bachelor's degree from Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (with honors), and in 1987 he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He has also published many books on issues related to education, labor markets and income distribution. He is also known for his work on the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Krueger grew up in Livingston, New Jersey, and graduated from Livingston High School in 1979.[5]

Books

  • Card, David; Krueger, Alan B. (1995), Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage, Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-04823-1.
  • Krueger, Alan B. (2001), Education Matters: Selected Essays by Alan B. Krueger, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, ISBN 1-84064-106-1.
  • Krueger, Alan B. (2007), What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism, Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-13438-3.

References

  1. ^ Obama nominates 3 to key Treasury posts
  2. ^ The Daily Princetonian, 16 October 2010, Krueger will depart Treasury to retain tenure
  3. ^ Obama to tap Princeton's Alan Krueger to fill key economic post
  4. ^ Freedman, Lawrence D. (November/December 2007). "Review: What Makes a Terrorist". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved August 29, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Kwoh, Leslie. "Obama to tap Princeton's Alan Krueger to fill key economic post", The Star-Ledger, August 29, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2011. "Krueger, 50, a Livingston native, returned to academia a year ago after serving for two years as assistant treasury secretary for economic policy to the Obama administration."
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