Justin Wolfers

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Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Justin Wolfers is senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity and professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and professor of economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan. | View Full Bio

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Expertise

  • Labor economics
  • macroeconomics
  • social policy
  • behavioral economics
  • political economy
  • law and economics

Experience

Current Positions

  • Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan
  • Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
  • Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
  •  Research Fellow, German Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
  • Visiting Scholar, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.

Past Positions

  • Visiting Professor, Princeton University, 2011-2012
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2001-2004
  • Economist, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1994-2001

Education

  • Ph.D. (2001),  A.M. (2000),  Harvard University
  •  B.Ec. (1994), University of Sydney

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