December 10, 2024
President Biden Announces C. Kirabo Jackson to the Council of Economic Advisers
President Biden Announces C. Kirabo Jackson to the Council of Economic Advisers

WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint C. Kirabo Jackson to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers: C. Kirabo Jackson, Member of the Council of Economic Advisers C. Kirabo Jackson is the Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is also a Professor of […]

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WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint C. Kirabo Jackson to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers:

C. Kirabo Jackson, Member of the Council of Economic Advisers

C. Kirabo Jackson is the Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is also a Professor of Economics, a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Currently, Jackson serves as the Editor-In-Chief of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. He was previously Co-Editor for the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and the Journal of Human Resources. Jackson earned his Bachelor’s in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University, and obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. His research interests include labor economics, public finance, and applied econometrics, with a focus on the economics of education. His research has explored the role of teachers in the K-12 system, the causal impact of public-school spending on students, methods to measure impacts on students’ socio-emotional skills, and other education-related subjects.

His work has been published in the highest-impact economics journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the American Economic Review: Insights, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. His research findings have garnered attention from numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and others.

In 2020, Jackson was elected to the National Academy of Education and received the David N. Kershaw Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in recognition of his contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management. In 2022, Jackson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honor that celebrates excellence and leadership across various disciplines and practices.

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Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/11/president-biden-announces-c-kirabo-jackson-to-the-council-of-economic-advisers/

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