Alan Krueger
Alan Krueger · Economics & Business
Economist
1960, Livingston, New Jersey, United States — 2019, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
United States
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Krueger was an American labor economist at Princeton and a pioneer of the empirical, 'credibility revolution' approach to economics using natural experiments. His work with David Card overturned conventional wisdom by finding that modest minimum-wage increases did not necessarily cost jobs, reshaping the field's methods. He served as chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. He was Jewish.
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