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And Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in 1985 and 1987, respectively.
economist president chairman of Princeton
And Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in 1985 and 1987, respectively.
Previously, she was the Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics & Public Affairs at Princeton University as well as the Dean of Princeton"s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In March 2012 Paxson was elected the 19th president of Brown University. She officially succeeded Ruth Simmons on July 1, 2012 and was inaugurated on October 27, 2012.
Paxson received her Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1982, and her Master of Arts In 2000, she founded the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton, an interdisciplinary research center based in the Woodrow Wilson School.
She served as the chairman of Princeton’s Economics Department in academic year 2008-2009. She was also the founding director of an National Investigation Agency Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging at Princeton.
Paxson"s most recent research focuses on the impact of childhood health and circumstances on economic and health outcomes over the lifecourse. The impact of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome crisis on children"s health and education in Africa.
And the long run consequences of Hurricane Katrina on the mental and physical health of vulnerable populations.
Paxson has been a Senior Editor of The Future of Children, an interdisciplinary journal that works to build a bridge between cutting edge social science research and the policy community.
“Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes” (with Anne Case), Journal of Political Economy, 116(3): 499–532, June 2008. “Racial Disparities in Childhood Asthma in the United States: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2003” (with Marla McDaniel and Jane Waldfogel), Pediatrics 117(5): e868-e877, May 2006. “Consumption and Income Seasonality in Thailand,” Journal of Political Economy 101(1): 39–72, February 1993.
“Using Weather Variability to Estimate the Response of Savings to Transitory Income in Thailand,” American Economic Review 82(1), March 1992.
She has been a member of the Kol Emet congregation.
