Background
Smolensky, Eugene was born on March 4, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham and Jennie (Miller) Smolensky.
Smolensky, Eugene was born on March 4, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham and Jennie (Miller) Smolensky.
Bachelor of Arts Brooklyn College, 1952. Master of Arts American University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy University Pennsylvania, 1961.
Professor economics University Wisconsin, Madison, 1968-1988, chairman department, 1978-1980, 86-88. Director Institute for Research on Poverty, University Wisconsin, 1980-1983. Dean Graduate School Public Policy, University California, Berkeley, 1988-1997, professor public policy, since 1997.
The finding that income inequality in the United States has been unchanged throughout the 20th century, except for a one-time decline during World War II. Expanding the accounting framework to contain regional and sectoral shifts, the growth transfer payments, changing household living arrangements, permanent as opposed to nominal income, has all been in vain.
Member National Academy Public Administration, 1994. Member committee on child development research public policy National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1982-1987, member committee on status of women in labor market, 1985-1987. With United States Navy, 1952-1956.
Member American Economics Association.
Master etching and lithograph collecting.
Married Natalie Joan Rabinowitz, August 16, 1952. Children: Paul, Beth.