Joshua D. Angrist

Background

Angrist, Joshua D. was born on September 18, 1960 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Education

Bachelor in Economics with highest honors, Oberlin College, 1982. Master of Arts in Economics, Princeton University, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Princeton University, 1989.

Career

Faculty research fellow National Bureau Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989—1994, research associate, since 1994. Assistant professor economics department Harvard University, Cambridge, 1989—1991. Senior lecturer in economics, department economics Hebrew University, 1991—1995, associate professor, economics department, 1995—1996, affliliated professor economics, since 2003.

Visiting associate professor, economics department Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994—1995, associate professor, economics department, 1996—1998, professor, economics department, since 1998. Director, research program in human resources Falk Institute, 1991—1994. Research fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research, 1992—1995.

Visiting scholar Federal Reserve Board, 1995, Central Bank of Columbia, 1999, University. College London, 1999, Mathematical Economics Forum, Wake Forest University, 2002. Co-organizer Jerusalem Conference on Education Reform, 1999.

Visiting scholar and instructor European. Invited speaker, panelist Cornell Employment and Disability Policy Institute, 2001. Hooker Distinguished visiting professor McMaster University, 2002.

Consultant United States Social Security Administration, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, for the Israeli government after the Oslo peace negotiations, 1994. Instructor IZA Summer School in Labor Economics, 2002, Beijing U./CCER Workshop for Doctor of Philosophy Students, 2005. Smith chair Brigham Young University, 2003.

Lady Davis Fellow Hebrew University Jerusalem, 2004.

Achievements

• Joshua D. Angrist has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Econometric Society, Society Labor Economics, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: Population Association American, American Statistical Association, American Economic Association.

Interests

• Hiking, skiing, skating, sailing.

Connections

2 children.