Background
White, Michelle Jo was born in 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Harry L. and Irene Rich.
White, Michelle Jo was born in 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Harry L. and Irene Rich.
AB, Harvard University, 1967. Master of Science in Economics, London School of Economics, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1973.
Assistant professor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1973-1978. From associate professor to professor New York University, New York City, 1978-1983. Professor economics University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1984—2001, director Doctor of Philosophy program in economics, 1992—1994, Ann Arbor, 1998—1999.
Professor economics University California, San Diego, since 2000. Visiting assistant professor Yale University, New Haven, 1978. Visiting professor People's University, Beijing, 1986, University Warsaw, 1990, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1991, University Munich, Germany, 1992, 2002, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 1993, 95, University Chicago, 1993, Copenhagen Business School, 1995, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1997, Hebrew University, Israel, 1997, University California Law School Berkeley, 1999, Harvard Law School, 2004.
Research associate National Bureau Economic Research, since 2002. Consultant Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Washington, 1987, World Bank, 1999. Chairman advisory committee department economics Princeton University, 1988-1990.
Board directors Committee on Status of Women in Economics Profession, 1984-1986. Member American Economic Association, American Law and Economic Association (board directors 1991-1992, 2001-2004, chair nominating committee 2002, secretary-treasurer 2006-2007, president 2008-2009), American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (board directors 1992-1995), Social Sciences Research Council (board directors 1994-2000, treasurer 1996-2000), Midwest Economics Association (1st vice president 1996-1997).
Married Roger Hall Gordon, July 25, 1982.