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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alan Krueger
| image = 20170817 AlanKrueger FacultyPortrait CF 0011 (cropped).jpg
| office = 27th Chair of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]]
| president = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start = November 7, 2011
| term_end = August 2, 2013
| predecessor = [[Austan Goolsbee]]
| successor = [[Jason Furman]]
| office1 = [[Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy]]
| president1 = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start1 = May 7, 2009
| term_end1 = October 16, 2010
| predecessor1 = [[Phillip Swagel]]
| successor1 = [[Janice Eberly]]
| birth_name = Alan Bennett Krueger
| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|9|17}}
| birth_place = [[Livingston, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|3|16|1960|9|17}}
| death_place = [[Princeton, New Jersey]], U.S.
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = Lisa Simon
| children = 2
| education = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />{{nowrap|[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}
| module = {{Infobox economist
|child = yes
|field = [[Labor economics]]<br />[[Macroeconomics]]<br />[[Public finance]]
|doctoral_advisor = [[Lawrence Summers]]<ref name="mgp">{{Cite web |url=http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=209097 |title=Alan Krueger |website=[[The Mathematics Genealogy Project]] |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref><br />[[Richard B. Freeman]]<ref name="mgp"/>
|institutions = [[Princeton University]]<br />[[U.S. Department of Labor]]
|repec_prefix = e
|repec_id = pkr63}}
}}
'''Alan Bennett Krueger''' (September 17, 1960 – March 16, 2019) was an American [[economist]] who was the [[James Madison]] Professor of Political Economy at [[Princeton University]] and Research Associate at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]]. He served as [[Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy]], nominated by President [[Barack Obama]], from May 2009 to October 2010, when he returned to Princeton. He was nominated in 2011 by Obama as chair of the White House [[Council of Economic Advisers]], and served in that office from November 2011 to August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/alan-krueger|title=Alan Krueger|date=November 18, 2011 |publisher=The White House President Barack Obama|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref>
He was among the 50 highest ranked economists in the world according to [[Research Papers in Economics]]. He made innovative use of [[natural experiment]]s in economics, including influential research in the 1990s that challenged the dominant perspective in economics at the time that [[minimum wage]] adversely affected employment. He also made prominent contributions to research on inequality and the economic effects of education.
== Early life and education ==
Krueger grew up in a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>[http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/172080/meet-the-four-jews-shaping-the-us-economy/ The Jewish Daily Forward: "Meet the Four Jews Shaping the U.S. Economy" By Nathan Guttman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322090643/http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/172080/meet-the-four-jews-shaping-the-us-economy/ |date=March 22, 2015 }} February 28, 2013</ref> in [[Livingston, New Jersey]], and graduated from [[Livingston High School (New Jersey)|Livingston High School]] in 1979.<ref>Kwoh, Leslie. [http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/08/obama_krueger_chair_economic.html "Obama to tap Princeton's Alan Krueger to fill key economic post"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 29, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2011. "Krueger, 50, a Livingston native, returned to academia a year ago after serving for two years as assistant treasury secretary for economic policy to the Obama administration."</ref>
Krueger received his [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] from the [[Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations]] (with honors), and he received his [[Master of Arts|
== Career ==
Krueger began teaching at Princeton University in 1987, and successively held the Bendheim Professorship in Economics and Public Affairs and the James Madison Professorship in Political Economy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=B. Rose |title=Alan B. Krueger, prominent labor economist and dedicated public servant, dies |url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/03/19/alan-b-krueger-prominent-labor-economist-and-dedicated-public-servant-dies |access-date=June 27, 2022 |publisher=Princeton University |date=March 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Krueger |first1=Alan B. |last2=Schkade |first2=David |author2-link=David Schkade |title=Sorting in the Labor Market: Do Gregarious Workers Flock to Interactive Jobs? |journal=The Journal of Human Resources |date=2008 |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=859–883 |doi=10.3368/jhr.43.4.859 |jstor=40057373|s2cid=113893779 }}</ref>
Krueger developed and applied the method of [[natural experiment]]s<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-18/princeton-professor-alan-krueger-led-quiet-economics-revolution|title=Alan Krueger Led a Quiet Economics Revolution|last=Smith|first=Noah|date=March 18, 2019|website=Bloomberg|access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> to study the effect of education on earnings, the [[minimum wage]] on employment, and other issues.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/obituaries/alan-krueger-dead.html|title=Alan B. Krueger, Economic Aide to Clinton and Obama, Dies at 58|last=Casselman|first=Ben|date=March 18, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 18, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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His books, ''Education Matters: Selected Essays by Alan B. Krueger'' and (with [[James Heckman]]) ''Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?'' reviewed the available research relating to positive [[externality|externalities]] accruing to society from increased government investment in educating the children of the poor. In ''Inequality in America'', he writes:<ref>{{Harvnb|Heckman|Krueger|2003|p=62}}</ref>
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In his book, ''What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism'' (2007), he wrote that in contrast to the assumption that terrorists come from impoverished, uneducated environments, terrorists often come from middle-class, college-educated backgrounds.<ref>{{Harvnb|Krueger|2007|p=77}}</ref><ref>{{cite
In 1994–95, he served as Chief Economist at the [[United States Department of Labor]]. He received the Kershaw Prize, Mahalanobis Prize, and [[IZA Prize in Labor Economics|IZA Prize]] (with [[David Card]]), and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society of Labor Economists, Econometric Society and American Academy of Political and Social Science.<ref name=":0" /> He was a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of [[CERGE-EI]], an academic institution located in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date = March 18, 2019| url= http://www.cerge-ei.cz/people/executive-and-supervisory-committee | title = Executive and Supervisory Committee}}</ref>
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On August 29, 2011, he was nominated by Obama to be chair of the White House [[Council of Economic Advisers]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14709715| title= Obama nominates Alan Krueger as his new chief economist| work= BBC News| date= August 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/business/2011/08/obama_krueger_chair_economic.html|title=Obama to tap Princeton's Alan Krueger to fill key economic post|first=Leslie|last=Kwoh|date=August 29, 2011|website=nj.com}}</ref> and on November 3, 2011, the Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination.<ref>157 ''[[Congressional Record]]'' S7141 (November 3, 2011).</ref>
He also published several books on issues related to education, labor markets and income distribution.<ref name=":2" /> He was also known for his work on the [[Environmental Kuznets
[[Uber]] paid Krueger about $100,000 in 2015 to write in support of its job-creation model.<ref>Lawrence, Felicity. "[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/12/uber-paid-academics-six-figure-sums-for-research-to-feed-to-the-media Uber paid academics six-figure sums for research to feed to the media]," ''The Guardian,'' 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.</ref>
Krueger signed a 2018 ''amici curiae'' brief that expressed support for Harvard University in the ''[[Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College]]'' lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://admissionscase.harvard.edu/files/adm-case/files/economists_amended_brief_dkt._527-1.pdf|title=AMENDED BRIEF OF PROFESSORS OF ECONOMICS AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT|access-date=November 28, 2018|archive-date=October 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022193921/https://admissionscase.harvard.edu/files/adm-case/files/economists_amended_brief_dkt._527-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
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==Death and legacy==
Krueger was found dead at his home in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] on March 16, 2019.<ref name=":1" /> His family stated the cause of death was [[suicide]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/03/18/alan-krueger-prominent-princeton-economist-passes-away|title=Alan Krueger, prominent Princeton economist, passes away|website=Princeton University|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> In a statement, former President Obama declared: "Alan was someone who was deeper than numbers on a screen and charts on a page," adding, "He saw economic policy not as a matter of abstract theories, but as a way to make
[[David Card]], co-author with Krueger of their influential 1994 paper on the effect of raising the minimum wage,<ref name="Card and Krueger"
== Books ==
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