Jesse Shapiro

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Jesse Shapiro
Bornc. 1979 (age 41–42)
United States
Spouse(s)Emily Oster
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Brown University
FieldPolitical economy
Behavioral economics
School or
tradition		Chicago School of Economics
Alma materHarvard University
Doctoral
advisor		Edward Glaeser
InfluencesSteven D. Levitt
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Jesse M. Shapiro is an American economist and academic.[1] He is the George S. and Nancy B. Parker Professor of Economics at Brown University.[2]

Education and career[]

Shapiro has published a number of influential papers in the area of industrial organization, political economy and behavioral economics.[3] He has written about obesity in the United States.[4] Recently his research has focused on polarization in the media and in political opinions.[5]

Shapiro holds a PhD (2005) in Economics,[6] an MA (2001) in Statistics and a BA (2001) in Economics, all from Harvard University.[7]

Before joining the Brown faculty, he was an inaugural Becker Fellow at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory[6] and the Chookaszian Family Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[8]

In 2008, The Economist listed Shapiro as one of the top 8 young economists in the world.[9]

Personal life[]

Shapiro is the son of Joyce and Arvin Shapiro. He married Emily Oster, also an economist, in June 2006 and they have two children.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jesse M. Shapiro - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. ^ http://www.brown.edu. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Jesse Shapiro | Population Studies and Training Center | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  4. ^ "JSTOR". doi:10.1163/1872-9037_afco_asc_558. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Interview: Jesse Shapiro" (PDF). Econ Focus. 2017 (2): 24–29. 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Emily Oster and Jesse Shapiro". New York Times. 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  7. ^ "Jesse Shapiro | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  8. ^ "Faculty | The University of Chicago Booth School of Business". research.chicagobooth.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  9. ^ "International bright young things", The Economist, December 30, 2008

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