Jonathan Gruber

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Jonathan Gruber

Jonathan Holmes Gruber (born September 30, 1965 ) is an American economist .

Life

Growing up in affluent Ridgewood, New Jersey - his father was a professor at the Stern School of Business - Gruber studied economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he was accepted into the Phi Beta Kappa student union and received a National Science Foundation scholarship. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1987 , Gruber received a PhD from Harvard University on a Sloan Foundation scholarship ; his Ph.D. In 1992 he received a dissertation on structural change in health insurance. From there, Gruber returned to MIT, initially as an assistant professor and from 1995 as an associate professor . From 1995 to 1997 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . In 1997 he was appointed full professor at the university, and between 2006 and 2008 he co-headed the Faculty of Economics.

Gruber's research focuses on public finance with a focus on public finance and health economics . In particular, he published various specialist articles on government interventions, subsidy measures and regulatory projects, such as tobacco taxes or the US health care program Medicaid .

From 1992 Gruber Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research . From 1996 to 2009 he headed the research program for children there; since 2009 he has been director of the preventive healthcare research program. Gruber is co-editor of various specialist publications and sits on the scientific advisory committee of the Center for American Progress .

He has been an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2008 .

Gruber was an advocate for the Obama administration's 2010 healthcare reform . Since he also had a $ 297,000 contract with the US Department of Health to support his research work , conservative commentators in particular saw a conflict of interest here . Among others, Paul Krugman , who counts him among the most important health economists, defended him on the matter.

Awards and honors

Works

The following list shows books written or edited by Gruber , and he has also written numerous magazine articles and working papers.

  • Social Security and Retirement Around the World (Ed. With David A. Wise , 1999)
  • Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis (Ed., 2001)
  • Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation (with David A. Wise, 2004)
  • Public Finance and Public Policy (1st edition 2005, 2nd edition 2007, 3rd edition 2010, 4th edition 2013)
  • The Fiscal Implications of Social Security Reform Around the World (with David A. Wise, 2007)
  • The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth - An Economic Perspective (2009)
  • Health Care Reform: What it is, Why it's Necessary, How it Works (2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Past Fellows. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, accessed August 15, 2019 .
  2. ^ Marcy Wheeler: Jonathan Gruber Failed to Disclose His $ 297,600 Contract With HHS - Firedoglake.com, 2010
  3. ↑ foxnews.com: "Economist Was Under Contract With HHS While Touting Health Reform Bill" (accessed October 13, 2014)
  4. ↑ krugman.blogs.nytimes.com: "Jonathan Gruber" (accessed October 13, 2014)
  5. ↑ mit.edu: "Honors & awards" (accessed on October 13, 2014)
  6. ^ NTJ - National Tax Journal. Accessed December 15, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruber, Jonathan Holmes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1965