Rothstein, Jesse
Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics; Director, California Policy Lab
Labor EconomicsPublic Economics
Teaching Status:
Teaching
Fields:
Labor economics, public economics
PhD:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2003
Research:
Inequality, education, wage determination, black-white gaps in educational and economic outcomes, tax and transfer policy
Current Research:
Industry and geographic wage premiums; safety net programs
Office:
631C Evans and 313 Goldman School of Public Policy
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Short Biography
Jesse Rothstein is a professor of public policy and economics. He joined the Berkeley faculty in 2009. He spent the 2009-10 academic year in public service, first as Senior Economist at the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers and then as Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. Earlier, he was assistant professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley in 2003.