David A. Jaeger
David A. Jaeger | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Labor economics, Econometrics, Conflict economics |
| Institution | CUNY Graduate Center |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (Ph.D.) University of Michigan (M.A.) Williams College (B.A.) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Bound |
| Awards | W.E. Upjohn Institute Dissertation Prize |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
David A. Jaeger is Professor in the Ph.D. Program in Economics at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Research Associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of numerous papers in labor economics, the economics of conflict, and econometrics, including a widely cited paper on the consequences of using weak instruments in instrumental variable estimation.[1] He completed his B.A. in economics at Williams College in 1986 and his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan in 1995. He also holds an M.A. in statistics from the University of Michigan.
In 1995 he was the first winner of the W.E. Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award.[2]
References
- ^ Bound, John, David A. Jaeger, and Regina M. Baker (1995), "Problems with Instrumental Variables Estimation when the Correlation between the Instrument and the Endogenous Explanatory Variable Is Weak," Journal of the American Statistical Association, Volume 90, Number 430 (June 1995), pp. 443-450.
- ^ W.E. Upjohn Dissertation Award Winners and Honorable Mentions