University of Chicago: Department of Economics

Title

The Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and Director of the Center for Population Economics (at Chicago since 1981). Fellow, Econometric Society, 1971; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1972; Member, National Academy of Sciences 1973; Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 1993; President, American Economic Association, 1998. Indispensable Person of the Year in Health Research, Alliance for Aging Research, 2006.

Recent Research

An examination of the role of Simon Kuznets in twentieth-century economic thought; forecasts of global economic growth (especially with respect to China and India); forecasts of the U.S. demand for health care; changes in human physiology and health..

Related Links

• The Center for Population Economics
• Nobel Laureate '93
• Email Address
• Bibliography

Assistant

• Harden, Donna
• (773) 702-7709

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