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Alexander Gelber
Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy


Education

PhD, Harvard University, 2008

BA, Harvard University, 2003

Positions

Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, July 2009 - present

Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009-present;

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Publications
Alexander Gelber, Joshua Mitchell (2011), Taxes and Time Allocation: Evidence from Single Women and Men, Review of Economic Studies, Doi: 10.1093/restud/rdr041
Alexander Gelber (2011), How do 401(k)s Affect Saving? Evidence from Changes in 401(k) Eligibility, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 3:4, 103-122
Richard B. Freeman, Alexander Gelber (2010), Prize Structure and Information in Tournaments: Experimental Evidence, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2:1, 149–164
David M. Cutler, Alexander Gelber (2009), Changes in the Incidence and Duration of Periods without Insurance, New England Journal of Medicine, 360, 1740-1748

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Current Research
Alexander Gelber, Adam Isen 2011, Children's Schooling and Parents' Investment in Children: Evidence from the Head Start Impact Study (NBER Working Paper 17704)
Alexander Gelber 2010, Taxation and the Earnings of Husbands and Wives: Evidence from Sweden (revise and resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics)

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In The News
Women Need to Vote for Their Own Freedom, Bloomberg, 10/19/2010, Alexander Gelber
How Single Mothers Enter the Labor Market, Vox EU, 01/11/2010, Alexander Gelber
Tax Reform Fallout: Working Moms Do Less Housework, Time Magazine, 12/16/2009, Alexander Gelber
Interruptions in Insurance More Frequent but Shorter, Medpage Today, 04/22/2009, Alexander Gelber
If All the Slices Are Equal, Will the Pie Shrink?, New York Times, 11/19/2006, Alexander Gelber

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Honors And Awards
Derek Bok Award, Harvard University, 2008
Derek Bok Award, Harvard University, 2007
Phi Beta Kappa, 2002

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Gelber Alexander
Alexander Gelber
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3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (857) 998-0055
agelber@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Public finance; taxation; labor supply; economics of the family; pensions; behavioral economics