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Betsey Stevenson
Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy


Education

PhD, Harvard University, 2001; MA, Harvard University, 1999; BA, Wellesley College, 1993

Employment

Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University Visiting Assistant Professor and Visiting Associate Research Scholar, 2011-2012

Business and Public Policy Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor, July 2004 – Present (On leave 2010-2012)

Chief Economist, US Department of Labor, September 2010-September 2011

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Publications
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers (2011), Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle, American Economic Review
Betsey Stevenson (2010), Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports, Review of Economics and Statistics
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers (2009), The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1:2, 190–225
Betsey Stevenson (2008), Divorce Law and Women’s Labor Supply, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 5(4), December 2008
Adam Isen, Betsey Stevenson (2008), Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility, In John Shoven (ed.), Demography and the Economy, University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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Current Research
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers 2011, Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle

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In The News
Seeking to Match Skills and Jobs, Wall Street Journal, 10/03/2011, Betsey Stevenson
Gains Made in Equality of Incomes in Downturn, New Yrok Times, 09/30/2011, Betsey Stevenson
The case for Obama’s jobs program, Reuters, 09/09/2011, Betsey Stevenson
Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package, Market Place, 09/08/2011, Betsey Stevenson
Job Search Stretches Past a Year for Millions, Wall Street Journal, 07/22/2011, Betsey Stevenson

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Honors And Awards
John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award, 2010
Sloan Work-Family Career Development Grant, 2009-2011
PARC/Boettner/NICHD Pilot Project Award, 2008-2009

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Betsey Stevenson
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Research Interests:
Labor economics; internet; technology; law and economics; applied microeconomics