Addressing the Challenges of Today's Labor Market

Katharine G. Abraham

Tuesday, 15 Apr 2014 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Katharine G. Abraham was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2011 to 2013. She has returned to the University of Maryland, where she is Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology and has been appointed as the first director of the Maryland Center for Economics and Policy. Abraham’s research has included work on employment and unemployment, labor market policy and the measurement of economic activity. She also served as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1993 to 2001. Abraham earned her BS in economics from Iowa State in 1976 and later a PhD in economics from Harvard University. National Affairs Series on Innovation and Women in STEM Series
Katharine Abraham's prior appointments include the Brookings Institution and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. She is a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and of the American Statistical Association, holds an honorary doctorate from Iowa State University, and is a past vice president of the American Economic Association.

Cosponsored By:
  • Economics
  • National Affairs
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute - OLLI
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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