Alan B. Krueger (born September 17, 1960) is an economist, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. From 1994-95 he served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize in Economics winner. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying the science and empirics of economics, especially the American economy. ... The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. ...

Krueger received his Bachelors degree from Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations, and in 1987 he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He has also published many books on issues related to education, labor markets and income distribution.

Books

• Card, David. Krueger, Alan B. (1997) Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage. ISBN 0691048231
• Angrist, Joshua David. Krueger, Alan B. (2001) Education Matters : Selected Essays by Alan B. Krueger. ISBN 1840641061

References

• http://www.krueger.princeton.edu
• http://www.wws.princeton.edu/events/pressreleases/20041202krueger.html