David A. Jaeger

David Allen Jaeger is a professor of economics at the University of St Andrews, a Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He was previously a professor of economics at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of numerous papers in labor economics, the economics of conflict, and econometrics, including a widely cited paper on the consequences of using weak instruments in instrumental variable estimation.[1] He completed his B.A. in economics at Williams College in 1986 and his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan in 1995. He also holds an M.A. in statistics from the University of Michigan. Since 2021 he is the Editor of the Scottish Journal of Political Economy.

David A. Jaeger
Born1964 (age 58–59)
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​
AwardsW.E. Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (Ph.D.)
University of Michigan (M.A.)
Williams College (B.A.)
Doctoral advisorJohn Bound
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineLabor economics, Econometrics, Conflict economics
InstitutionsUniversity of St Andrews, CUNY Graduate Center, University of Cologne, College of William and Mary, Hunter College
Websitehttp://www.djaeger.org

In 1995 he was the first winner of the W.E. Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award.[2] In 2003-2004 he was the recipient of a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

David Jaeger is married to the medieval historian Alison Beach.

References
  1. Bound, John; Jaeger, David A.; Baker, Regina M. (1995). "Problems with Instrumental Variables Estimation when the Correlation between the Instrument and the Endogenous Explanatory Variable Is Weak". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 90 (430): 443–450. doi:10.1080/01621459.1995.10476536.
  2. W.E. Upjohn Dissertation Award Winners and Honorable Mentions
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