Betsey Stevenson
Economics Professor
University of Michigan
Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. She is a faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
She served as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers and the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor under President Obama.
Dr. Stevenson has published widely in leading economics journals about the labor market and the impact of public policies on outcomes both in the labor market and for families. Her research explores economic forces shaping the modern family and how labor market experiences and economic forces on the family influence each other.
She is the co-host of the podcast Think Like an Economist and is the coauthor of a Principles of Economics textbook.
Dr. Stevenson earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.