Ebonya Washington

Ebonya Lia Washington
Alma materBrown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Yale University
Doctoral advisorSendhil Mullainathan
Jonathan Gruber
Websiteeconomics.yale.edu/people/ebonya-washington

Ebonya L. Washington is the Laurans A. and Arlene Mendelson Professor of Economics at Columbia University and a professor of public and international affairs.[1] She is also a National Bureau of Economic Research Faculty Research Fellow in the Programs on Political Economy and the Economics of Children.[2] She was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2021.[3]

Her research focuses on the political economy of low-income and minority constituents and the processes through which low-income Americans meet their financial needs.[4] Several of her papers have been discussed in the popular press.[5][6][7][8][9] She is associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the foreign editor of the Review of Economic Studies.

She was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2021.[10] She was formerly the Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics at Yale University.[11]

  1. ^ "Ebonya L. Washington | Columbia | CPRC". cprc.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  2. ^ "NBER Reporter: 2012 Number 3 Profiles". www.nber.org. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  3. ^ "New Members". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  5. ^ "Support for government help has fallen among those who rely on it most". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  6. ^ "Researchers have found strong evidence that racism helps the GOP win". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  7. ^ Rampell, Catherine; Rampell, Catherine (2016-08-29). "Please don't tell anyone, but tax cheating is about to rise in the U.S." The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  8. ^ Irwin, Neil (2015-04-17). "Why Americans Don't Want to Soak the Rich". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  9. ^ Gordon, Noah. "Having a Daughter Won't Make You Vote Democratic (or Republican)". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  10. ^ "Congratulations to our 2021 Fellows". The Econometric Society. September 22, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  11. ^ "Ebonya Washington named the Park Professor of Economics". news.yale.edu. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-17.