Kirabo Jackson

C. Kirabo Jackson
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldEconomics of Education, Labor Economics, Public Finance
InstitutionNorthwestern University
Cornell University
Alma materYale University (BA) Harvard University (PhD)
Doctoral
advisor		Caroline Hoxby, Lawrence Katz
Awards2020 David N. Kershaw Award and Prize, 2022 Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Websitehttps://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/profile/?p=21526

C. Kirabo "Bo" Jackson is an American economist who is Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy and Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[1] He previously served as co-editor at Journal of Human Resources and is currently on leave as Editor in Chief of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.[2] In 2020, he was elected to the National Academy of Education and was awarded the David N. Kershaw Award and Prize for contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).[3][4] In 2022 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences which honors the excellence and leadership of exceptional people from all disciplines and practices.[1] In August, 2023, Jackson joined President Biden's three-member Council of Economic Advisers.[5] He is the first Black man to hold this position.

  1. ^ "Kirabo Jackson | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal". voxeu.org. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  2. ^ "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  3. ^ "Northwestern's Kirabo Jackson Earns Prestigious David N. Kershaw Award". Mathematica. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. ^ Barnum, Matt (13 February 2017). "The 74 Interview: Kirabo Jackson on the Importance of School Spending, 'Soft Skills' and Teacher Quality". Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  5. ^ House, The White (2023-08-11). "President Biden Announces C. Kirabo Jackson to the Council of Economic Advisers". The White House. Retrieved 2023-08-11.