Caitlin Myers

Caitlin Myers
EducationTulane University
University of Texas at Austin
Children4
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsMiddlebury College
WebsiteOfficial website

Caitlin Knowles Myers is the John G. McCullough Professor of Economics and Director of the Middlebury Initiative for Data and Digital Methods at Middlebury College. She is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)[1] and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).[2]

She is known for her research on the impacts of contraception and abortion policies in the United States.[3] In 2021, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, she led an effort to compile the best economic research on the impact of abortion access on women's lives into an amicus brief, which was signed by more than 150 economists.[4]

  1. ^ "Caitlin Knowles Myers | NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research". www.nber.org. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Caitlin Knowles Myers | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Bui, Quoctrung; Miller, Claire Cain (August 4, 2018). "The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Brouwer, Derek. "SCOTUS Doesn't Know How Abortion Rights Affect Women, Alito Wrote. A Midd Prof Says Otherwise". Seven Days. Retrieved May 10, 2022.