Katharine Abraham

Katharine Abraham
Abraham in 1993
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
In office
October 1993 – October 2001
President
Preceded byJanet L. Norwood
Succeeded byKathleen Utgoff
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
2011–2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byCecilia Rouse
Succeeded byBetsey Stevenson
Personal details
Born (1954-08-28) August 28, 1954 (age 70)
Dayton, Ohio
SpouseGraham N. Horkley
Children2
Academic career
Fieldlabor economics
InstitutionsSloan School of Management, MIT
University of Maryland, College Park
Alma mater
Awards

Katharine G. Abraham (born August 28, 1954[2]) is an American economist who is a Distinguished University Professor of economics and survey methodology[3] at the University of Maryland. She was commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1993–2001[1] and a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2011–2013.[4][5] She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022 and, in 2024, was elected to be the President-Elect and then the President of the American Economic Association.[6]

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  6. ^ "2022 NAS Election".