Jens Ludwig (economist)

Jens Ludwig
Born1968 (age 56–57)
Frankfurt, Germany
EducationRutgers University, Duke University
Known forResearch on gun violence and crime
Awards2006 David Kershaw Prize from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Thesis Information and inner city educational attainment  (1994)
Doctoral advisorPhilip J. Cook

Jens Otto Ludwig (born 1968 in Frankfurt, Germany)[1] is an economist. He is McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Harris School of Public Policy Studies, where he also serves as co-director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab

Ludwig is also Project Director for the long-term evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) randomized housing mobility experiment[2] at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), where he is also Co-Director of the Working Group on Economics of Crime and a Research Associate in the Program on Children and the Health Economics Program.

Among a variety of other current and previous posts,[3] in 2012 Ludwig was also elected as Vice President of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and as a member of the National Academy of Medicine.[4][5] In 2006 he received the David N. Kershaw Prize for contributions to public policy.[6] His research focuses on social policy, particularly urban issues such as poverty, crime, and education.

Select publications

  • J. Ludwig; D. L. Miller (1 February 2007). "Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (1): 159–208. doi:10.1162/QJEC.122.1.159. ISSN 0033-5533. Wikidata Q106638299.
  • J. Ludwig; G. J. Duncan; P. Hirschfield (1 May 2001). "Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (2): 655–679. doi:10.1162/00335530151144122. ISSN 0033-5533. Zbl 0996.91552. Wikidata Q106638303.
  • Jon Kleinberg; Himabindu Lakkaraju; Jure Leskovec; Jens Ludwig; Sendhil Mullainathan (February 2017). "Human Decisions and Machine Predictions" (PDF). National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series (23180). National Bureau of Economic Research. doi:10.3386/W23180. ISSN 0898-2937. Wikidata Q105835173.

References

  1. ^ "Jens Ludwig". Brookings. 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  2. ^ See mtoresearch.org for more information about MTO.
  3. ^ See his curriculum vitae for additional details.
  4. ^ "Jens Ludwig". Harris Public Policy. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. ^ "Jens Ludwig elected to prestigious Institute of Medicine for research on social determinants of health". UChicago News. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  6. ^ "David N. Kershaw Award". APPAM. Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2018-01-08.