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People in Population Sciences at Berkeley

High-calibre research is conducted on campus by established faculty researchers and postdoctoral scholars, supported by research programs within our Schools, Colleges, and Centers. Almost one hundred faculty and researchers from a range of academic disciplines are engaged in population research at UC Berkeley. Search researchers below by Center Affiliation, Research Theme, or Academic Department.

Agricultural & Resource Economics
	Michael Anderson	Agricultural & Resource Economics Keywords: environmental economics, health economics, applied econometrics, transportation	mlanderson@berkeley.edu
	Ethan Ligon	Agricultural & Resource Economics Keywords: applied econometrics, development economics, household allocations	ligon@are.berkeley.edu

Demography
Magali Barbieri	Demography Keywords: mortality, formal demography	magali@demog.berkeley.edu
Carl Boe	Demography Keywords: mortality, formal demography, biodemography	boe@demog.berkeley.edu
Gretchen Donehower	Demography Keywords: microsimulation, intergenerational transfers, time-use	gretchen@demog.berkeley.edu
Dennis Feehan	Demography Keywords: sampling, mortality, migration, computational social science	feehan@berkeley.edu
Joshua Goldstein	Demography Keywords: fertility, population aging, social demography, formal demography	josh@demog.berkeley.edu
Eugene Hammel	Demography Keywords: statistical and formal analysis, stratification, historical demography, microsimulation, anthropological demography	gene@demog.berkeley.edu
Leora Lawton	Demography Keywords: family demography, intergenerational relationships, social networks	llawton@berkeley.edu
Ronald Lee	Demography Keywords: mathematical demography, intergenerational transfers, economic demography	rlee@demog.berkeley.edu
Kenneth W. Wachter	Demography Keywords: historical demography, mathematical demography	wachter@demog.berkeley.edu

Economics
Alan Auerbach	Economics Keywords: domestic and international tax policy; fiscal policy and demographic change; inequality and tax policy	auerbach@econ.berkeley.edu
David Card	Economics Keywords: economics, labor, welfare, affirmative action, minimum wages, race, uninsured, employment training	card@econ.berkeley.edu
Stefano DellaVigna	Economics Keywords: behavioral economics, experimental design	sdellavi@econ.berkeley.edu
Ben Handel	Economics Keywords: Health Insurance Markets, Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Health Care Provision	handel@berkeley.edu
Shachar Kariv	Economics Keywords: Social networks, social learning, personal and social preferences	kariv@econ.berkeley.edu
Ulrike M. Malmendier	Economics Keywords: Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance, Behavioral Economics, Economics of Organizations, Contract Theory, Law & Finance, Economics Of Institutions, Economics And Psychology	ulrike@econ.berkeley.edu
Daniel McFadden	Economics Keywords: Economics of aging: savings behavior, demographic trends, housing mobility, dynamics of health and mortality; consumer demand analysis using psychometric data; simulation methods in econometrics	mcfadden@econ.berkeley.edu
Edward Miguel	Economics Keywords: African economic development, including work on the economic causes and consequences of violence; the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action; and interactions between health, education, and productivity for the poor.	cega@berkeley.edu
Enrico Moretti	Economics Keywords: labor and urban economics, wage inequality, local labor markets, cities	moretti@berkeley.edu
Emmanuel Saez	Economics Keywords: income and wealth inequality

External Affiliates
Leontine Alkema	External Affiliates Keywords: Bayesian inference; Statistical demography, Family planning, Global health, child and maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, Fertility, Population projections, Urbanization, Poverty measurement.	staal@nus.edu.sg
James Carey	External Affiliates Keywords: longevity, biodemography	jrcarey@ucdavis.edu
Eileen Crimmins	External Affiliates Keywords: health and mortality; demography of older populations; socioeconomic differences in health; biological risk	crimmin@usc.edu
Ryan Edwards	External Affiliates Keywords: economics of aging and health, macroeconomics, public finance, economic demography, national security, immigration	ryanedw@berkeley.edu
Andrew Mason	External Affiliates Keywords: Population economics, macroeconomics, economic growth, intergenerational transfers	amason@hawaii.edu
Luis Rosero-Bixby	External Affiliates Keywords: longevity, fiscal impacts of aging, health in Latin America	lrosero@mac.com
David Steinsaltz	External Affiliates Keywords: Stochastic processes, biodemography, mathematical biology	steinsal@stats.ox.ac.uk
Shripad Tuljapurkar	External Affiliates Keywords: stochastic dynamics of populations, senescence, aging and fiscal balance	tulja@stanford.edu
John R. Wilmoth	External Affiliates Keywords: morbidity and mortality, life expectancy, life span, forecasting, comparative studies, parametric models
Emilio Zagheni	External Affiliates Keywords: Big data, migration, mathematical demography	emilioz@uw.edu

Haas School of Business
Paul Gertler	Haas School of Business Keywords: health economics, impact evaluation, development economics	gertler@haas.berkeley.edu
Ming Hsu	Haas School of Business Keywords: Cognitive Neuroscience, neural basis of economic and consumer decision-making	mhsu@haas.berkeley.edu
Jonathan Kolstad	Haas School of Business Keywords: health economics, applied microeconomics	jkolstad@berkeley.edu
David Levine	Haas School of Business Keywords: Economic decision-making and environmentally safe and sustainable behaviors, such as adoption of cookstoves, safe water methods	levine@haas.berkeley.edu
Don Moore	Haas School of Business	dmoore@haas.berkeley.edu

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
	Judith Campisi	Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	Jcampisi@lbl.gov

Psychology
	Richard Ivry	Psychology	ivry@berkeley.edu

Public Health
William Dow	Public Health Keywords: health economics, global health, economic demography, health policy	wdow@berkeley.edu
Darlene Francis	Public Health Keywords: biological basis of health disparities, stress	darlenefrancis@berkeley.edu
Lee Riley	Public Health Keywords: Field epidemiology, international health, slum health, Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis	lwriley@berkeley.edu

Public Policy
Daniel Acland	Public Policy Keywords: Benefit-Cost Analysis, Behavioral Economics, Behavior Change, Public Health	acland@berkeley.edu
Hilary Hoynes	Public Policy Keywords: Tax Policy, Labor and Employment, Poverty & Inequality, Children, Youth and Families, Government	hoynes@berkeley.edu
Rucker Johnson	Public Policy Keywords: health disparities, intergenerational mobility	ruckerj@berkeley.edu
Jane Mauldon	Public Policy Keywords: Demography, Children, Youth & Families, Program Evaluation, Race & Ethnicity, Quantitative Methods, Social Welfare, Health, Poverty	jmauldon@berkeley.edu