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.
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Michael Anderson |
Agricultural & Resource Economics Keywords: environmental economics, health economics, applied econometrics, transportation |
mlanderson@berkeley.edu |
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Ethan Ligon |
Agricultural & Resource Economics Keywords: applied econometrics, development economics, household allocations |
ligon@are.berkeley.edu |
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Magali Barbieri |
Demography Keywords: mortality, formal demography |
magali@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Carl Boe |
Demography Keywords: mortality, formal demography, biodemography |
boe@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Gretchen Donehower |
Demography Keywords: microsimulation, intergenerational transfers, time-use |
gretchen@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Dennis Feehan |
Demography Keywords: sampling, mortality, migration, computational social science |
feehan@berkeley.edu |
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Joshua Goldstein |
Demography Keywords: fertility, population aging, social demography, formal demography |
josh@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Eugene Hammel |
Demography Keywords: statistical and formal analysis, stratification, historical demography, microsimulation, anthropological demography |
gene@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Leora Lawton |
Demography Keywords: family demography, intergenerational relationships, social networks |
llawton@berkeley.edu |
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Ronald Lee |
Demography Keywords: mathematical demography, intergenerational transfers, economic demography |
rlee@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Kenneth W. Wachter |
Demography Keywords: historical demography, mathematical demography |
wachter@demog.berkeley.edu |
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Alan Auerbach |
Economics Keywords: domestic and international tax policy; fiscal policy and demographic change; inequality and tax policy |
auerbach@econ.berkeley.edu |
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David Card |
Economics Keywords: economics, labor, welfare, affirmative action, minimum wages, race, uninsured, employment training |
card@econ.berkeley.edu |
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Stefano DellaVigna |
Economics Keywords: behavioral economics, experimental design |
sdellavi@econ.berkeley.edu |
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Ben Handel |
Economics Keywords: Health Insurance Markets, Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Health Care Provision |
handel@berkeley.edu |
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Shachar Kariv |
Economics Keywords: Social networks, social learning, personal and social preferences |
kariv@econ.berkeley.edu |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
emiguel@econ.berkeley.edu |
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Enrico Moretti |
Economics Keywords: labor and urban economics, wage inequality, local labor markets, cities |
moretti@berkeley.edu |
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Emmanuel Saez |
Economics Keywords: income and wealth inequality |
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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 |
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James Carey |
External Affiliates Keywords: longevity, biodemography |
jrcarey@ucdavis.edu |
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Eileen Crimmins |
External Affiliates Keywords: health and mortality; demography of older populations; socioeconomic differences in health; biological risk |
crimmin@usc.edu |
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Ryan Edwards |
External Affiliates Keywords: economics of aging and health, macroeconomics, public finance, economic demography, national security, immigration |
ryanedw@berkeley.edu |
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Andrew Mason |
External Affiliates Keywords: Population economics, macroeconomics, economic growth, intergenerational transfers |
amason@hawaii.edu |
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Luis Rosero-Bixby |
External Affiliates Keywords: longevity, fiscal impacts of aging, health in Latin America |
lrosero@me.com |
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David Steinsaltz |
External Affiliates Keywords: Stochastic processes, biodemography, mathematical biology |
steinsal@stats.ox.ac.uk |
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Shripad Tuljapurkar |
External Affiliates Keywords: stochastic dynamics of populations, senescence, aging and fiscal balance |
tulja@stanford.edu |
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John R. Wilmoth |
External Affiliates Keywords: morbidity and mortality, life expectancy, life span, forecasting, comparative studies, parametric models |
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Emilio Zagheni |
External Affiliates Keywords: Big data, migration, mathematical demography |
emilioz@uw.edu |
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Paul Gertler |
Haas School of Business Keywords: health economics, impact evaluation, development economics |
gertler@haas.berkeley.edu |
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Ming Hsu |
Haas School of Business Keywords: Cognitive Neuroscience, neural basis of economic and consumer decision-making |
mhsu@haas.berkeley.edu |
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Jonathan Kolstad |
Haas School of Business Keywords: health economics, applied microeconomics |
jkolstad@berkeley.edu |
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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 |
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Don Moore | Haas School of Business | dmoore@haas.berkeley.edu |
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Judith Campisi | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | Jcampisi@lbl.gov |
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Richard Ivry | Psychology | ivry@berkeley.edu |
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Ralph Catalano |
Public Health Keywords: economics, health care, jobs, labor, unemployment on health, mortality |
rayc@berkeley.edu |
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William Dow |
Public Health Keywords: health economics, global health, economic demography, health policy |
wdow@berkeley.edu |
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Darlene Francis |
Public Health Keywords: biological basis of health disparities, stress |
darlenefrancis@berkeley.edu |
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Barbara Laraia |
Public Health Keywords: Household food insecurity, Food and social environment, Health disparities, Perinatal Epi, Obesity, Diabetes, Dietary assessment methods |
blaraia@berkeley.edu |
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Lee Riley |
Public Health Keywords: Field epidemiology, international health, slum health, Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis |
lwriley@berkeley.edu |
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Daniel Acland |
Public Policy Keywords: Benefit-Cost Analysis, Behavioral Economics, Behavior Change, Public Health |
acland@berkeley.edu |
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Hilary Hoynes |
Public Policy Keywords: Tax Policy, Labor and Employment, Poverty & Inequality, Children, Youth and Families, Government |
hoynes@berkeley.edu |
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Rucker Johnson |
Public Policy Keywords: health disparities, intergenerational mobility |
ruckerj@berkeley.edu |
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Jane Mauldon |
Public Policy Keywords: Demography, Children, Youth & Families, Program Evaluation, Race & Ethnicity, Quantitative Methods, Social Welfare, Health, Poverty |
jmauldon@berkeley.edu |
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Claude Fischer |
Sociology Keywords: Personal networks, social history, social psychology, urban, technology |
fischer1@berkeley.edu |