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Jere Behrman: Irene B. Taeuber Award

Jere R. Behrman, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics and a sociology and research associate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, recently received the biennial Irene B. Taeuber Award.

The Irene B. Taeuber Award, sponsored by the Population Association of America and Princeton University’s Office of Population Research, recognizes an unusually original or important contribution to the scientific study of population, or for an accumulated record of exceptionally sound and innovative research. Dr. Berhman’s research spans the topics of empirical microeconomics, economic development, early childhood development, labor economics, human resources, economic demography, household behaviors, life-cycle and intergenerational relations and policy evaluation. He has published 415 articles in leading demographic, economic, sociology, public health, nutritional and biomedical journals and 35 books. He has also served on 157 PhD dissertation committees.

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