Jens Ludwig (economist)

Jens Otto Ludwig (born 1968 in Frankfurt, Germany)[1] is a University of Chicago economist whose research focuses on social policy, particularly urban issues such as poverty, crime, and education. He is McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy in the School of Social Service Administration and Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, where he also serves as Co-Director of the university's Urban Education and Crime Labs.

Jens Ludwig
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Frankfurt, Germany
EducationRutgers College, 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
ThesisInformation and inner city educational attainment (1994)
Doctoral advisorPhilip J. Cook

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 Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.[4][5] In 2006 he received the David N. Kershaw Prize for Contributions to Public Policy by Age 40.[6]

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. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
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