On Monday, President Obama announced his intent to appoint Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan focusing on labor, women, and families, to the Council of Economic Advisers. His announcement comes on the heels of his appointment of Jason Furman to succeed Alan Krueger as Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). The CEA is charged with offering President Obama objective economic advice to help form domestic and international economic policy.
Dr. Stevenson’s diverse research touches both policy and daily life, and has been widely cited in the news media. While she has written prolifically on a number of subjects, Dr. Stevenson is perhaps best known for her work on the impact of public policy on labor markets, marriage and divorce, women and families, and happiness and well-being.
Dr. Stevenson served as Chief Economist at the Department of Labor from 2010-2011. While there, she worked on ways to reform unemployment insurance laws to expand work-sharing and self-employment assistance. Some of these ideas became law as a part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.
More broadly, Dr. Stevenson is an expert on all aspects of how the labor market works—how people search for jobs, how people obtain jobs, and how employers identify qualified candidates. For example, she has found that the internet is actually used most by those who are already employed.
Fonte: White House