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Alan Bennett Krueger (born September 17, 1960) is a U.S. economist, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. On March 7, 2009, he was nominated by Barack Obama to be U.S. assistant secretary for economic policy. He is among the 50 highest ranked economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. From 1994-95 he served as Chief Economist at the United States Department of Labor. Known for developing and applying the method of natural experiments to study the effect of education on earnings, the minimum wage on employment, and other issues. He received the Kershaw Prize, Mahalanobis Prize, and IZA Prize (with David Card), and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society of Labor Economists, Econometric Society and American Academy of Political and Social Science. Krueger received his Bachelors degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations (wi
