Jason Furman
· Professor of the Practice of Economic PolicyHarvard University · Urban Policy and Planning
Active 1996–2026
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About
Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard's Department of Economics. He serves as the Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School. Furman is a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and co-teaches the course 'Principles of Economics,' which is the largest at Harvard. His research and writing span U.S. and international macroeconomics, fiscal policy, labor markets, and competition policy. From 2013 to 2017, Furman served as the 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, acting as President Obama's chief economist and a member of the cabinet, marking eight years as a top economic adviser in the Obama White House.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Economics
- Demographic economics
- Demography
- Political economy
- Psychology
- Economic growth
- Social psychology
- Development economics
Selected publications
The Role of Childcare Challenges in the US Jobs Market Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 · 28 citations
1st authorCorrespondingWe examine how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among parents of young children, and mothers specifically.Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), we confirm that, in general, mothers with young children have experienced a larger decline in employment, as compared (unconditionally) with other adults, including fathers.This excess job loss is driven by mothers without a four-year college (bachelor's) d…
Why Did (Almost) No One See the Inflation Coming?
Intereconomics · 2022-03-01 · 9 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingAbstract To understand the possible trajectory of inflation in 2022 and beyond, it is helpful to understand why the United States and Europe had so much inflation in 2021.
Promoting Economic Recovery After COVID-19
2020-06-16 · 9 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingWho’s Afraid of Budget Deficits?
Foreign Affairs · 2019-01-27 · 9 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingShould We Be Reassured If Automation in the Future Looks Like Automation in the Past?
2019-01-01 · 5 citations
preprint1st authorCorresponding
Frequent coauthors
- 49 shared
Tim Besley
London School of Economics and Political Science
- 49 shared
Ricardo Hausmann
Santa Fe Institute
- 49 shared
Francesco Caselli
National Bureau of Economic Research
- 49 shared
Erik Berglöf
London School of Economics and Political Science
- 49 shared
Paul D. Sullivan
Botsford Hospital
- 49 shared
Michael Ignatieff
- 49 shared
Nick Stern
Aintree University Hospital
- 49 shared
Edward R. Murrow
New York University
Labs
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and GovernmentPI
Awards & honors
- Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (2013-2017)
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