Faculty
Associate Professor
Fields: Labor economics, public economics
Research Interests: Economics of education; local public finance; school and teacher accountability and performance measurement; discrimination; inequality; affirmative action; black-white gaps in educational and economic outcomes; tax and transfer policy.
Short Biography
Jesse Rothstein is an associate professor of public policy and economics. He joined the Berkeley faculty in 2009. He spent the 2009-10 academic year in public service, first as Senior Economist at the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers and then as Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. Earlier, he was assistant professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley in 2003.
Current Research:
Current Status: Teaching
Unemployment insurance; teacher quality.
Office: 631B Evans & 356 Goldman School of Public Policy
Phone: (510) 643-8561
E-mail: rothstein@berkeley.edu