Eugene Smolensky is an economist and emeritus professor at the

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, where he served as Dean from 1988 to 1997. He is Vice President of the International Institute of Public Finance and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the

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. As an economist, Smolensky “studies welfare policy and the impact of economic and demographic changes on the distribution of income among various social groups.”. He was also a professor and chair of the Economics Department at the

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and an Associate Professor at the

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. He was also director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from July 1980 until July 1983.

Education

Smolensky earned his doctorate in economics in 1961 from the

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under Richard Easterlin. His thesis was entitled ''Some Factors Affecting the Location of Economic Activity and the Size Distribution of Income.''

References

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