Jesse Rothstein is Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Public Policy and the David Pierpont Gardner Chair in Higher Education. He is the Faculty Director of the California Policy Lab’s UC Berkeley site and is also the Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education. He served in the Barack Obama administration as Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor and as Senior Economist with the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President. Rothstein’s research focuses on education policy and the labor market, with a particular focus on the way that educational and labor market institutions (ranging from college admissions to unemployment insurance) influence inequality of opportunity and outcomes. He uses research evidence to inform policymaking around topics including teacher evaluation, student aid, college admissions, and school finance and governance.

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