Brigitte Madrian

Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Office Address
Taubman-348
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 82
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-8917
Fax: 617-496-5960
Email: Brigitte_Madrian@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Jamie Georgia (617-496-3440)
Brigitte Madrian

Profile

Brigitte Madrian is Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair and Director of the Social Science Program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.  Before coming to Harvard in 2006, she was on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (2003-2006), the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995-2003) and the Harvard University Economics Department (1993-1995).  She is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. Her current research focuses on household saving and investment behavior.  Her work in this area has impacted the design of employer-sponsored savings plans in the U.S. and has influenced pension reform legislation both in the U.S. and abroad. She has also examined the impact of health insurance on the job choice and retirement decisions of employees and the hiring decisions of firms. Dr. Madrian received her Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and studied economics as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University.  She is the recipient of the National Academy of Social Insurance Dissertation Prize (first place, 1994) and the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Scholarly Research on Lifelong Financial Security (2002).

 

Courses

Not Offered

  • HLE-222 Economics of the Labor Market

Spring

  • API-102-C Economic Analysis of Public Policy

Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Are Preferences Revealed?" Journal of Public Economics 92.8-9 (August 2008): 1787-1794.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Madrian, Brigitte, Olivia Mitchell, and Beth J. Soldo., eds. Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare? Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Beshears, John, James Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte Madrian. "How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals’ Mutual Fund Choices?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-016, March 2009.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?" NBER Working Papers 14859, April 2009.