Joseph Altonji

Joseph G. Altonji
Born1953 (age 7172)
New York City, U.S.
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA, MA)
Princeton University (PhD)
Doctoral advisorOrley Ashenfelter
Stephen Goldfeld
Academic work
DisciplineLabor Economics
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Yale University
Doctoral studentsChristina Paxson
Website

Joseph Gerard Altonji (born 1953) is an American economist and the Thomas DeWitt Cuyler Professor of Economics at Yale University. His fields of interest include macroeconomics and applied econometrics and in particular labour economics, being ranked as one of the foremost labour economists worldwide. In 2018, his contributions to the analysis of labour supply, family economics and discrimination were rewarded with the IZA Prize in Labor Economics.