Amanda Bayer

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Amanda Bayer
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Education Yale University, MPhil, PhD
Williams College, MA, BA
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
Institutions Swarthmore College
Doctoral advisor James Heckman
David George Pearce
Joseph Tracy
Website Official website


Amanda Bayer is an American economist who is the Franklin and Betty Barr professor of economics [1] at Swarthmore College, known for her work fostering innovation in economic education and research. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Economic Association in 2021. [2]

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Career

Bayer has been a member of the faculty at Swarthmore College since 1992. She has also served at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, first as a research economist and later as a visiting senior adviser. [3] She has worked to create resources for economists to be more inclusive in their practices, [4] [5] [6] and has conducted and published research on the effectiveness of these resources. [7] Her work has been covered by major media publications. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. "Five Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Chairs". www.swarthmore.edu. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. "Elected AEA Officers". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  3. "Economist Amanda Bayer Helps the Federal Reserve Board Diversify Its Ranks". www.swarthmore.edu. October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. "Amanda Bayer Shares Her Views on Inclusion in Economics | Department of Economics". economics.yale.edu. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  5. "Presentation by Amanda Bayer | Education | St. Louis Fed". www.stlouisfed.org. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  6. "American Economic Association Best Practices". www.aeaweb.org/resources/best-practices. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  7. Reporter, Katherina Sourine Daily Staff (September 24, 2019). "Swarthmore Professor talks diversity and inclusion in economics". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  8. Smialek, Jeanna (October 22, 2019). "How the Fed Is Trying to Fix Its White Male Problem". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  9. Rosalsky, Greg (January 7, 2020). "Economics Still Has A Diversity Problem". NPR.org. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  10. Harford, Tim (November 9, 2016). "Economics: a discipline in need of diversity". Financial Times .