Patricia Ruggles is an economist and social statistician who studies poverty.[1] Formerly the chief economist at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, she is now a Senior Fellow at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.[2]
Pat Ruggles | |
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| Born | United States |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Poverty |
| Institution | United States Department of Health and Human Services |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
Ruggles is the daughter of Yale University economists Richard Ruggles and Nancy D. Ruggles, and the granddaughter of Harvard University economist Clyde O. Ruggles.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree from Yale, and a master's degree and PhD from Harvard, all in economics.[4] She worked for the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee from 1990 to 1996, when she moved to the Department of Health and Human Services, and again from 2000 to 2003, when she retired. She joined the National Opinion Research Center in 2013.[2]
References
edit- ^ Edsall, Thomas B. (March 13, 2013), "Who Is Poor?", New York Times,
One of the most deeply informed analyses of this issue comes from Pat Ruggles
- ^ a b c Leading Poverty Economist Patricia Ruggles Joins NORC at the University of Chicago as a Senior Fellow in the Economics, Labor, and Population Studies Department, NORC at the University of Chicago, June 12, 2013, retrieved 2017-10-18
- ^ Feder, Barnaby J. (March 10, 2001), "Richard Ruggles, 84, Economist; Developed Measurement Tools", New York Times
- ^ "Pat Ruggles, Senior Fellow", Experts, NORC at the University of Chicago, retrieved 2017-10-18