Princeton’s Alan Kreuger, renowned economist, suicides at 58

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Haven’t seen that anyone has posted about this tragic loss (apologies if someone already has). Kreuger was a highly respected economist who wrote about, among other things, that salaries 5 years after graduation were not appreciatively higher for graduates of the elites, as referenced in this recent article https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/does-it-matter-where-you-go-college/577816/. Other articles speaks to the need to address mental health issues in academia, bot for students and faculty
https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Prominent-Economist-s/245932
what a loss
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/18/business/alan-krueger/index.html

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That is so sad. I didn’t know about him but looked him up due to your post. Thanks for highlighting his contributions and making us aware.

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I clicked here because of having become aware of the Dale/Kreuger studies hanging out here on CC over the years.

But that first article has a key caveat to the “it doesn’t matter where you go” -

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The Dale-Krueger studies on the earnings impact of attending an elite college were deeply flawed.