10 Facts About Michael Teitelbaum

Michael S Teitelbaum was born on January 21,1944 and is a demographer and the former Vice President of the Alfred P Sloan Foundation in New York City.

Michael Teitelbaum is Senior Research Associate at the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School.

Michael Teitelbaum publishes in both the popular and academic press on demographic trends, especially fertility and international migration and their causes and consequences.

Michael Teitelbaum joined the Alfred P Sloan Foundation as a program director and became Vice President of this institution in 2007.

Michael Teitelbaum has produced an array of works on global and national demographic developments, focused on both fertility behavior and on international migration.

Michael Teitelbaum observed that passionate debates about feared "shortages" of US scientists and engineers were being conducted without rigorous data and information.

Michael Teitelbaum realized that universities and scientific research institutes were vastly expanding the hiring of postdocs often for long periods but with little likelihood of a career path in research.

Michael Teitelbaum initiated a Sloan Foundation grants program to improve data collection and analysis about postdocs, and provided start-up support for the National Postdoctoral Association, founded in 2003 and now based in Washington, DC.

Michael Teitelbaum has brought historical approaches to the understanding of labor market conditions for scientists and engineers in the United States.

Michael Teitelbaum suggests that the panics that ensued frequently lead to boom and bust cycles that are not healthy for scientific research, nor for the economic well-being of scientists and their research institutions.