13 Facts About Richard Easterlin

Richard Ainley Easterlin was an American economist.

Richard Easterlin was born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, on January 12,1926.

Richard Easterlin studied engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering with Distinction in 1945.

Richard Easterlin then completed an MA in economics in 1949 and his Ph.

Richard Easterlin became interested in demography and population studies through his participation as a research associate from 1953 to 1955 in the landmark Study of population Redistribution and Economic Growth in the United States conducted by Simon Kuznets and Dorothy Thomas.

Richard Easterlin died in Pasadena, California on December 16,2024, at the age of 98.

Whilst completing his postgraduate studies, Richard Easterlin worked as instructor from 1948 to 1953 at the University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Easterlin was a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1955 to 1956.

Richard Easterlin was then a full professor of economics from 1960 to 1978 and was the William R Kenan Jr.

Whilst at the University of Pennsylvania, Richard Easterlin served as the chairman of the Department of Economics from 1958 to 1960, from 1961 to 1962 and in 1965 and 1968.

Richard Easterlin was the associate dean for budget and planning of the University of Pennsylvania Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1974 to 1979.

Richard Easterlin then moved to the University of Southern California in 1982 as a professor of economics and then university professor since 1999.

Richard Easterlin is known for the Easterlin hypothesis, which states that the relationship between income and fertility is dependent on relative income.