Joanna Lahey
Assistant Professor
Joanna N. Lahey received her Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics from Pomona College in Claremont, California. Dr. Lahey has an expertise in age discrimination and how age relates to labor market outcomes. Her academic publications include, "Age, Women, and Hiring: An Experimental Study," "Age Protection Laws and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act" and "Predicting Older Age Mortality Trends" (joint with Dora Costa). She is the recipient of the 2006 W. E. Upjohn Dissertation award for best dissertation on an employment related issue and is a member of the NBER cohort studies working group. Dr. Lahey's work has appeared in American Public Radio's Marketplace radio, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other media outlets and as policy briefs for the Boston College Center for Retirement Research and the Boston College Center for Aging and Work. She has also written about her experience as a new economist for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
