Brigitte Madrian

Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at Harvard

Kennedy School

 

 

Brigitte Madrian is the Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the Harvard Kennedy School.  Before coming to Harvard in 2006, she was on the Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (2003-2006), the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995-2003) and the Harvard University Economics Department (1993-1995).  She is also a research associate and co-director of the Household Finance working group at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

 

Brigitte’s current research focuses on behavioural economics and household finance, with a particular focus on household saving and investment behaviour.  Her work in this area has impacted the design of employer-sponsored savings plans in the U.S. and has influenced pension reform legislation both in the U.S. and abroad. She is also engaged in research on health, using the lens of behavioural economics to understand health behaviours and improve health outcomes.