Richard A. Easterlin

:: easterl@usc.edu

Richard A. Easterlin is University Professor and Professor of Economics, University of Southern California. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a former Guggenheim Fellow, and past president of the Population Association of America, and the Economic History Association.

::Professional Organizations and Activities

Economic History Association

Vice-President, 1971-72
President, 1979-80
Member, Council on Research in Economic History
Editorial Board, Journal of Economic History, 1965-70, 1974-79

Population Association of America

Board of Directors, 1964-65, 1969-72; 1979
Second Vice-President, 1973-74
President, 1978
Editorial Consultant, Demography, 1965-67
Nominating Committee, 1973-74, 1979-80
Taeuber Award Selection Committee, Chairman, 1997

American Economic Association

Board of Editors, American Economic Review, 1965-67
Journal of Economic Literature, 1968-70
Nominating Committee 1998

International Society for Quality of Life Studies

Board of Directors, 2003 - present
Vice President, 2004 - present