American economist, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

Cecilia Elena Rouse (/ˈraʊs/ ROWSS; born December:18, 1963) is an American economist who has served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers since March 2021. She is the first African American to hold this position. Prior to this, she served as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Joe Biden nominated Rouse to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in November 2020.

Rouse was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate on March 2, 2021, by a vote of 95–4.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Biden administration
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Selected publications
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life and education

Rouse grew up in Del Mar, California and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1981. She has two siblings: Forest Rouse, a physicist; and Carolyn Rouse, an anthropologist and professor at Princeton University. Her father Carl A. Rouse was a research physicist who received his Ph.D. from the California Ins*ute of Technology in 1956. Her mother Lorraine worked as a school psychologist.

Rouse received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard University in 1986 and a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1992.

Career

After earning her doctorate, Rouse joined the faculty at Princeton University in 1992.

Rouse served in the National Economic Council under President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 1999.

Rouse served as a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.

Rouse is the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education. She is the founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section, is a member of the National Academy of Education and a research *ociate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her primary research interests are in labor economics with a focus on the economics of education. Rouse has served as an editor of the Journal of Labor Economics and as a senior editor of The Future of Children. She is a member of the board of directors of MDRC, and a director of the T. Rowe Price Equity Mutual Funds and an advisory board member of the T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Mutual Funds.

Rouse sworn in as the Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Biden administration

President Joe Biden nominated Rouse to become Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. The Senate Banking Committee held hearings on her nomination on January 28, 2021. On February 4, 2022, the committee favorably reported Rouse's nomination to the Senate floor. The Senate confirmed Rouse by a vote of 95–4 on March 2, 2021.

Personal life

Rouse is married to Ford Morrison, the son of author Toni Morrison. They have two daughters.

Selected publications

• Goldin, Claudia; Rouse, Cecilia (2000). "Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of "Blind" Auditions on Female Musicians". American Economic Review. 90 (4): 715–741. doi:10.1257/aer.90.4.715. S2CID:16026987.
• Kane, Thomas J.; Rouse, Cecilia Elena (1995). "Labor-market returns to two-and four-year college". The American Economic Review. 85 (3): 600–614. Abstract.
• Rouse, Cecilia Elena (1998). "Private school vouchers and student achievement: An evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 113 (2): 553–602. doi:10.1162/003355398555685. S2CID:55948629.
• Ashenfelter, Orley; Rouse, Cecilia (1998). "Income, schooling, and ability: Evidence from a new sample of identical twins" (PDF). The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 113 (1): 253–284. doi:10.1162/003355398555577. S2CID:154890265.
• Kane, Thomas J.; Rouse, Cecilia Elena (1999). "The community college: Educating students at the margin between college and work". The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 13 (1): 63–84. doi:10.1257/jep.13.1.63.
• Rouse, Cecilia Elena (1995). "Democratization or diversion? The effect of community colleges on educational attainment". Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. 13 (2): 217–224. doi:10.1080/07350015.1995.10524596.
• Figlio, David N.; Rouse, Cecilia Elena (2006). "Do accountability and voucher threats improve low-performing schools?" (PDF). Journal of Public Economics. 90 (1): 239–255. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.08.005. S2CID:59319503.

See also

• List of African-American United States Cabinet members
• List of female United States Cabinet members

References

External links

• Biography at Princeton University
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Cecilia Rouse publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
• Cecilia Rouse on Twitter

See also: Political appointments by Joe Biden