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Biography

Olivia S. Mitchell is International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor and Professor of Insurance/Risk Management/Business Economics/Policy, and Director of the Pension Research Council/Boettner Center on Pensions and Retirement Research, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She publishes on public/private pensions, insurance, financial literacy, and household finance. She serves as a NBER Research Associate and Independent Director for the Allspring Fund Trusts. She received the Fidelity Pyramid Prize; two Roger F. Murray Prizes from the Q-Group; and the Premio Internazionale Dell'Istituto Nazionale Delle Assicurazioni (INA) from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; as well as the Paul Samuelson Award from TIAA. She was named Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association in 2024. Her Economics MA and PhD degrees are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Economics BA with honors from Harvard University.

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Employment (3)

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

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University of Pennsylvania Wharton School: Philadelphia, PA, US

1993 to present | Professor (INSR/BEPP)
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Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

1978 to 1993 | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (NYSSILR)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

1976 to 1978 | PhD (Economics)
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University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

1974 to 1976 | MS (Economics)
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Harvard University: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

1970 to 1974 | BA (Economics)
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Professional activities (2)

American Economic Association: Nashville, TN, US

2023 to present | Distinguished Fellow
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American Economic Association: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | Vice President
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Funding (1)

TIAA Prime Award

2016 to 2019 | Award
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