Jesse Bruhn

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Written by Matt Lehrich

Assistant Professor, Brown University

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Dr. Jesse Bruhn is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University. He holds affiliations with the Annenberg Institute, the Wheelock Educational Policy Center, Blueprint Labs, the Brown University Population Studies and Training Center, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a labor economist who studies the economics of education and crime. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University.

Prior to his life as an economist, Dr. Bruhn spent four years as an active-duty enlisted soldier in the United States Army and one year as a Mathematics Educator in the Springfield, MA, public school system. 

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