Bruce Weinberg

Bruce A. Weinberg is the Eric Byron Fix-Monda Endowed Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in the Department of Economics at The Ohio State University, where he has served since 1996, advancing through the ranks from assistant professor to his current endowed position in 2021. He earned a B.A. with honors in Economics in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Economics in 1996, both from the University of Chicago. Weinberg holds additional affiliations as a professor in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs and faculty associate roles in centers including the Criminal Justice Research Center, Institute for Population Research, and Mershon Center. He has been a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research since 2010, previously a Faculty Research Fellow there, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn since 2002. Visiting appointments include the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Princeton University, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. As an associate editor of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review and the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, he has contributed to scholarly discourse in labor economics.

Weinberg's research in Business & Economics centers on the economics of creativity and innovation, determinants of youth outcomes and behavior, and technological change with industrial shifts and wage structures, often examining underrepresentation by gender, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background through networks. His publications appear in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science. Key works include “Why the United States Science and Engineering Workforce Is Aging Rapidly” (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017), “Science Funding and Short-Term Economic Activity” (Science, 2014), and “Nevertheless She Persisted? Gender Peer Effects in Doctoral STEM Programs” (Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming). He has received the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award, 2022 Faculty Mentor of the Year, Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow recognition in 2015, Postdoc Mentor of the Year, and election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024. His research has informed policy through advising the NIH on biomedical research workforce and NextGen initiatives and service on the AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, with coverage in the Economic Report of the President, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Weinberg has mentored over 50 undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs.

Professional Email: weinberg.27@osu.edu