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Joanne W Hsu

Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

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Biography

Joanne W. Hsu (pronounced “shoo”) is the Director of the Surveys of Consumers and a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She earned her PhD in economics at the University of Michigan and her AB in economics and international relations at Brown University. Her research is primarily in the fields of household finance, labor economics, and survey methods, with a current focus on financial sophistication and cognition, and consumer experiences with debt. She previously served as a principal economist in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, where her work included the Survey of Consumer of Finances and the consumption forecast, as well as a visiting professor at the Department of Economics, Howard University.

Projects

Adverse Financial Events Before & After Dementia Diagnosis: Understanding the Timing and Need for Assistance Managing Money Among Households Impacted by Dementia Adverse Financial Events Before & After Dementia Diagnosis: Understanding the Timing and Need for Assistance Managing Money Among Households Impacted by Dementia
Financial Consequences of Health and Healthcare Spending Among Older Couples Financial Consequences of Health and Healthcare Spending Among Older Couples
Surveys of Consumers Attitudes (SCA) Surveys of Consumers Attitudes (SCA)

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Survey Research Center
1300 ISR - Thompson
(734)763-9824
jwhsu@umich.edu

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