Jason M. Fletcher is an American economist, Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology in the

Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, commonly known as the ''La Follette School'', is a public graduate public policy school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It offers master's degrees in public affairs and international ...

, and Director of the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

. His research is in the fields of

health economics Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in determining how to improv ...

and the

economics of education Education economics or the economics of education is the study of economic issues relating to education, including the demand for education, the financing and provision of education, and the comparative efficiency of various educational programs ...

, as well as the incorporation of social genomics into economic research. He received his

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degree from the University of Tennessee–Knoxville in 2000 and his

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and

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from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2003 and 2006, respectively. From 2010 to 2012, he was a

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

Health & Society Scholar at

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. In 2012, he became a research fellow at the

IZA Institute of Labor Economics The IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (german: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), until 2016 referred to as the Institute of the Study of Labor (IZA), is a private, independent economic research institute and academic network focused o ...

and received the Young Scholars Award from the William T. Grant Foundation.

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