Jeffrey Wenger
Areas of expertise
Contingent and nonstandard employment • Unemployment insurance • Workers’ compensation • State employment policy • Minimum wage
Biography
Jeffrey Wenger is an assistant professor at the School of Policy and International Affairs of University of Georgia. Before joining the university he was labor economist with the Economic Policy Institute. His research has focused on the development of state-level labor policies, particularly unemployment insurance policy and minimum wage and contingent employment legislation.
Education
Ph.D. Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.A. Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz