NBER profile: Eugene N. White.

Eugene N. White is a Research Associate in the NBER's Program on the Development of the American Economy. He is also a Professor of Economics at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ.

White received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois in 1980. He has taught at New York University and was the John Adams Professor of American Studies at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In 2011, he held the Visiting Chair for the Domaine d'Interet Majeur Sciences Economiques at the Paris School of Economics. In addition, he has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Philadelphia.

Currently, White is co-editor of a series in economic and financial history...