NBER profile: Henry Saffer.

• Position: Kean University (Union, New Jersey - Brief Article

Henry Saffer is a Research Associate in the NBER's Program on Health Economics and a professor of economics at Kean University (Union, New Jersey). He received his Ph.D. in economics from the City University of New York.

From 1979 to 1985, Saffer was an assistant professor of economics at Rutgers University. He joined Kean University's economics department in 1985 as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor there in 1992. He is also an adjunct professor of economics at the City University, of New York's Graduate Center.

Saffer's research, particularly on the relationships between alcohol and tobacco advertising, substance abuse, and traffic...