Courtney Coile is a Professor of Economics at Wellesley College. She is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), where she serves as co-director of the NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center and co-director of the NBER International Social Security project. Professor Coile is a member of the Committee on Population at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and served on the NAS’ Committee on Understanding the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages. Her research focuses on the economics of ageing and health, with a particular interest in retirement decisions and public programs used by older and disabled populations. Dr Coile received her PhD in economics from MIT and AB from Harvard University.
Education
PhD Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
AB (Magna Cum Laude) Economics, Harvard University, 1993