Joshua David Angrist is an Israeli American economist. He is Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Angrist has taught at the university level since 1989. He is known for his use of quasi-experimental research designs to study the effects of public policies and changes in economic or social circumstances. Angrist has also made contributions in theoretical econometrics. He co-founded and serves as a director of the School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative based within the MIT Department of Economics. The center's work focuses on the economics of education, issues surrounding domestic poverty, and the connections between human capital and the American income distribution. 

September 18th, 1960 in Columbus (Age 63)