Juster, F. Thomas (Francis Thomas), 1926-

F. Thomas Juster was born in Hollis, Long Island, New York on August 17, 1926.[1] He received his B.S. degree in Education from Rutgers University in 1949 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 1956. Juster's earliest professional positions included serving as a senior research analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1951 to 1953 and assistant professor at Amherst College from 1953 to 1959. From 1959 to 1973, he was on the staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 1973, Juster came to the University of Michigan as professor of economics and research scientist with the Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center, positions he held until 1996.[2] He served as director of the Institute for Social Research from 1976 to 1986. In this capacity, he led efforts to preserve social science funding from budget cuts and testified at congressional hearings as to the need for social science surveys and their importance for public policy.[3] Juster retired and was granted emeritus status in 1996. He served as acting director of the Michigan Retirement Research Center from 2001 to 2002.

Juster's work focused on assessing household savings and wealth and the measurement of time use in American families. In 1985, he co-edited, along with Frank Stafford, the book "Time, Goods, and Well-Being," which pioneered the use of time diaries in collecting time use data.[4]

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