Stephen Cameron

Stephen Cameron
Nationality United States
Website sipa.columbia.edu/faculty/stephen-v-cameron
Institution Columbia University
Field Microeconomics
School or
tradition		 Chicago School of Economics
Alma mater University of Chicago
Brigham Young University
Yale University
Influences James Heckman
Contributions Studies of the General Educational Development test
Awards Sloan Dissertation Fellow

Stephen Cameron (born c. 1960[1]) is an American financial analyst, economist and author. He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor and was for many years Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.[2][3] He is also currently Head of Research and Development at Continuum Investment Management in New York City.[3]

He is most noted for his studies on General Educational Development test outcomes while a research associate and Ph.D. Candidate under Nobel Laureate James Heckman at Yale[4] and the University of Chicago.[3][5] "Stephen Cameron played a central role ... and contributed important work on the GED."[6] He and his research were widely noted in major media [5][7][8][9][10] including an interview on ABC Evening News with Peter Jennings[11] and front pages of the New York Times[12] and Chicago Tribune.[13] Interest[14][15][16] in him and his research in popular media has been sustained over decades in hundreds[17] of radio programs, books,[6][18] blog[19][20][21][22][23] and newspaper articles. He was mentioned on-air by public radio as recently as 2013.[4] His peer-reviewed publications have a high h-index for his field.[24] They have been cited over 3,000 times, with several individual papers themselves receiving nearly a thousand citations each.[24] These place him easily among the top 1% of research economists internationally by impact and citation volume.[25]

He has held quantitative financial analyst and management roles at Wall Street firms, including leading quantitative trading house Citadel LLC and Lord Abbett.[3] A graduate of the University of Chicago and Brigham Young University,[3] he has co-authored an academic book studying poverty in New York City.[26] He lives in New York City[1] with his children[1] and wife Marianne Cameron,[1] a historian[27][28] and Fulbright-Hays Recipient.[29]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Intelius search on Stephen Cameron". Intelius. Intelius. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Columbia University SIPA faculty". Columbia University SIPA. Columbia University. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stephen Cameron". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  4. 1 2 Hanford, Emily; Smith, Stephen; Stern, Laurie (2013-09-01). "Second-Chance Diploma: Examining the GED". American Radio Works. publicradio.org. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  5. 1 2 Cameron, Stephen; Heckman, James (1993-06-23). "Equivalency Diploma Still Has Value; Wide Sampling Used". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  6. 1 2 Heckman, James; Humphries, John; Kautz, Tim, eds. (2014-01-09). The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. XV. ISBN 978-0226100098. Retrieved 2015-03-03. heckman-quote
  7. ↑ Peterson, Iver (1992-10-21). "As more Earn Equivalency Diploma, Its Value is Debated". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  8. ↑ Peterson, Iver (1992-10-25). "Less than Full Equivalency". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Bruce (2001-08-05). "Shortcut to Failure? The GED is a Growing Force in Education, but Some Critics Say It's Worse than Useless". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  10. ↑ Chapman, Stephen (1994-06-19). "The Illusion Behind the High School 'Equivalence' Boom". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  11. ↑ Blakemore, Bill; Jennings, Peter (1993-08-05). "American Agenda (Education: General Education Development Diploma).". ABC Evening News. ABC News. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  12. ↑ Marriott, Michel (1993-06-15). "Valuable Diploma or Meaningless Piece of Paper?". New York Times. p. B1. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  13. ↑ Frank, James (1992-01-19). "GED Loses Bit of Respect, But Not Its Faithful". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  14. ↑ Glass, Ira. "This American Life: 474: Back to School". National Public Radio: This American Life. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  15. ↑ Turner, Cory; Kamenetz, Anya (2015-01-19). "A 'Sizable Decrease' in Those Passing The GED". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  16. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio (2012-02-18). "In Today's Economy, How Far Can A GED Take You". National Public Radio. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  17. ↑ "Google Search on "Stephen Cameron GED"". Google. Google. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  18. ↑ Rumberger, Russel (2011). Dropping Out. Boston: Harvard University Press. p. 400. ISBN 9780674062207. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  19. ↑ Murnane, Richard; Bickerton, Bob (1997-02-01). "Focus on Basics: Concerning Research and Practice: A Productive Partnership". NSCALL: National Center for Study of Adult Literacy and Learning. NSCALL: National Center for Study of Adult Literacy and Learning. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  20. ↑ Greene, Jay (2002-04-24). "Not-Quite High School". Manhattan Institute For Policy Research. Manhattan Institute For Policy Research. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  21. ↑ Sailer, Steve (2014-01-29). "Comment on "Arrived in my pile"". Marginal Revolution. Marginal Revolution. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  22. ↑ Sailer, Steve (2008-01-01). "The Real Drop Rate - And Why Some Students Should Drop Out of School". Vdare.com. Vdare.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  23. ↑ "GEDs Aren't Worth the Paper They're Printed On". Isegoria. Isegoria. 2002-04-24. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  24. 1 2 "Stephen V. Cameron's Google Scholar Profile". Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  25. ↑ "Top 1% rankings for economists by number of citations". IDEAS/RePEc. IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  26. ↑ Aaronson, Stephanie; Cameron, Stephen (1997). Poverty in New York City, 1996: An update and perspectives : a report to the Community Service Society of New York. Community Service Society of New York. p. 91. ISBN 978-0881562040.
  27. ↑ "BCC CUNY Faculty". BCC CUNY. CUNY. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  28. ↑ "Marianne Cameron". Rate my Professors. Rate my Professors. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  29. ↑ "Fulbright-Hays Recipients, 1991". University of Chicago. University of Chicago. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
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