T. Paul Schultz, professor of the economic growth center in Yale University, was born in Ames, Iowa. He received PH. D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966. He has been a professor economics at the University of Minnesota, Director of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University, and he is currently Malcolm K. Brachman Professor of Economics at Yale. Professor Schultz’s research interests have revolved around the economics of population growth, education, health, and other facets of human capital, particularly as it applies to economic growth and development. His list of honors include awards from and appointments to a long list of scientific institutions, including the Population Association of America (where he served as a director), European Society for Population Economics (Director and Council member), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Irene B. Taueber Award for Research of the Population Association of America, and numerous others. He served as a senior research fellow in the policy research center of the United States Agency for International Development from 1990 to 1994. He has published a long list papers in most of the major economics journals and in journals dealing with population, human-capital, and economic development issues. His most recent research interests are summarized in several papers centering on family planning in low-income countries and health human capital.
