Martin Abel’s research centers on development, labor and behavioral economics.
Burton Singer was a professor of economics and statistics at Yale University and former associate dean of the Yale School of Public Health.
The veteran labor economist takes up the role on April 1.
The economist is not expected to return to teaching before he departs from the institution.
Prasanna Gai is head of the economics, accounting and finance, and property departments at the University of Auckland.
Christopher Walters, Richard Hornbeck, Kilian Huber and Bradley Shapiro received new professorships.
Justin Benavidez will succeed Seth Meyer, who is retiring from the role.
Jonathan Williams will also lead the agency’s Office of Economics and Analytics
Princeton colleague Wolfgang Pesendorfer called her ‘a brilliant scholar, a charismatic teacher and a devoted adviser.’
White joins the SEC from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, where he was acting chief economist.