Susan Helper

Susan Helper is an American economist. She is the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Education Helper received a Bachelors of Arts in economics, Government, and Spanish from Oberlin College and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

Career In 2012–13, Helper was a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration. In 2015, she contributed to the U.S. Department of Commerce report "Supply Chain Innovation: Strengthening America's Small Manufacturers", which analyzed the importance of reinvesting in America's supply chain, especially small manufacturers, and the barriers to innovation they currently face. More recently, her research has focused on the globalization of supply chains and the effects they have regionally, with emphasis in the automotive industry in the United States, Mexico, and China.

Honors and accomplishments In 2009, Helper received the Women of Achievement Award from the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women.

Publications Helper has contributed works to journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, among others. Her published works cover a diverse range of topics—from automotive supply chain innovation to international differences in productivity and employee attitudes.