She married to a Nobel prize winning economist.

Yellen departed Harvard in 1977 after being denied tenure. George Akerlof, a freshly divorced economist, soon joined her at her next position with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. She first met George Akerlof at the bank's cafe while she was an employee there. After learning they had a lot in common, they began dating and shortly after were wed. Less than a year later, in 1978, they got married. Akerlof had a teaching position accepted at the London School of Economics when they were married (LSE). To go with him, Yellen left her job at the Fed and began working as an economics lecturer at the LSE. After spending two years in London, they left for America.

Janet Yellen's passion for economics went beyond just launching her into a successful career. The research on information asymmetries that earned Akerlof the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences is his most well-known accomplishment. The two are believed to have supported each other's efforts from the beginning and to have a consensus on the majority of significant macroeconomic issues. Janet Yellen says: " We chose to be married since we "loved each other immediately,". We never disagree on macroeconomics, and our personalities are a fantastic match."