Daniel S. Hamermesh
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Daniel Selim Hamermesh (born October 20, 1943) is a U.S. economist
, Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin
, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
, and Research Associate and Program Director at the Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA). He has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation
and other federal agencies and has served on many panels of the United States National Academy of Science. He has been head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute for Economic Research
(DIW) since 2003 and was Director of Research in the United States Department of Labor
—ASPER in 1974-75. He was elected President of the Society of Labor Economics and of the Midwest Economics Association, and as a Fellow of the Econometric Society
.
Hamermesh received his Bachelors degree from the University of Chicago
and in 1969 he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University
. He has taught at Michigan State University
and Princeton University
. He has held visiting professorships at University of Michigan
and Harvard University
, as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia. He has lectured at over 200 universities in 46 states and 25 foreign countries.
He has published nearly 100 refereed articles in the major journals of economics. His work, Labor Demand, was published by Princeton University Press in 1993. His work has concentrated on time use, labor demand, social programs, academic labor markets and unusual applications of labor economics (to beauty, sleep and suicide). A number of his papers have offered advice to younger and other scholars on etiquette in the economics profession. In 2006 McGraw-Hill Irwin published the second edition of his Economics Is Everywhere, a series of 400 vignettes designed to illustrate the ubiquity of economics in everyday life and how the simple tools in a microeconomics principles class can be used.
Economist
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, Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
National Bureau of Economic Research
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, and Research Associate and Program Director at the Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA). He has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
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and other federal agencies and has served on many panels of the United States National Academy of Science. He has been head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute for Economic Research
German Institute for Economic Research
The German Institute for Economic Research, German Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It is an independent, non-profit academic institution which is involved in basic research and policy advice...
(DIW) since 2003 and was Director of Research in the United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor
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—ASPER in 1974-75. He was elected President of the Society of Labor Economics and of the Midwest Economics Association, and as a Fellow of the Econometric Society
Econometric Society
The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation with statistics and mathematics. It was founded on December 29, 1930 at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio....
.
Hamermesh received his Bachelors degree from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and in 1969 he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. He has taught at Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
and Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. He has held visiting professorships at University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia. He has lectured at over 200 universities in 46 states and 25 foreign countries.
He has published nearly 100 refereed articles in the major journals of economics. His work, Labor Demand, was published by Princeton University Press in 1993. His work has concentrated on time use, labor demand, social programs, academic labor markets and unusual applications of labor economics (to beauty, sleep and suicide). A number of his papers have offered advice to younger and other scholars on etiquette in the economics profession. In 2006 McGraw-Hill Irwin published the second edition of his Economics Is Everywhere, a series of 400 vignettes designed to illustrate the ubiquity of economics in everyday life and how the simple tools in a microeconomics principles class can be used.