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Harry J. Holzer

McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Topic spokesperson

Current position

Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Research interest

Disadvantaged workers and their employers, education and the workforce, labor market policy

Website

http://bit.ly/Holzer_Georgetown

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Chief Economist, US Department of Labor, 1999

Past positions

Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University, 1992–2000

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Harvard University, 1983

Selected publications

  • “Is it worth it? Postsecondary education and employment outcomes for the disadvantaged.” IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4:1 (2015).

  • “Good workers for good jobs: Improving education and workforce systems in the U.S.” IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1:1 (2012).

  • “Improving education and employment among disadvantaged young men: Proven and promising strategies.” Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science 635:1 (2011): 163–191 (with C. Heinrich).

  • “The labor market and young black men: Updating Moynihan’s perspective.” Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science 621:1 (2009): 47–69.

  • “The economic costs of poverty in the U.S.: Subsequent effects of children growing up poor.” Journal of Children and Poverty 14:1 (2008): 41–61 (with G. Duncan, D. W. Schanzenbach, and J. Ludwig).

article(s)

  • Should the earned income tax credit rise for childless adults?

    The earned income tax credit raises income and work incentives among low-income parents but little goes to adults without children

    Harry J. Holzer, September 2015
    The earned income tax credit provides important benefits to low-income families with children in the US. At an annual cost of about $60 billion, it increases the incomes of such families while encouraging parents to work more by subsidizing their incomes. But low-income adults without children and non-custodial parents receive only very low payments under the program, providing them with little income benefits or work incentives. Many of these adults are low-income young men whose wages and employment rates have been declining for years and who might benefit substantially from expanded eligibility for the earned income tax credit.
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