Daniel S. Hamermesh

Barnard College, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Subject Editor, Topic spokesperson

Expertise

Brexit

Country

United States

Languages

English - Native speaker

Current position

Distinguished Scholar, Barnard College, USA, and Director of Research Network, IZA

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Member, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Technical Advisory Committee, 2012–2015; Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, and Member, ex officio, Board of Trustees, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), 2003–2009

Past positions

Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London, UK, 1993–2017; Sue Killam Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Professor of Economics, Michigan State University, USA, 1973–1993; Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University, USA, 1969–1973

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Yale University, 1969

Selected publications

  • Beauty Pays. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011.

  • “Strike three: Discrimination, incentives and evaluation.” American Economic Review (2011) (with C. Parsons, J. Sulaeman, and M. Yates).

  • “Stressed out on four continents: Time crunch or yuppie kvetch.” Review of Economics and Statistics (2007) (with J. Lee).

  • Labor Demand. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993.

  • “Labor demand and the structure of adjustment costs.” American Economic Review (1989).