Professor Dr. Daniel Hamermesh

Biography

Daniel Hamermesh earned his A.B. from the University of Chicago in 1965 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1969. He taught at Princeton from 1969 to 1973 and at Michigan State University from 1973 to 1993. During his career, he has held visiting professorships at universities across the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Hamermesh is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and has been a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as President of the Society of Labor Economists from 2000 to 2001. His authored works include "Labor Demand" and "Economics Work and Pay," along with a wide array of articles in labor economics published in both general and specialized economics journals. His research primarily focuses on labor demand, time use, and social insurance programs, specifically unemployment insurance, as well as unusual applications of labor economics to topics such as suicide and beauty sleep. He is often cited in major print media and has appeared on national television programs, including Good Morning America and PBS Evening News Hour.

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