Dr. Henry Farber

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Biography

Henry Farber is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, where he has been a faculty member since 1991. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in 1972, earned an M.S. from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1974, and completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1977. Prior to joining Princeton, Farber was a Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1977 to 1991. He has held a research associate position at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and has been a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Farber has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists and received the Jacob Mincer Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics in 2018. His current research interests focus on unemployment, liquidity constraints in labor supply, labor unions, worker mobility, wage dynamics, and the analysis of the litigation process.

Research Interests

Experience

Hughes-Rogers Professor

— Present

Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

Professor of Economics at Princeton University.

Professor of Economics

— Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Awards

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Jacob Mincer Award

Requirements for Princeton University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Speaking
Required:27
IELTS
Speaking
Required:8
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or science Strong background in mathematics, materials, physics, or related engineering
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Specialization Notes

GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.