Dr. Richard Freeman

Biography

Richard B. Freeman is the Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and currently serves as Co-Director of the Labor Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. He directs the Sloan Science Engineering Workforce Projects and is a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance. Freeman is recognized for his contributions to Labor Economics and has received the Mincer Lifetime Achievement Prize from the Society of Labor Economics in 2006, the IZA Prize in Labor Economics in 2007, and was appointed as a Frances Perkins Fellow by the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2011. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been a member of various panels for the National Academy of Sciences, focusing on issues such as capitalizing diversity in science and ensuring future U.S.-based nuclear chemistry expertise. His notable publications include 'Labor Standards Improve Globalization' (2004), 'Emerging Labor Market Institutions 21st Century' (2005), and numerous works addressing labor market dynamics and welfare state reforms. Freeman's research interests also include self-organizing non-union labor markets and employee involvement programs.

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