Daniel S. Hamermesh(1, 79) is Edward Everett Hale Centennial Professor of
Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He taught at Princeton and
Michigan State, has held visiting professorships at universities in North
America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He is a Fellow of the Econometric
Society and Past President of the Society of Labor Economists and of the
Midwest Economics Association. His research has concentrated on labor
demand, time use, social programs, and unusual applications of labor
economics (to suicide, sleep and beauty).
Diane E. Herz(317) is Chief of the American Time Use Survey Branch of the
Division of Labor Force Statistics at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. She has
managed the ATUS program since 2001. Before that she worked as an
economist at BLS. Publications include articles on retirement and pension
trends, employer-provided training, and the employment characteristics of
women, older workers, displaced workers, and the working poor. She has a
bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland College Park
and a masters in management information systems from Nova Southeastern
University.
Michael W. Horrigan(317) is Assistant Commissioner in the Office of
Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections at the US Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS). Mr Horrigan also has directed the BLS Establishment
Surveys of Employer-Provided Training and served as Director of the BLS
National Longitudinal Surveys Program. He holds a doctorate in Economics
from Purdue University, taught at Williams College, and is the author of
articles on unemployment duration, earnings inequality, and measuring the
demand for skills in the labor force.
Andrea Ichino(263) is Professor of Economics at the European University
Institute in Florence, and taught at Bocconi University, Milan, before that.
He received his Ph.D. from MIT. He is Editor-in-Chief ofLabor Economics.
His current research interests are personnel, economics, the econometric
evaluation of labor market policies, family networks and unemployment in
Europe, and education and labor market outcomes.
Joyce P. Jacobsen(19) is Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan
University. She is co-author (with Gil Skillman) ofLabor Markets
and Employment Relationshipsand author ofThe Economics of
Gender. She has taught at University of Groningen, Harvard University,
Northwestern University, and Rhodes College, and has degrees in
economics from Harvard, LSE, and Stanford University. Her research is
mainly in the area of employment and earnings differences by gender and
race, with side interests in the economics of collectibles and history of
economic thought.
Stephen P. Jenkins(113) is a Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic
Research at the University of Essex, a research professor at DIW Berlin, and
research fellow of IZA, Bonn. He is a past President of the European Society
for Population Economics (ESPE), and currently serves as an elected member
of the Councils of ESPE and the International Association for Research in
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