Richard Freeman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Co-director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School.
Senior Research Fellow on Labour Markets at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
Directs the Science and Engineering Workforce Project (SEWP) at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Authored 18 books, edited 29 books, and published over 350 articles on subjects including global labor standards and the scientific workforce.
Co-authored "What Do Unions Do?" (1984), which concluded that unionism can raise social efficiency.
Received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1969.

Biography

Richard B. Freeman is the Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and co-director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. He also serves as a Senior Research Fellow on Labour Markets at the Centre for Economic Performance, part of the London School of Economics.