Education
Hamermesh received his Bachelor"s degree from the University of Chicago, and in 1969 he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Yale University.
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Hamermesh received his Bachelor"s degree from the University of Chicago, and in 1969 he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Yale University.
Previously he was a Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at Michigan State University and Princeton University. He has held visiting professorships at University of Michigan and Harvard University, as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia.
He has lectured at over 230 universities in 48 states and 30 foreign countries.
Hamermesh is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the Society of Labor Economists, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Institute for the Study of Labor, and Past President of the Society of Labor Economists and of the Midwest Economics Association. Hamermesh has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies and has served on many panels of the United States National Academy of Science.
He was head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) from 2003 to 2008 and was Director of Research in the United States Department of Labor—ASPER in 1974-1975. He has taught over 20,000 students in introductory economics.
After the University of Texas allowed concealed firearms in classrooms, Hamermesh resigned due to safety concerns believing the law has increased the chance of injury or death to him or others in the classroom from the impulsive action of a disgruntled student.
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