Background
Hamermesh, Daniel Selim was born on October 20, 1943 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Morton and Madeline (Goldberg) Hamermesh.
Hamermesh, Daniel Selim was born on October 20, 1943 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Morton and Madeline (Goldberg) Hamermesh.
Bachelor of Arts University Chicago, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy Yale University, 1969.
Assistant professor Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1969-1973. Associate professor Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1973-1976, professor, 1976-1993, chairman department, 1984-1988. Edward Everett Hale centennial professor economics University Texas, Austin, 1993—2008, Sue Killarn professor economics, since 2008.
Professor labor economics Maastricht University, since 2009. Research director ASPER-United States Department Labor, Washington, 1974-1975, research associate National Bureau Economic Research, since 1979. Visiting professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1987, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, 1990, Australian National University, 1991, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, The Netherlands, 1992, New Economic School, Moscow, 1993, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1995, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, 1997, University Bristol, England, 2000, University Aberdeen, Scotland, 2002, McMaster University, 2003, University Michigan, 2004.
Member economic advisory panel National Science Foundation, 1995-1997. Program director Institute for Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany. Chairman science advisory board German Institute Economic Research, 2003-2009.
Member board editors American Economic Review, 1990-1994. Co-editor Economic Letters, 1994-1998, Labour Economics, 1996-1900, Journal Population Economics, 2001-2003, Indiana and Labor Relations Review, since 2004.
Since my dissertation, work on various aspects of the demand for labour, including: studies of substitution among workers of different demographic groups. Attempts to provide better estimates of the aggregate labour demand elasticity. Examination of how the minimum wage affects labour demand.
And applications of these and other estimates to the evaluation of current and proposed labour-market policies.
Beginning in the mid-1970s substantial work on the economics of social insurance, including: studies of labourforce participation induced by unemployment insurance. Analysis of effects of unemployment insurance and social security on consumption and wealth holdings. And examination of the effect of increased life span on the success of social security in maintaining consumption.
In general, attempts to understand the institutional details of these programmes in order to model and estimate their effects more carefully, especially their ability to meet their original goal of maintaining consumption.
President Congregation Kehillat Israel, Lansing, 1988-1990. Fellow Econometric Society, Society Labor Economists (president 2000-2001). Member American Economic Association, Midwest Economic Association (president 1988-1989).
Running, classical music.
Married Frances Witty, December 18, 1966. Children: David J., Matthew A.