Edward Paul Lazear

Background

Lazear, Edward Paul was born on August 17, 1948 in New York City. Son of Abe and Rose (Karp) Lazear.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971; A.M., University of California at Los Angeles, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1974; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Albertson College, 1997.

Career

Assistant professor economics University Chicago, 1974-1978, associate professor industrial relations, 1978-1981, professor industrial relations, 1981-1985, Isidore and Gladys Brown professor urban & labor economics, 1985-1992. Morris Arnold Cox senior fellow Hoover Institution, since 1985. Senior fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University, California, 1985—2002, coordinator domestic studies Hoover Institution, 1987-1990, professor economics & human resource management Graduate School Business, 1992-1995, Jack Steele Parker professor economics & human resource management, since 1995, member steering committee Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, since 1996.

Chairman, Council Economic Advisers Executive Office of the President, Washington, 2006—2009. Economic advisor to Romania, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia. Research associate National Bureau Economic Research, Economics Research Center of National Opinion Research Center.

Chairman research advisory board World at Work. Fellow Institute Advanced Study, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1977-1978. Lecturer Institute Advanced Study, Vienna, 1983-1984, National Productivity Board, Singapore, 1982, 85, Adam Smith lecturer, Seville, Spain, 2003.

Visiting professor Institute des Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1987. Wicksell lecturer, Stockholm, 1993. Chairman American Compensation Associate Advisory Board, since 1999.

Member President's Panel on Tax Reform, 2005.

Achievements

• Edward Paul Lazear has been listed as a noteworthy researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Personnel Economics for Managers

    (How do you recruit the best employees? How does a firm go...)

  • Inside the Firm: Contributions to Personnel Economics (IZA Prize in Labor Economics Series)

    (How should firms select their employees? How should they ...)

  • Economic Transition in Eastern Europe and Russia: Realities of Reform (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

    (Thirteen essays by acknowledged economic experts explore ...)

  • Allocation of Income within the Household

    ( Allocation of Income within the Household develops an i...)

  • Personnel Economics (Wicksell Lectures)

    ( Winner of the 1998 Leo Melamed Prize sponsored by theJo...)

  • Personnel Economics in Practice

    (Personnel Economics in Practice, 3rd Edition by Edward La...)

  • Personnel Economics in Practice

    (Economics is a methodology that has been applied to many ...)

  • Personnel Economics in Practice by Edward P. Lazear (2008-09-16)

    (Economics is a methodology that has been applied to many ...)

  • Personnel Economics for Managers
  • Personnel Economics for Managers by Edward P. Lazear (1997-06-03)
  • Personnel Economics (Wicksell Lectures) by Edward P. Lazear (2009-05-01)
  • Economic Transition in Eastern Europe and Russia: Realities of Reform (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Edward P. Lazear (1995-03-01)
  • Jinji to soshiki no keizaigaku = Personnel economics for managers
  • Inside the Firm: Contributions to Personnel Economics (IZA PRIZE IN LABOR ECONOMICS SERIES IZA PAPER) by Edward P. Lazear (2016-06-30)

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society, Society Labor Economists (1st vice president 1995-1996, president 1997-1998), Center Corporation Performance Denmark. Member American Economics Association, Institute Study Labor (prize for outstanding contributions in labor economics 2004), National Academy of Sciences (board testing and assessment), Board Training Assessment.

Connections

Married Victoria Ann Allen, July 2, 1977. 1 child, Julia Ann.

Father:

Abe Lazear

Mother:

Rose (Karp) Lazear

Spouse:

Victoria Ann Allen

child:

Julia Ann Lazear