Background
LEVIN, Henry M. was born in 1938 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
LEVIN, Henry M. was born in 1938 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, New York University, 1960. Master of Arts, Rutgers University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1966.
Associate research scientist Graduate School Public Administration, New York University, 1965—1966. Research associate social economics Economic Studies Division Brookings Institute, Washington, 1966—1968. Assistant professor education and economics Stanford University, California, 1968—1969, associate professor economics, 1969—1975, professor economics and education, since 1975.
David Jacks professor Higher Education and Economics, since 1999. William Heard Kilpatrick professor economics & education Columbia University, 1999, Teachers College. Postdoctoral fellow Center Advanced Studies Behavioral Sciences, 1976—1977.
Director Institute Research Educational Financial and Governance, 1978—1984. Fulbright professor University Barcelona, 1989. Visiting scholar Russell Sage Foundation, 1996—1997.
After a short
career in business, I chose my local university, Rutgers, to pursue graduate study. Under Professor C. Harry Kahn I wrote a thesis that used the Tiebout hypothesis on ‘voting with one’s feet’ as a basis for estimating the demand for public recreational land. In 19651 joined the research staff of the Mayor’s Temporary Commission for the Study of New York City’s Finances under its Chairman, Dick Netzer.
I studied the New York City sales tax, finding very serious sales and employment losses from the tax because of the ‘border’ problem.
In 19661 went to the Brookings Institution to specialise in the economics of education. About that time I met Sam Bowles at Harvard, and we wrote a widely circulated critique of the Coleman report on school effectiveness. In 19681 joined the faculty of the Stanford University School of Education with a joint appointment in economics.
From 1968 to the early 1970s I did substantial work estimating educational production functions, earnings functions for teachers, and cost-effectiveness studies in education.
By the early 1970s I had become disappointed with the ostensible failure of the education and training programme of the War on Poverty to improve the distribution of income. This led to my study of labour market issues and especially the structure of ownership and productive organisation on education and work. Although I have continued to do studies in educational productivity, educational finance, and cost-effectiveness analysis, much of my work in recent years has focussed on economic democracy and especially the economics of worker co-operatives.
I have found both theoretical and empirical evidence for the propositions that worker participation can increase productivity and employment. My present focus is on estimating production losses from the underutilisation of educated labour, and applying concepts from producer co-operatives to increase productivity and employment.