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Daniel Selim Hamermesh (born October 20, 1943) is a U.S. economist, and Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics Emeritus at the
University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...
, Research Associate at the
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, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Previously professor of economics at
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and
Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...
. He was formerly a Distinguished Scholar at
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.


Education and background

Hamermesh received his bachelor's degree from the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
, and in 1969 he received his Ph.D. in economics from
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
. He has taught at
the University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...
(1993–2014),
Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...
(1973–1993) and
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
(1969–1973). He has held visiting professorships at
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
and
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
, as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia. Hamermesh is a Fellow of the
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and the Society of Labor Economists, and Past President of the Society of Labor Economists and of the Midwest Economics Association. In 2013 he received the biennial Mincer Award of the Society of Labor Economists for lifetime contributions to labor economics, the annual IZA Prize in Labor from the Institute for the Study of Labor, and in 2014 the biennial John R. Commons Award of the international economics honor society ΟΔΕ. He was Editor-in-Chief of IZA World of Labor. Hamermesh has received numerous grants from the
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, other federal agencies, and private foundations, and has served on many panels of the
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. He was head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the
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(DIW) from 2003 to 2008 and was Director of Research in the
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(ASPER) in 1974–75. He has lectured at over 300 universities, in 49 states (missing Alaska) and the District of Columbia and in 37 foreign countries on 6 continents (missing Antarctica), and has co-authored with 80 economists, including in 17 foreign countries.


Research and publications

Hamermesh has published over 100 refereed articles in the major journals of economics. His work ''Labor Demand'' was published in 1993 by Princeton University Press, the same press that published his ''Beauty Pays'' in 2011. His book ''Spending Time'' was published in 2019 by Oxford University Press. His work discusses time use, labor demand, discrimination, social programs, academic labor markets, and unusual applications of labor economics (to beauty, sleep and suicide). A number of his papers have offered advice to younger and other scholars on etiquette in the economics profession. In 2016 Worth published the fifth edition of his ''Economics Is Everywhere'', a series of 400 vignettes designed to illustrate the ubiquity of economics in everyday life and how the simple tools in a microeconomics principles class can be used.


Resignation over gun safety concerns

After the University of Texas allowed concealed firearms in classrooms, Hamermesh resigned due to safety concerns, saying that he believed 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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