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Morris M. Kleiner is an American academic. Kleiner received his M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations, and Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...
and his undergraduate degree in economics from
Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,200 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in fiv ...
. He is a professor and the inaugural
AFL-CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 61 national and international unions, together r ...
chair in labor policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...
,
Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...
. From 1974 to 1987 he was an assistant and later full professor at the School of Business at the
University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...
. Kleiner has published extensively in the top
academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...
s in
labor economics Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour. Labour is a commodity that is supplied by labourers, usually in exchange for a wage paid by demanding firms. Because these labourers exist as pa ...
and
industrial relations Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor union, labor/trade unions, employer organ ...
, and is the author, co-author, or co-editor of nine books. His books
Licensing Occupations: Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition
and
Stages of Occupational Regulation: Analysis of Case Studies
were selected as "Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics" for 2006 and 2013 by the Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section. His most recent book with Maria Koumenta published in 2022 was entitled
Grease or Grit?: International Case Studies of Occupational Licensing and Its Effects on Efficiency and Quality
' was published by Upjohn Press. Kleiner is a
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with the
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in
Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 United States census, ...
. He was also a senior scholar at Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute at the
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States, covers the 9th District of the Federal Reserve, which is made up of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, North and South Dakota ...
, a visiting scholar at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a Staff Associate at the Brookings Institution, and a visiting scholar and fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He was selected as an Academic Fellow of the Labor and Employment Relations Association and later received the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018 from the Association for his contributions to the field of industrial relations. In 2024 he received the Economics Career Achievement Alumni Award from the University of Illinois Department of Economics. Kleiner has published editorials for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and the Des Moines Register. He has been frequently asked for comments on labor issues by the national press and media. He also has been on National Public Radio's The Takeaway, On Point, and Marketplace, as well as appearances at the National Press Club, MSNBC, CNN, and many podcasts. He has been an adviser to the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, and the National Economic Council. He has provided invited testimony and evidence to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee, many state legislatures, European Union, Bank of Italy, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank.


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* * * * * * * * http://www.upjohn.org/publications/upjohn-institute-press/guild-ridden-labor-markets-curious-case-occupational-licensing


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Morris Kleiner at the University of Minnesota
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kleiner, Morris Living people University of Illinois alumni Bradley University alumni 1948 births