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NBER: NBER News
Dear NBER Family Members, Board Members, and Staff -
Only a month after reporting about leadership changes for the
NBER Health Care and Economic Well-Being of Children's Programs, I am
writing with another important NBER news item. Richard Freeman of
Harvard, who has led the NBER Labor Studies Program for more than thirty
years, has decided to step down from this role at the end of the current
academic year. On behalf of all of the NBER affiliates in Labor Studies
and the other programs who have been touched by Richard's visionary
leadership, his boundless enthusiasm, and his wide-ranging interests, I
would like to thank him for his outstanding contributions to both the
NBER and to the study of applied economics more generally. The field of
labor economics has expanded and flourished during the decades of
Richard's service, and I believe that his leadership of the Labor
Studies program was an important contributing factor. Richard plans to
continue his high level of activity as an NBER Research Associate. He
is currently in the midst of several exciting and ongoing projects on
the scientific workforce and federal funding for scientific research.
I am very pleased to announce that David Card of the University of
California at Berkeley, a member of the NBER Labor Studies program since
1982 and an internationally-recognized leader in labor economics, has
agreed to serve as the next Program Director. David has been widely
honored for his important contributions on an extraordinary range of
topics in labor economics and other fields of applied microeconomics.
He has a dedicated record of professional service, including editorial
stints at Econometrica and the American Economic Review. He will
provide outstanding leadership for the Labor Studies Program, and I am
delighted to welcome him to this new role. David will assume his new
duties on July 1, 2009, and he will serve as the organizer for this
year's Labor Studies Summer Institute.
Let me close this message by updating my recent report on NBER
affiliates who have been tapped for public service. Since my last
message, Research Associate Jeffrey Liebman of Harvard has been
appointed as the Executive Associate Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, and Research Associate Jeremy Stein has become a
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury. We wish them both good
luck in their important new roles.
All best wishes for a pleasant and productive spring semester.
Jim Poterba
Received on Wed Mar 04 2009 - 09:27:13 EST
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