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Harry J. Holzer is a Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a Visiting Fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington DC. He has served as Associate Dean of Public Policy at Georgetown (2004-06) and was Interim Dean in the Fall of 2006. He is a former Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Labor and a former Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard in 1983. He is a Senior Affiliate of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan and a Research Affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a member of the editorial board at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Holzer’s research has focused primarily on the labor market problems of low-wage workers and other disadvantaged groups. His books include The Black Youth Employment Crisis (coedited with Richard Freeman, University of Chicago Press, 1986); What Employers Want: Job Prospects for Less-Educated Workers (Russell Sage Foundation, 1996); Employers and Welfare Recipients: The Effects of Welfare Reform in the Workplace (with Michael Stoll, Public Policy Institute of California, 2001); The Economics of Affirmative Action (coedited with David Neumark), Edward Elgar, 2004; Moving Up or Moving On: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market (with Fredrik Andersson and Julia Lane), Russell Sage Foundation, 2005; Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men (With Peter Edelman and Paul Offner, Urban Institute Press, 2006); and Reshaping the American Workforce Policies for a Changing Economy (coedited with Demetra Nightingale), Urban Institute Press, 2007).
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2006. |
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IZA Discussion Papers:
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Harry J. Holzer
Erin Dunlop
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Just the Facts, Ma'am: Postsecondary Education and Labor Market Outcomes in the U.S.
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Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?
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Workforce Development as an Antipoverty Strategy: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?
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Collateral Costs: The Effects of Incarceration on the Employment and Earnings of Young Workers
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Fredrik Andersson
Harry J. Holzer
Julia Lane
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Temporary Help Agencies and the Advancement Prospects of Low Earners
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IZA Policy Papers:
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Peter B. Edelman
Harry J. Holzer
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Connecting the Disconnected: Improving Education and Employment Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Youth
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Raising Job Quality and Worker Skills in the US: Creating More Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in States
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Immigration Policy and Less-Skilled Workers in the United States: Reflections on Future Directions for Reform
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