Eric Hanushek

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Eric Hanushek

Eric Alan Hanushek (born May 22, 1943 in Lakewood , Ohio ) is an American economist . He is an expert in the economics of education and a fellow at the Hoover Institution .

Life

Hanushek received his BS from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 with honors. His Ph.D. in economics he received from MIT in 1968 . From 1965 to 1974 he served in the United States Air Force . He has taught at the University of Rochester , Yale University and the US Air Force Academy , among others . For the government he worked as deputy director of the Congressional Budget Office , as an advisor in the Council of Economic Advisers and as an economist for the Cost of Living Council. He served on government education commissions in California and Texas . He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the International Academy of Education and is also a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and the American Education Research Association .

Hanushek is on the Texas Schools Project committee at the University of Texas at Dallas , a researcher with the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 . He is on the Equity and Excellence Commission of the United States Department of Education and served as Chairman of the National Board for Education Sciences from 2008-2010 . He is currently the coordinator for education at the Center for Economic Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

job

Hanushek developed the economic analysis of education as a leading researcher . His work on the efficiency, resource use, and economic impact of schools has influenced US and international education policy. His research areas include diverse topics such as the effects of teacher quality, learning assessment and class size on learning progress, and the role of cognitive skills in economic growth and development. His pioneering analyzes for measuring teacher quality based on the learning progress of students forms the basis for many studies for evaluating teachers and schools.

Books (younger selection)

  • The Economics of Schooling and School Quality (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2003, ISBN 9781840648287 .
  • Institutional Models in Education: Legal Framework and Methodological Aspects for a New Approach to the Problem of School Governance . (Ed. With Enrico Gori, Daniele Vidoni, Charles Glenn). Wolf Legal Publishers, 2006, ISBN 9058501728 .
  • Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 1 (Ed. With Finis Welch). North Holland, 2006, ISBN 9780444513991 .
  • Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 2 (Ed. With Finis Welch). North Holland, 2006, ISBN 9780444528193 .
  • Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm Our Children (ed.). Hoover Institution Press, 2006, ISBN 0817947817 .
  • Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools (with Alfred A. Lindseth). Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691130002 .
  • Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 3 (Ed. With Stephen Machin and Ludger Wößmann ). North Holland, 2010, ISBN 0444534296 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hanushek, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hanushek, Eric A .; Hanushek, Eric Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Lakewood , Ohio