Eric A. Hanushek
ifo/CESifo Visiting Researcher
Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University - Hoover Institution, CESifo Guest from 30 August to 5 September 2021.
Economics of Education
Eric Hanushek has been a leader in the development of the economic analysis of educational issues. His research spans such diverse areas as the impacts of teacher quality, high stakes accountability and class size reduction on achievement and the role of cognitive skills in international growth and development. His pioneering analysis measuring teacher quality through student achievement forms the basis for current research into the value-added of teachers and schools. His recent book with Ludger Woessmann, The knowledge capital of nations: Education and the economics of growth, documents the importance of education for long run growth of nations.
Mr Hanushek works together with researchers in the ifo Center for the Economics of Education on several projects dealing with the influencing factors and impact of international differences in pupil performance. This work involves the conducting of econometric studies using the extensive data sets of several comparable international pupil performance tests such as PISA, PIRLS and TIMMS. For work on these projects, Hanushek is a frequent guest at the ifo Institute and advises the center in all the educational-economic issues it examines. Together with the Ludger Woessmann, he is editing the forthcoming volumes of the Handbook of the Economics of Education.
Mr Hanushek will be visiting CESifo from 30 August to 5 September. No stranger to CESifo, he is both Research Professor at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education as well as Director for the Economics of Education Area of the CESifo Research Network. He has also served on ifo’s Scientific Advisory Council. His frequent visits to CESifo are aimed at increasing the interaction among researchers in the economics of education on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr Hanushek is a member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education, the Society of Labor Economists and the American Education Research Association.
Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and received his PhD in economics from MIT.