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| Society of Labor Economists | |
|---|---|
| Name | Society of Labor Economists |
| Formation | 1969 |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Region served | International |
| Leader title | President |
Society of Labor Economists
The Society of Labor Economists is a scholarly association dedicated to the advancement of labor economics through research, conferences, and publications. Founded by leading scholars, the organization connects academics and practitioners from institutions such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Stanford University, while engaging with policy bodies like the U.S. Department of Labor, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the World Bank.
The Society of Labor Economists emerged in the late 1960s alongside contemporaneous developments at National Bureau of Economic Research, American Economic Association, Russell Sage Foundation, Brookings Institution, and Carnegie Mellon University. Early founders included economists affiliated with Princeton University, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University, and University of Michigan, building on lines of inquiry found in works by Gary Becker, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Adam Smith, and Alfred Marshall. The Society’s formative conferences attracted contributors from London School of Economics, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Toronto, and McGill University, reflecting transatlantic exchanges similar to those at the International Labour Organization and the European Central Bank forums.
The Society promotes empirical and theoretical research on labor markets, drawing membership from scholars associated with Princeton University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, University of California, Los Angeles, and policy analysts from Congressional Budget Office, Federal Reserve Board, International Monetary Fund, European Commission, and Canadian Labour Congress. Activities echo initiatives at National Science Foundation and collaborations with journals such as American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, and Econometrica.
Membership comprises professors from Brown University, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Indiana University Bloomington, along with economists from RAND Corporation, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Kellogg School of Management, Wharton School, and Tsinghua University. Governance includes an elected president, board members, and committees modeled on structures at American Statistical Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and Royal Economic Society. Officers have included scholars who later held posts at Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Office of Management and Budget, United Nations, and OECD.
The Society organizes annual meetings held in cities such as New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Boston, and has held sessions in international venues including Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Toronto, and Sydney. Program committees have featured paper presentations connected to conferences convened by National Bureau of Economic Research, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences committees, and symposia with American Association for the Advancement of Science panels.
The Society supports dissemination through edited volumes and conference proceedings similar to publications from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, and specialty journals including Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Labour Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Economics Letters. It administers awards recognizing lifetime achievement and early-career distinction, paralleling honors like the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, the John Bates Clark Medal, the Frisch Medal, and prizes conferred by Royal Society chapter events.
Research promoted by the Society has informed policy debates involving Affordable Care Act, Social Security Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Immigration and Nationality Act, and analyses conducted for Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office. The Society’s work has shaped empirical methods employed in studies by scholars at Columbia Business School, NYU Stern School of Business, Georgetown University, University of California, San Diego, and international research at University College London.
Prominent members and leaders have held faculty appointments at Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Johns Hopkins University, University of Minnesota, University of Texas at Austin, and Vanderbilt University, and have included recipients of awards such as the John Bates Clark Medal, Frisch Medal, and fellowships from National Academy of Sciences. Other associated figures have worked with institutions like International Labour Organization, World Bank Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Category:Economics organizations Category:Labor economics