Gordon Hanson | |
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| Born | Gordon Howard Hanson (1964-08-05)August 5, 1964 (age 60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1992) |
| Thesis | Industry agglomeration and trade in Mexico (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael J. Piore &Paul Krugman |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Harvard Kennedy School |
| Awards | Fellow of theInstitute for the Study of Labor |
| Website | |
Gordon Howard Hanson (born August 5, 1964)[1] is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at theHarvard Kennedy School.[2]
Hanson received his A.B. fromOccidental College in 1986 and his Ph.D. fromMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992, both in economics.[1] His Ph.D. dissertation was entitledIndustry agglomeration and trade in Mexico, and his doctoral advisor wasMichael J. Piore and was co-advised byPaul Krugman.[3]
Hanson served on the faculty of theUniversity of Michigan from 1998 to 2001.[4] In 2001, he joined UCSD as a professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, a position he held until 2012. Since 2015, he has been the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UCSD's School of Global Policy and Strategy.[1] He previously served as the acting dean of theUC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy.[5] He joined the Harvard Kennedy School in 2020.[2]
Hanson's research focuses on, among other topics, the causes and effects of immigration to theUnited States.[4] For instance, his research has concluded that high-skilled immigrants benefit the U.S.'s economy through innovation, and that low-skilled immigrants do so through other means, including the fact that they are more willing to move to find work than native-born workers in the U.S.[6] He has also studied the effects ofNAFTA on industries and workers since the agreement was signed in the 1990s.[7] In two papers, one released in 2013 and the other in 2016, Hanson, along withDavid Autor andDavid Dorn, concluded that trade between the U.S. andChina was having adverse effects on parts of the American labor market.[8] Their 2016 study also found that these adverse effects existed in all developed countries, not just the U.S., and that they were larger than many economists thought possible.[9]
Hanson is a research associate at theNational Bureau of Economic Research, and has been a fellow of theInstitute for the Study of Labor since 2005.[4] Since 2015, he has been a co-editor of theJournal of Economic Perspectives.[1]
