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Richard B. Freeman

Director, National Bureau of Economic Research

Richard B. Freeman is Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research / Sloan Science Engineering Workforce projects, the Faculty Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and a Senior Research Fellow in Labor Markets at the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance. His primary fields of interest are labor economics and institutions, inequality, crime, philanthropy, European labor markets, computer simulation modeling, and trade unionism.

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Promoting Opportunity and Growth Through Science, Technology, and Innovation

Events • December 5, 2006 • Washington, DC

The Hamilton Project convened a policy discussion to examine the importance of science and technology to meeting the challenges of the 21st Century and introduced proposals to enhance U.S. expertise and competitiveness in these areas.

Promoting Opportunity and Growth Through Science, Technology, and Innovation: Event Photos

December 5, 2006 • Photo Galleries

The Hamilton Project convened a policy discussion to examine the importance of science and technology to meeting the challenges of the 21st century and introduced proposals to enhance U.S. expertise and competitiveness in these areas.

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Investing in the Best and Brightest: Increased Fellowship Support for American Scientists and Engineers

Papers • December 2006 • Richard B. Freeman

Richard Freeman discusses the National Science Foundation fellowship policy. He argues that current U.S. NSF fellowship policy gives less of an incentive for students to enter science and engineering than in earlier periods.