Eric Hanushek

Eric Hanushek is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, specializing in the economic analysis of education. His research focuses on teacher quality, school resource efficiency, cognitive skills, and their impacts on labor markets and economic growth. He chairs the Executive Committee for the Texas Schools Project at the University of Texas at Dallas and serves as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy (1965)
• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1968)

His work spans diverse topics such as teacher value-added, school finance, international skill premiums, and labor market displacement. Recent projects examine how cognitive skills evolve with age, the economic implications of rural education in China, and the long-term impacts of school leadership.

Key trends in his recent articles include labor market returns to education, cross-cultural language learning, and regional human capital disparities. His research integrates economic theory with empirical analysis to inform global education policy.

Notable affiliations:

• Chair, Equity and Excellence Commission, U.S. Department of Education
• Board of Directors, National Board for Education Sciences (2008–2010)
• Area Coordinator, Economics of Education, CESifo Research Network
• Member, Koret Task Force on K-12 Education