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John Haltiwanger is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds the Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professorship and has been affiliated with the university since 1987. His expertise lies in labor economics, macroeconomics, and economic statistics, with a focus on firm dynamics, job creation/destruction, and productivity growth. He served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau in the late 1990s and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Education: B.S. in Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University (1977), Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University (1981).
Research Interests: Longitudinal employer-employee data, firm dynamics, labor market fluidity, productivity measurement, and the impact of economic policies on job creation. His work has led to the development of key statistical measures like job creation/destruction statistics used globally.
Recent Work: Analyzing post-pandemic business formation trends, immigration’s impact on labor markets, and the role of housing markets in business dynamism. His research often uses Census-linked datasets (LEHD) to study worker and firm behavior.
Awards: Julius Shiskin Award (2013), Roger Herriott Award (2014), Global Entrepreneurship Research Award (2020), and recognition as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association.
Grants: NSF-funded projects on firm-level prices, productivity, and immigrant assimilation. Collaborates with institutions like the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies.
