Harry J. Holzer
John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Chapter Member: Maryland-Washington, D.C. SSN
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About Harry
Harry J. Holzer is the John LaFarge SJ Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University and is a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings. He served as Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor in the Clinton Administration. His top interests include workforce education and training, employer wage-setting practices, and other policy issues (like the minimum wage, Earned Income Tax Credit, and immigration). He received his BA and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
Contributions
Statement on Proposed Child Tax Credit for Washington DC
Public Comment,
Should the Federal Government Permanently Expand the Child Tax Credit?
Basic Facts Brief,
Funding Workforce Development in the Infrastructure Bill
Basic Facts Brief,
Are Job Training Programs a Good Way to Fight Poverty?
Key Findings Brief,
No Jargon Podcast
In the News
Quoted by Don Lee in "Mass Layoffs Hit the Economy. Can the Government’s $2-Trillion Stimulus Plan Stem the Tide?," Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2020.
Quoted by Don Lee in "From 50-year Low to Fears of 20%? How Coronavirus is Fast Changing U.S. Jobless Rate," Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2020.
Quoted by Don Lee in "Poverty Declines, But More are Uninsured and Household Income is at a Standstill, Census Data Show," Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2019.
Quoted by Martha C. White in "Who's Got a Side Hustle? Postgrads and People Earning $80,000 or More," NBC News, June 4, 2019.
Quoted by Steve Matthews and Alex Tanzi in "Hold the Bubbly, Mr. President: Youth Jobs Are Far From Record," Bloomberg, August 17, 2018.
Guest on PBS Newshour, July 3, 2015.
Guest on NPR's All Things Considered, March 30, 2015.
Opinion: "Effects of Raising the Minimum Wage," Harry J. Holzer, Letter to the Editor, New York Times, February 13, 2014.
Opinion: "Immigration Reform Requires Consensus on Flow of Foreign Labor," Harry J. Holzer, Christian Science Monitor, April 11, 2013.
Opinion: "Payments to Elders are Harming our Future," Harry J. Holzer (with ), Washington Post, March 28, 2013.
Opinion: "Can the U.S. Produce Good Jobs and the Workers to Fill Them?," Harry J. Holzer, Huffington Post, June 21, 2012.
Regular contributions, typically as a commenter on employment issues, by to C-SPAN.
Publications
"Jobs for the Working Class: Raising Earnings among Non-College Graduates," Brookings Institution, April 23, 2018.
Lays out a policy agenda for raising employment and earnings among U.S. non-college graduates.
"Building a New Middle Class in the Knowledge Economy," Progressive Policy Institute, April 12, 2017.
"Job Market Polarization and U.S. Worker Skills: A Tale of Two Middles," Brookings Institution, April 6, 2015.
"Getting Men Back to Work: Solutions from the Right and Left," (with ), American Enterprise Institute, April 20, 2017.
"Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students" (with ) (Brookings Press, 2017).
Offers practical solutions for improving higher education opportunities for disadvantaged students.