Dr. Daniel Selim Hamermesh is an economist who specializes in labor economics. Currently, he is a Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor.Previously, Hamermesh was a professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and Michigan State University. He was a Distinguished Scholar at Barnard College.Hamermesh has published many academic articles. His first book, "Labor Demand," was published in 1993. He has published both textbooks and popular books.Hamermesh received his A.B. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Yale University.