Richard B. Freeman

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Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. He is a Research Associate at the NBER, and is currently serving as Faculty co-Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at the Harvard Law School.

 

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Office Hours:
In Person - Office Hours: by appointment (contact e-mail below)
- Tues Morn - 10:45am-1:15pm (last appt 12:45pm)
- Tues Aft - 3pm-4pm (last appt 3:30pm)
- Thurs Morn - 10:45am-1:15pm (last appt 12:45pm)
Zoom office Hours: by appointment (contact e-mail below)
- Zoom appointment times are more flexible
To book an appt, Write to: 
E-mail: freeman@nber.org + cc: amadeoholl@gmail.com
NOTE: 
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Office Address:
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Tel: 617-588-0305
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Jennifer Amadeo-Holl
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Recent Publications

2025

Freeman RB, Pan X, Yang X, Ye M. Team Incentives and Lower Ability Workers: A Real-Effort Experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2025.
Freeman RB, Pan X, Yang X, Ye M. Team Incentives and Lower Ability Workers: A Real-Effort Experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2025.

2023

Freeman RB, Yang B, Zhang B. “Data Deepening and Nonbalanced Economic Growth,”75 (March 2023): . Journal of Macroeconomics. 2023;75(March).
Freeman RB, Yang B, Zhang B. “Data Deepening and Nonbalanced Economic Growth,”75 (March 2023): . Journal of Macroeconomics. 2023;75(March).

2019

Zhang D, Du W, Zhuge L, Tong Z, Freeman RB. Do Financial Constraints Curb Firm’s Efforts to Control Pollution? Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019;215:1052–1058.
Zhang D, Du W, Zhuge L, Tong Z, Freeman RB. Do Financial Constraints Curb Firm’s Efforts to Control Pollution? Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019;215:1052–1058.

2020

Zhang D, Zhuge L, Freeman RB. Firm Dynamics of Hi-Tech Start-Ups: Does Innovation Matter? China Economic Review. 2020;59.
Zhang D, Zhuge L, Freeman RB. Firm Dynamics of Hi-Tech Start-Ups: Does Innovation Matter? China Economic Review. 2020;59.