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Dean and Professor of Economics

lisalynch@brandeis.edu Heller  116 781-736-3883

Expertise

Labor Economics, Organizational Innovation, Applied Microeconometrics

Scholarship

  • Haltiwanger, John, Lisa M. Lynch and Christopher Mackie (editors). Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America's Future. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, National Academy Press, 2007.
  • Lynch, Lisa M. "Reengineering Labor Market Institutions in the Context of an Aging Workforce." Labor History 48. 3 (2007): 360-365.
  • Lynch, Lisa M. "The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy." NBER working paper 13156, June 2007.
  • Imbens, Guido and Lisa M. Lynch. "Re-employment Probabilities Over the Business Cycle." Portuguese Economic Journal 5. 2 (2006): 111-134.
  • Black, Sandra E. and Lynch, Lisa M. "Measuring Organizational Capital in the New Economy." Measuring Capital in the New Economy. Ed. Carol Corrado, John Haltiwanger and Dan Sichel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005
  • Lynch, Lisa M.. "Job Loss: Bridging the research and policy discussion." Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives 2Q. (2005): 30-38.
  • Lynch, Lisa M.. "Labor Market Intermediaries for the Training of Low Wage Workers." Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the 21st Century. Ed. Richard B. Freeman, Joni Hersch and Lawrence Mishel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005
  • Black, Sandra E. and Lynch, Lisa M. "What's Driving the New Economy?: The Benefits of." The Economic Journal 114. February (2004): 97-116.
  • Black, Sandra E., Lynch, Lisa M. and Krivelyova, Anya. "How Workers Fare When Employers Innovate." Industrial Relations 43. 1 (January) (2004): 44-66.
  • Black, Sandra E. and Lynch, Lisa M. "The New Economy and the Organization of Work." The Handbook of the New Economy. Ed. Derek Jones. Academic Press, 2003
  • Lynch, Lisa M.. "Too Old to Learn? Lifelong Learning in the Context of an Aging Population." From Recurrent Education to the Learning Society: International Perspectives. Ed. David Istance, Hans Schuetze and Tom Schuller. Open University Press, 2003
  • Lynch, Lisa M.. "Bringing Economics into Policy Discussions: Reflections on the Office of the Chief Economist." Perspectives on Work 6. 2 (2002).
  • Black, Sandra E. and Lynch, Lisa M.. "How to Compete: The Impact of Workplace Practices and Information Technology on Productivity." The Review of Economics and Statistics (2001).
  • Lynch, Lisa M. and Stephen J. Nickell. "Rising Productivity and Falling Unemployment: Can the US Experience be Sustained and Replicated?." The Roaring Nineties. Ed. Alan Krueger and Robert Solow. New York, NY: Russell Sage, 2001
  • Donahue, John D., Lisa M. Lynch and Ralph Whitehead. Opportunity Knocks: Training the Commonwealth's Workers for the New Economy. Boston, MA: MASSINC, 2000.
  • Lynch, Lisa M.. "Payoffs to Investments in Children -- An Overview." Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College. Ed. Jane Waldfogel and Sheldon Danziger. New York, NY: Russell Sage, 2000
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Profile

Lisa M. Lynch is Dean and Professor of Economics at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. From 1995-1997 she was the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor and she has been a faculty member at Tufts University, M.I.T., The Ohio State University, and the University of Bristol. She is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank and a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Economic Policy Institute, and IZA in Bonn, Germany. She has published extensively on issues such as the impact of technological change and organizational innovation (especially training) on productivity and wages, the determinants of youth unemployment, and the school to work transition. She received her BA in economics and political science from Wellesley College and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics.

 

Degrees

The London School of Economics
Ph.D.

The London School of Economics
M.Sc.

Wellesley College
A.B.

Awards and Honors

  • Member, Readiness Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2009)
  • Member, Council of Economic Advisors, Governor's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2008)
  • Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, European University Institute, Florence Italy (2007)
  • Susan C. Eaton Scholar Practitioner Award, Labor Employment Relations Association (2007)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Relations Association (2006)
  • Director, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2004 - 2009)
  • Who's Who in Economics (2003)
  • Tufts University Outstanding Faculty Award (2000)
  • James Paddock Teaching Award, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1998)
  • Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor (1995 - 1997)
  • William L. Clayton Chair of International Economic Affairs, Tufts University (1994 - 2008)
  • I.R.I. Career Development Chair in Industrial Relations, M.I.T. (1989 - 1992)
  • MIT Graduate Student Council Teaching Award (1988)
  • Top Ten MIT Professors for Undergraduate Teaching (1988)
  • Ohio State University Pacesetter Award - Commendation for Research (1985)