Kevin Lang
Professor of Economics College of Arts & Sciences at Boston University
Schools
- Boston University
Links
Biography
Boston University
Professor Lang is presently a professor in the Department of Economics at Boston University where he served as chair from 2005 to 2009. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Center for Research and Analysis of Migration (University College, London), a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn) and a Fellow of the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (Stanford University), and has for many years been a member of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Employment Research Forum. Professor Lang is also a co-editor of Labour Economics, the Journal of the European Association of Labor Economists. Before coming to BU, he spent a year at the NBER as an Olin Foundation Fellow and before that was an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine. During his tenure at Boston University, he has twice visited MIT for a year, once as a visiting scholar and once as a visiting professor. Professor Lang spent three months at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research on a Fullbright Fellowship. He was the recipient of a Sloan Foundation Faculty Research Fellowship. He spent my most recent sabbatical at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin, Italy, the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and the Center for Research and Analysis of Migration.
Read about executive education
Cases
Job Growth Remains Strong With 209K New Jobs. Here’s What That Means for Workers
August 4, 2017
Inside Sources quoting Kevin Lang, College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences “The economy continued to show steady employment growth by gaining an additional 209,000 new jobs for the month of July, according to a federal report Friday…” Expert quote: “If we look backwards we’ve had good steady growth. We’re seeing some increase in […]
View full article
Job Growth Remains Strong Under Trump With 235K New Jobs
March 15, 2017
Inside Sources Kevin Lang, College of Arts and Sciences The economy continued to show steady employment growth by gaining an additional 235,000 new jobs for the month of February, according to a federal report Friday… Expert quote: ““On the one hand we’ve seen pretty good, not great, but pretty good and very long lasting employment […]
View full article
Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good
October 7, 2015
The Atlantic Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences For decades, black parents have told their children that in order to succeed despite racial discrimination, they need to be “twice as good”: twice as smart, twice as dependable, twice as talented. This advice can be found in everything from literature to television shows, to day-to-day […]
View full article
Advice for new grads on work, play, and more
May 6, 2015
Boston Globe (subscription required) Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences And now it begins. With the turn of a tassel, real life replaces college life for graduates set to embark on their professional paths… Expert quote: “It’s a much better time to look for jobs than a few years ago and even a lot better […]
View full article
4 Questions to Ask Before Enrolling in a For-Profit Online Program
February 27, 2015
U.S. News & World Report Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences Prospective students can be forgiven for wondering whether they should enroll in an online, for-profit degree program… Expert quote: “This is not the same thing as saying that the degree has no return in the labor market.” View for full article
View full article
Ballot initiatives take the pulse of the nation
November 5, 2014
The Conversation US By Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences Minimum wage increase What is very interesting is that even from some very red states, there has been support for increasing the minimum wage, while there has been opposition to that from the Republican party… View full article by expert Kevin Lang
View full article
POV: Raise the Minimum Wage, but Don’t Expect Much
May 12, 2014
BU Today By Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences In 1988, the economist Charles Brown published an article titled “Minimum Wages Laws: Are They Overrated?” His implicit answer was yes. More than 25 years later, minimum wages laws remain a hotly debated topic. Senate Republicans in April blocked a vote on raising the minimum wage, […]
View full article
Pres. Barack Obama holds fundraisers in Cambridge
March 6, 2014
WCVB Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences Pres. Barack Obama was in Connecticut Wednesday to discuss his call to raise the minimum wage before heading to Cambridge for fundraisers… View video of expert Kevin Lang
View full article
The minimum wage debate: Should it be raised?
January 29, 2014
NECN Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences During his State of the Union speech, President Obama called on Congress to give America a raise… View video of expert of Kevin Lang
View full article
Many women with top degrees stay home
May 27, 2013
Boston Globe (subscription required) Kevin Lang, College of Arts & Sciences Jessica Brewer graduated from MIT in 2005 with a mechanical engineering degree and spent the next five years designing nuclear reactors for Navy aircraft carriers and submarines… Expert quote: “If more women were in leadership positions, the workplace might be more family-friendly, and fewer […]
View full article
Other experts
Robert Murrett
Deputy Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Degree M.A., Georgetown University M.S.S.I., National Defense Intelligence College Specialties National security, international relations, military and defense strategy, leadership Courses PAI-738 Intelligence...
Nick Pearce
Nick has extensive experience in policy research and government policymaking in the UK and internationally. He is an author and regular commentator on public policy in broadcast and print media, writing on issues from social justice, public service reform and identity politics to the changing nat...
Jan Bots
Jan Bots is Professor of Controlling at Nyenrode Business Universiteit. He currently holds the position of Program Director of the Nyenrode Controlling program (Executive Master of Finance and Control and MSc Controlling). His research fields include Controlling, Information Management, and Infor...
Looking for an expert?
Contact us and we'll find the best option for you.