Morris Kleiner
Morris M. Kleiner is an American academic. Kleiner received his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois and his undergraduate degree from Bradley University. He is a professor and AFL-CIO chair in labor policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. From 1974 to 1987 he was an assistant and later full professor at the School of Business at the University of Kansas.
Kleiner has published extensively in the top academic journals in labor economics and industrial relations, and is the author, co-author, or co-editor of eight books. His books "Licensing Occupations: Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition" and "Stages of Occupational Regulation: Analysis of Case Studies" were selected as "Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics" for 2006 and 2013 by the Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section. His most recent book published in 2015 was entitled "Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing" and was published by Upjohn Press. Kleiner is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was also a Senior Scholar at Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a Visiting Scholar at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018 from the Labor and Employment Relations Association for his contributions to the field of industrial relations.
Kleiner has published editorials for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and the Des Moines Register. He has been frequently asked for comments on labor issues by the national press and media. He also has been on National Public Radio's The Takeaway and Marketplace, MSNBC, and his work has been featured on CNN. He has been an adviser to the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, and the National Economic Council. He has provided invited testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee, many state legislatures, European Union, Bank of Italy, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Bank.
