Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, where he studies the economics of education with a focus on labor and employment relationships in the education sector. He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research fellow at CESifo, and an affiliate of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard. His research examines teacher workforce issues, including hiring decisions, job design, training, and performance evaluation. His work has been published in American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and Journal of Labor Economics and has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Education Week. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and teaches courses in applied econometrics and personnel economics. He was recognized for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring by Stanford Graduate School of Education in 2013. Taylor earned a PhD in the economics of education from Stanford University.

updated 2025