The Labor and Worklife Program (LWP) is Harvard University’s forum for research and teaching on the world
of work and its implications for society. Located at the Harvard Law School, the LWP brings together scholars
and policy experts from a variety of disciplines to analyze critical labor issues in the law, economy, and society.
The LWP also provides unique education for labor leaders throughout the world via the oldest executive
training program at Harvard University, the Harvard Trade Union Program, founded in 1942.
As a multidisciplinary research and policy network, the LWP organizes projects and programs that seek to
understand critical changes in labor markets and labor law, and to analyze the role of unions, business, and
government as they affect the world of work. By engaging scholars, students, and members of the labor
community, the program coordinates legal, educational, and cultural activities designed to improve the quality
of work life.
Faculty Directors
Professor Benjamin Sachs
Faculty Co-Director
Harvard Law School
Professor Richard Freeman
Faculty Co-Director
Dept. of Economics, Harvard University
Professor Paul Weiler
Faculty Director Emeritus
Harvard Law School
Staff
Dr. Elaine Bernard
Executive Director
Ms. Lorette Baptiste
Administrative Director
Dr. John Trumpbour
Research Director
Dr. Larry Beeferman
Director, Pensions & Capital
Stewardship Project
Fellows
Dr. Erling Barth
Wertheim Fellow
Research on Labor Markets
Dr. Sen Chai
Wertheim Fellow
Research on Science
Innovation and Workforce
Dr. John Hogan
LWP Fellow
Research on History of
Industrial Relations
Mr. Wei Huang
Wertheim Fellow
Research on Labor Markets
Ms. Fan Liang
Wertheim Fellow
Research on Unions and
Financial Compensation
In China
Mr. Emran Qureshi
LWP Fellow
Research on Unions &
Democracy in Muslim World
Dr Allan Wain
LWP Fellow
Research on Pensions
Mr. Zheng Xu
Wertheim Fellow
Research on China’s
Labor Market
Dr. Guoping Zhang
Wertheim Fellow
Research on Corporate
Governance and
Neuro economics
Ms. Sifan Zhou
Wertheim Fellow
Research on Science
Policy
Research Associates
Dr. Pierre Azoulay
Associate Professor
Sloan School of
Management, MIT
Dr. Aaron Bernstein
Sr. Research Associate
Dr. Linda Kaboolian
Wertheim Fellow
Sr. Research Associate
Ms. Wilma B. Liebman
Sr. Research Associate
Ms. Melanie Sinche
Sr. Research Associate
Dr. Michael Teitelbaum
Sr. Research Associate
Mr. Bill Cole
Senior Research Associate
Dr. Gerald Marschke
Sr. Research Associate
Dr. John van Reenen
Director – CEP
Productivity & Innovation,
LSE - UK
Dr. James C. Davis
Sr. Research Associate
U.S. Census Bureau
Dr. Isabelle Ferreras
Sr Research Associate
Paywizard
Dr. Randall K. Morck
Sr. Research Associate
Dr. Pian Shu
Assistant Professor
Harvard Business
Dr. Andrew Wang
Sr. Research Associate
Mr. Arnold Zack
Sr. Research Associate
Arbitrator