Stephen Herzenberg

Stephen Herzenberg is the Executive Director of the Keystone Research Center and holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He has published widely on economic and labor market issues, including works on the auto industry, international labor standards, the organization of work, workforce and economic development, the rise of the postindustrial, service economy, and suburban sprawl.

Herzenberg's writings (as author or co-author) for national and international audiences include New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Postindustrial America, published in 1998 by Cornell/ILR press; "A New Deal for a New Economy," Challenge, March/April 1999; "Reinventing the U.S. Labor Movement, Inventing Postindustrial Prosperity: A Progress Report," published in a 2002 International Labor Organization book, Organized Labour in the 21st Century; “A New Deal for a Learning Economy: Jobs and Careers in Postindustrial Society,” in New Directions in Career Planning and the Workplace (Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Publishers, 2000); and New Unions for a New Economy," The New Democrat 10/2, March/April 1998, pp. 8-12.

Dr. Herzenberg's recent work on Pennsylvania issues is available from the publications page. Recent papers include a report on workforce development commissioned by former Governor Schweiker and now helping to shape the workforce policies of the Rendell Administration; and a background report for the Brookings Institution Back to Prosperity report, Economic Development Subsidies in Pennsylvania: Do They Fuel Sprawl?

Before joining the Keystone Research Center, Dr. Herzenberg taught briefly at Rutgers University, and worked at the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and the U.S. Department of Labor. While at DOL, Dr. Herzenberg served as assistant to the chief negotiator of the labor side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement.