Maurice Kugler is Professor of Public Policy in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, with research expertise on the role of new technologies in boosting economic growth and labor productivity (aka endogenous growth theory). His work encompasses analyses of productivity growth, global labor markets, foreign direct investment, global value chains, human capital formation, international trade, and international migration. Kugler was Head of Research of the Human Development Report, the UN’s annual flagship publication on international economic development after he was Senior Economist at the World Bank. Prior, he was Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Research Fellow at the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development, both in Harvard University (2006-2010). Before joining the faculty at George Mason University, Kugler has taught full-time at Universidad de los Andes, University of Southampton, Stanford University, Harvard University, and Wilfrid Laurier University. He has been consultant for the World Bank Group (both through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation) and the Inter-American Development Bank as well as Principal Investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor. He earned a PhD in Economics at UC Berkeley, under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Paul M. Romer, after gaining BSc and MSc degrees in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
