Daniel J. Herbst

Daniel Herbst joined the Eller College of Management in 2018 after earning his PhD in Economics from Princeton University. His research focuses on the fields of labor economics, higher education and consumer finance. Most recently, his work explores the effects of federal income-driven repayment programs, the optimal design of student loan contracts and market failures in human capital financing.

Courses

• ECON 382 Labor and Public Policy
• ECON 481 Economics of Wage Determination

Publications

• "Peer effects on worker output in the laboratory generalize to the field" (with Alexandre Mas), 2015. Science 350:54.

Working Papers

• "Liquidity and Insurance in Student Loan Contracts: The Effects of Income-Driven Repayment on Borrower Outcomes"(Revise & Resubmit at AEJ: Applied Economics
• "Unions and Inequality Over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data" (with Henry Farber, Ilyana Kuziemko, and Suresh Naidu)