Research Associate,
Education Policy Center 
The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
MHansen@urban.org

Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington
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Expertise: teacher incentives, teacher quality, labor contracts

Biography

Michael Hansen is currently a Research Associate with the Education Policy Center at the Urban Institute and an affiliated researcher with CALDER. His research interests include the economics of education, applied microeconomics, and labor economics.

Prior to the Urban Institute, Dr. Hansen worked as a Research Assistant with the Center on Reinventing Public Education in Seattle. Recently Dr. Hansen was a finalist in National Council on Teacher Quality Research Competition.

Dr. Hansen has completed research on value-added measurement, district-level contract choice for teachers, and national board certification and license testing for teachers.  He holds an  Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Washington.