On November 7, more than 100 current and former students, coauthors and colleagues gathered for a conference in honor of Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor and Distinguished University Professor John Haltiwanger.

Haltiwanger joined the Maryland faculty in 1987 and, during his time in College Park, has supervised some 60 Ph.D. dissertations. He is a prolific scholar and has co-authored papers with more than 125 other researchers. He is best known for his work on labor market dynamics and entrepreneurship but has written on many other topics. Haltiwanger also has had a long- standing relationship with the Census Bureau and his research there has laid the groundwork for important new statistics on job creation and job destruction, worker flows and new business formation. Haltiwanger’s many honors include having been named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association and election as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists.

The conference program included five papers on topics related to Haltiwanger’s work presented by former students and coauthors, a panel that discussed his contributions to various areas of research and remarks at dinner by people who have known Haltiwanger at various points in his career. The conference was organized by faculty member Katharine Abraham and former students Ryan Decker, Marcela Eslava, Jason Faberman, Teresa Fort and Chad Syverson.

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