Morris Kleiner

Morris M. Kleiner (born 1948, Landsberg, Germany) is an American academic. Kleiner received his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois and his undergraduate degree from Bradley University. He is a professor and AFL-CIO chair in labor policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. From 1974 to 1987 he was an assistant and later full professor at the School of Business at the University of Kansas.

Kleiner has published extensively in the top academic journals in labor economics and industrial relations, and is the author, co-author, or co-editor of eight books. His books "Licensing Occupations: Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition" and "Stages of Occupational Regulation: Analysis of Case Studies" were selected as "Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics" for 2006 and 2013 by the Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section. His most recent book published in 2015 was entitled "Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing" and was published by Upjohn Press. Kleiner is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also a Visiting Scholar at both the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Kleiner has published editorials for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the Des Moines Register. He has been frequently asked for comments on labor issues by the national press. He also has been on National Public Radio's The Takeaway and Marketplace, and his work has been featured on CNN. He has been an adviser to the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council, and has provided invited testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, several state legislatures, and the European Union.