Maurice D. 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).