John Ham is a Professor of Economics at New York University in Abu Dhabi and Global Professor of Economics at the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU New York. He received his BA from the University of Toronto and his PhD from Princeton University.
His research is in the general area of applied microeconomics, and specifically in development economics, experimental economics, labor economics. and public economics. While most of his work is on Western economies, he is currently working on school and labor market issues in Indonesia and in Bangladesh.
He has published in many good economics journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, The Journal of Political Economy and The Review of Economic Studies.