Chris Stanton is an economist specializing in labor markets and technology’s impact on the workforce. Professor Stanton’s work focuses on personnel economics, managerial economics, worker productivity, entrepreneurship, freelancing, and the gig economy. He also researches hiring, competition, and worker compensation, expertise that is central to matters alleging antitrust violations in the labor market, such as no poach and wage fixing matters. Professor Stanton has been retained as an expert witness and testified in deposition and at trial.
In his research, Professor Stanton studies new developments arising from nontraditional work arrangements, including entrepreneurship, freelancing, and the gig economy. He has analyzed the managerial and organizational implications of remote work, productivity innovations in economic downturns and recessions, online hiring, workplace knowledge-sharing and productivity, and the labor impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also examines management practices that generate positive spillovers within firms.
Professor Stanton has published articles in leading journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Labor Economics, and Management Science. Mainstream media such as The Economist, the New York Times, and the Washington Post have cited his research. A faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Professor Stanton is also affiliated with the UK’s Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and with CESifo, a global independent research network based in Germany.
At Harvard Business School, Professor Stanton teaches courses on entrepreneurship and workplace transformation. His M.B.A. elective, “Managing the Future of Work,” explores challenges and opportunities surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, digital labor markets, and training for the modern workforce. He previously served on the faculties of the University of Utah and the London School of Economics and Political Science.