Harry Joseph Holzer (born February 25, 1957) is an American economist, educator and public policy analyst.
Holzer was a member of the editorial board at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and a research fellow at the Institute for Labor Economics (IZA).
Holzer studied employer data extensively and implemented surveys of about 4000 firms during the 1990s on their hiring practices, skill needs and workforce characteristics.
Holzer's more recent work focuses on the challenges low-income youth and adults face in American higher education and in the job market.
He has written extensively about the employment problems of disadvantaged men (especially those with criminal records), advancement prospects for the working poor, and workforce development policy.
[3] He also has written about welfare reform, discrimination, affirmative action, job training programs, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.