Chair, Department of Economics
Professor of Economics,
Research Fellow Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn, Germany

Economics, CBA 370
P.O. Box 880489
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0404, USA
Phone: (402) 472-6281 or 472-0336
Fax: (402) 472-9700
E-mail:

Joined the college in 1986.

Expertise:

• International - Asia
• International - Europe
• Labor Economics (wages, employment, working conditions, unions)

Education:

Ph.D., 1986, Economics, Purdue University M.S., 1983, Economics, Purdue University B.A., 1982, Economics/History, University of Delaware

Research Interests:

Labor Economics - Unions, Productivity, and Labor Markets in Asia, Macroeconomics - Productivity, Industrial Organization - Regulation, Econometrics - Replication

Teaching Interests:

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Published in the following:

Journal of Political Economy, Economic Inquiry, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of Labor Research, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Southern Economic Journal, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Korea Journal of Population and Development, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Journal of Asian Economics, Journal of Developing Areas, International Journal of Business and Economics, The American Economist

Awards:

Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students by the UNL Parents Association, 2008 Pinnacle Bank Faculty Award (2006) CBA Distinguished Teaching Award (2005) CBA Distinguished Teaching Award Honorable Mention (2004) Recognition for Contributions to Students (2005, 2008)

Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, 1988-2007. Associate Editor, The Social Science Journal Visiting Professor, School of Economics, Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan (1998, 2000, 2004, 2007)