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

Contact Information

CBA 370
P.O. Box 880489
Lincoln, NE 68588-0489
Phone: +1-402-472-03364024726281
Fax: +1-402-472-9700
sfuess1@unl.edu

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

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, Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 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

CBA Distinguished Teaching Award (2005, 1998, 1992), Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students by the UNL Parents Association and UNL Teaching Council (2009, 2008, 2005, 1991), Pinnacle Bank Faculty Award (2006), Student Advisory Board Economics Professor of the Year Award (2006), CBA Distinguished Teaching Award Honorable Mention (2004)

Additional Information

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).

Research