Columbia University, New York: M.A.; M.Phil; Ph.D
Cambridge University, England: Graduate Research Scholar
Stanford University, California: B.A. (Honors)

Hofstra University, Professor of Economics, tenured, 1986-Present.

Director, Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy, 1998-Present.

Director, Labor Studies Degree Program, 2000-Present.

Editor-in-Chief, Regional Labor Review, 1998-Present.

Russell Sage Foundation, Visiting Scholar, 1995-96.

Barnard College, Columbia University, Assistant Professor of Economics, tenuretrack, 1980-86.

University of Toronto, Visiting Professor of Economics, 1984-85.

Michigan State University, Assistant Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations, tenure-track, 1979-80.

Cambridge University, Supervisor in Labour Economics, 1978-79.

Rutgers University, Adjunct Instructor of Economics, 1977-78.

Fordham University, Adjunct Instructor of Economics, 1976-77.

U.S. Dept. Of Labor, Office of International Labor Affairs, Research Grant, 1995-96

Russell Sage Foundation, Visiting Scholar Appointment, 1995-96

Eastern Economic Association 1994 Award for best published articles of past 3 years: honorable mention for my Eastern Economic Journal article, 1991.

Choice magazine award, for my book Inequality At Work, as an “Outstanding Social Science Book of Past Year,” 1993.

Research and Development Grants, Hofstra University, 1991, 1993 1995, 2003.

Mellon Foundation Research Grant, 1983.

Spencer Foundation Faculty Research Grant, 1982-83.

National Science Foundation ISEP Grant to Barnard Economics Dept. (for purchase of microcomputers for statistics and econometrics courses), 1982-83.

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health Research Grant, 1981-82.

U.S. Dept. of Labor, Doctoral Fellowship, 1977-78. President's Fellowship, Columbia
University, 1975-76. University Fellow, Columbia University, 1974-75.

“Health Insurance Coverage among Puerto Rican Workers in the U.S.,” in Puerto Ricans on the Island and in the Mainland: New Directions in Social Science Research , ed. by Francisco Rivera-Batiz (Russell Sage Foundation Pub, 2005).

“Professors on Picket Lines: Faculty Unions Face New Job Pressures,” Interview, Regional Labor Review, vol. 7, Fall 2004

“Young Workers, Economic Inequality and Collective Action,” [coauthored with Niev Duffy], chapter in What's Class Got To Do With It? American Society in the 21 st Century ,Michael Zweig, ed. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004).

“Job Deficits Deepen as Budget Deficits Explode: A Brief Guide to the Labor Market Recession,” Regional Labor Review, vol. 7, Spring 2004.

“Profits and Productivity Up, Jobs and Wages Down: Mixed Prospects for the Jobloss Recovery” Regional Labor Review, vol. 6, Fall 2003.

“Fear of Foreigners: Immigrants as Economic Scapegoats,” in Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspectives on Race and Diversity in America , Ronald Takaki, ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).

“Global Tension, Local Recession and Recovery Prospects:   The New York Economy One Year Later” Regional Labor Review, vol. 5, Fall 2002.

“Recession and Rebuilding in the New York Economy” Regional Labor Review, vol. 4, Spring 2002

“New Organizing and Social Unionism in Manufacturing: Bruce Raynor Remakes U.N.I.T.E.” Regional Labor Review , vol. 4, Spring 2002. [Interview}

“Economic Ills, Uneven Impacts and New Wage Battles” Regional Labor Review, vol. 4, Fall 2001.

“Can Unions Win at Region-wide Low-wage Organizing?” Regional Labor Review , vol. 4, Fall 2001. [Interview}

“Urban Racial Unemployment Differentials: the New York Case,” in R. Cherry & W. Rodgers, eds. Prosperity for All? The Economic Boom and African Americans . New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000).

Building A Ladder to Jobs and Higher Wages , co-author with M. Levitan, et. al. (New York: Community Service Society, Oct. 2000).

“Election 2000 and Local Labor Market Conditions,” Regional Labor Review,vol. 3, Fall 2000.

“The Boom Breaks Records, But So Does Inequality,” Regional Labor Review, vol. 2, Spring 2000.

“The Evolution of the Hispanic American Labor Force,” in C. Gallagher, ed., Rethinking the Color Line (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishers, 1999).

“Job Growth, Unemployment and Wages through Mid-Year 1999,” Regional Labor Review , vol. 2, Fall 1999.

“Human Rights, Foreign Workers, and American Unions: Interview with Charles Kernaghan,” Regional Labor Review , vol. 2, Fall 1999.

“Nonimmigrant Visa Programs: Problems and Policy Reforms,” in B. L. Lowell, ed. Foreign Temporary Workers in America: Policies That Benefit the U.S. Economy (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1999).

"Fear of Foreigners: Immigrants as Scapegoats for Domestic Woes," M. Breslow, ed., Real World Microeconomics , 7th ed.   (Sommerville, MA: South End Press, 1999); revised version of my original piece in same book, 6 th ed., 1994.

“Regional Job Growth and Wage Trends in 1998,” Regional Labor Review , vol. 1, Spring 1999 [co-author: Lonnie Stevans].

“A New Union Movement for the New Economy: Interview with AFL-CIO Regional Director Joe Alvarez,” Regional Labor Review , vol. 1, Spring 1999.

"Labor Surplus, Worker Rights, and Productivity Growth:   A Comparative Analysis of Asia and Latin America," Labour , vol. 12, Fall 1998 [co-author: Adriana Marshall] .

"Immigration, Inequality, and Policy Alternatives," in Gerald Epstein and Robert Pollin, eds.

Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998): pp. 337-56.

“Regional Job Growth and Wage Trends at Mid-Year 1998,” Regional Labor Review ,vol. 1, Fall 1998 [co-author: Lonnie Stevans].

“New York City Lags in Youth Jobs,” Letter to Editor, New York Times , 5/18/98.

The Impact of Immigration on Youth Employment in New York City: Summary of Findings from an Employer Survey (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Labor, ILAB, 1996).  

"Education and Labor Market Segmentation," International Encyclopedia of Economics of Education (Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd., 1995).

"Unionization Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities," Industrial and Labor Relations , Review , vol. 46, January 1993: pp. 284-301.

Inequality At Work: Hispanics in the US Labor Force (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991).

"Youth Employment Patterns in Segmented Labor Markets in the US and Europe" (co-authors: David Marsden & Paul Ryan), Eastern Economic Journal , vol. 27, June 1991.

"Economic Implications of Immigration Law Reform," S. Sechzer, eds., U.S. Immigration Policy Reform in the 1980s (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991).

"The Impact of Immigration on the U.S. Economy," in M. D'Innocenzo, ed.,Immigration and Ethnicity (Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1991). Economy vol. 17, Winter 1988.

"Hispanic Immigration and Labor Market Segmentation," Industrial Relations , vol. 27, Spring 1988.

"Economic Effects of Recent Immigration on American Workers,"   Migration World , vol. 16, Spring 1988. Human Resources , vol. 21, Winter 1986.

"Ethnic Differentials in Unemployment Among Hispanic Americans," in G. Borjas and M. Tienda, eds.,   Hispanics in the U.S. Economy (New York: Academic Press,1985).Adriana Marshall), Industrial Relations Research Association Proceedings , Dec. 1984.

"What is the Occupational Mobility of Immigrants?" Monthly Labor Review , vol. 106, April 1983.

The Earnings and Labor Force Behavior of Immigrants (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1982).

"The Earnings of Immigrants in the American Labor Market," Industrial Relations Research Association Proceedings , Dec. 1982.

"Occupational Mobility Among Recent Black Immigrants," Industrial Relations Research Association Proceedings , Dec. 1980.

"The Relative Earnings of Black Immigrants: The American Case," Cambridge Economic Research Papers, July 1980.

"Rapid Transit and Regional Control," in M. Weiss and J. Carnoy (eds.), A House Divided (NY: Prentice-Hall, 1973).

“Still the Promised City: African Americans and New Immigrants in Post-Industrial New York,” American Journal of Sociology , September 1997.

"Immigrants Settling in the City,: International Migration Review , book review, vol. 24, Winter 1990.

"Vietnamese Americans: Patterns of Resettlement and Socio‑economic Adaptation," book review, Monthly Labor Review , vol. 103, May 1980.

“Youth Nonemployment in New York,” CLD Working Paper #1 . Center for Study of Labor & Democracy.

“Women, Minorities, and Discrimination: A Survey of Theories and Policy Issues,” CLD Working Paper #7 . Center for Study of Labor & Democracy.

Futures At Risk: Youth in the Urban Economy (book manuscript).

CONFERENCE & SEMINAR PAPERS

“New York's Job Prospects in a Changing National Economy,” address in the Herbert Bienstock Memorial Lecture Series, Working in New York: Looking Back, Looking Forward , Queens College, CUNY (9/28/04)

“Health Insurance Coverage among Puerto Rican Workers in the U.S.,” (co-authored with Niev Duffy) at Manhattan conference on Puerto Ricans on the Island and in the Mainland: New Directions in Social Science Research ., at Russell Sage Foundation,.5/21/04

“Twentieth Century Trends in Jobholding by Youth and Immigrants,” Extending Opportunities Project Conference, National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership, Washington DC, 5/24/01.

“Immigrants in the NY City Labor Market,” Discussant on panel at “New Immigrants in New York” Conference, New School University, 12/7/00.

“Exploring Regional Solutions to Urban Problems,” Metropolitan Studies Conference, New York University, 3/24/00.

“New York's Working Poor: Troubling Trends and New Strategies,” Brennan Center, New York University Law School, 2/17/00.

“The Black Teenage Unemployment Problem in New York City,” Five Borough Institute, New York City, 5/26/98.

“Youth Nonemployment in New York,” Employment Seminar, Columbia University, New York City, 3/2/98.

“The Impact of Immigration on Urban Youth Employment: Findings from an Employer Survey.” American Economic Association, 110 th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1/5/98.

“Low-Income New Yorkers and Recent Immigration,” New York Community Service Society, Public Policy Forum, New York City, 10/17/97.

“Immigration Law and Employment Policy in Western Europe and the United States, Law and Politics Forum, University of Warwick, England, 5/29/97.

"Immigration, Inequality, and Policy Alternatives." Economic Policy Institute Conference on Policy Impacts of Globalization, Washington D.C., 6/23/96.

“Urban Labor Demand and Recent Immigration,” Urban Policy Seminar, Graduate Center, City University of New York, 5/16/96.

"Labor Markets and Productivity Growth: An International Analysis." 15th Annual Meeting of the International Working Party on Market Segmentation, Barcelona, Spain, 7/16/93.

"Economic Issues in Immigration Research in the 1990s." Testimony before US Commission on Immigration Reform, Washington, D.C., 4/27/93.

"The Latino Workforce in the Year 2000." National Association of Latino Elected Officials Annual Convention, Santa Fe, 6/18/92.

"Unionization Among Hispanic Americans: A Longitudinal Analysis of its Extent and Determinants," North American Economics and Finance Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, 1/4/92.

"Does Immigration Harm Native Workers?" Employment Seminar, Columbia University, 5/6/91.

"Postwar Patterns in Hispanic Income and Poverty," 102nd Annual Convention of American Economic Association, Atlanta, GA, 12/28/89.

"Recent Trends in Hispanic Employment," North American Economics and Finance Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, 12/27/89.

"Self‑Employment and Economic Mobility," 15th Annual Convention of Easter Economic Association, Baltimore, MD, 3/3/89.

"The Immigration Controversy in Western Europe," International Scene Lecture Series, Hofstra Univ., 11/30/88.

"Economic Implications of Immigration Law Reform," Rutgers Colloquium on U.S. Immigration Policy Reform, Rutgers University, 10/14/88.

"Economic Disadvantage and Schooling Problems of MinorityYouth," 25th International Atlantic Economic Conference, London, England, 4/19/88.

"The Impact of Immigration on Women and Minorities," Multinational Culture Conference,Hofstra Univ., 3/24/88.

"Income Inequality Between Anglos and Hispanics: 1950‑1980," 14th Annual Convention of Eastern Economic Association, Boston, MA, 3/10/88.

"Entrepreneurship and Inequality," 39th Annual Convention of New York State Economics Association, Rochester, NY, 4/3/87.

"The Impact of Immigration on Female Workers," 24th Annual International Atlantic Economic Conference, New York, 9/4/87.

"Determinants and Consequences of Small Business Formation,” Columbia University, Labor Economics Workshop, 4/24/86.

"Immigration and Wage Growth among Manufacturing Workers: 1970‑80," 36th Annual Convention of Industrial Relations Research Association, San Francisco, CA, 12/29/84.

"Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants in the United States," Rockefeller Foundation
Conference on The Labor Market Effects of Immigration, Racine, WI, 8/6/82.

"An Econometric Decomposition of the White/Minority Unemployment Gap," Columbia University, Labor Economics Workshop, 4/4/82

"Ethnic Differentials in Unemployment among Hispanic Americans," U.S. Commission for Employment Policy Conference on the Hispanic Labor Market, Santa Barbara, CA, 2/4/82.

"The Earnings of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market," 34th Annual Convention of Industrial Relations Research Association, Washington, D.C., 12/28/81.

"Immigrant Wages, Unemployment and Labor Force Participation," National Institutes of Health Conference on "Implications of International Migration," Bethesda, MD, 11/15/8­1.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Regional Labor Review .

Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.: Board Member of Research Advisory Council.

Fiscal Policy Institute, New York, NY: Member of Research Advisory Board.

Center for the Study of Working Class Life, SUNY Stony Brook: Member of Board of
Advisors.

Referee articles for wide array of economics and labor studies journals, referee economics book manuscripts for several publishing houses, and referee research proposals for a number of private foundations and government agencies.