Gregory DeFreitas
Professor of Economics
Director of Labor Studies Program
Director, Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy

Economics & Geography Department
100D Barnard Hall
104 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1270

Gregory.E.DeFreitas@hofstra.edu
(516) 463-5040 (voice)
(516) 463-4035 (fax)

Gregory DeFreitas is a Professor of Economics at Hofstra, where he has taught since 1986. He is also the founding director of Hofstra’s Labor Studies degree program and the director of the research institute, the Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy. He was educated at Stanford, Cambridge, and Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in Economics. Before coming to Hofstra, he taught at Cambridge, Barnard College, Columbia University, and the University of Toronto.

He has published widely on such controversial issues as unemployment, income inequality, youth employment problems, labor unions, New York City’s economy, and the economic impacts of immigration. His book Inequality At Work was chosen as one of the year’s Outstanding Social Science Books. He has testified on these issues before Congressional committees and the New York City Council. And he is the founding editor of the journal Regional Labor Review.

He is a member of the Research Advisory Boards of the Economic Policy Institute (Washington D.C.), the Fiscal Policy Institute (New York City), and the Center for the Study of Working Class Life (SUNY Stony Brook). His economic consulting services have been used by both government agencies and law firms. He is also a frequent reviewer of articles for economics and labor studies journals and of book manuscripts for several publishers.