Address:
College of Business Administration
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
USA
Current Positions & Responsibilities:
Associate Dean, College of Business Administration, Kent State University
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics,
Senior Research Associate, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg
Adjunct Professor, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Research
Interests:
Public policy analysis and applied labor economics, including gender and
racial differences in
labor market outcomes, determinants and consequences of self-employment, and
returns to
human capital in the
Recent Papers:
Recent Publications:
Donald R. Williams, “Gender
Discrimination and Self-employment Dynamics in Europe,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 2012.
Donald
R. Williams, “Multiple Language Usage and Earnings in Western Europe,” International Journal of Manpower, July,
2011.
Donald R. Williams, “Educational Intensity
of Employment in the EU and US,” in E. Marlier and A. Atkinson, editors, Comparative Measures of Income and Living
Conditions (tentative
title), Eurostat: Brussels, 2010.
Alison Smith and Donald R.Williams, “Father Friendly Legislation and Paternal Time across Western Europe,” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2007.
Working Papers:
Donald R. Williams, “The Economic
Returns to Multiple Language Usage in
Vincent. Hildebrand and Donald R. Williams, “Self-employment and Time Spent
Caring for Children: Evidence from
Teaching:
I have taught a full range of economics courses, including:
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications
Economics of Poverty
Managerial Economics (graduate)
Labor Problems
Economic Analysis of Labor Markets
Labor Economics (graduate)
European Economic Issues (special topics course)
College Teaching of Business (for doctoral students)
I am not currently teaching any courses.
Links:
Kent State College of Business Administration
Contacts:
:"dwilliam@kent.edu"
Voice: (330) 672-1097
FAX: (330) 672-3327