Donald R. Williams            DonWilliams



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, Kent State University

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 United States and Europe.



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 Western Europe,” IRISS Working Paper #2006-07 (available at http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/wp_all.cfm)

Vincent. Hildebrand and Donald R. Williams, “Self-employment and Time Spent Caring for Children: Evidence from Europe,” IRISS-C/I Working Paper #2003-06.(available at  http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/wp_all.cfm)



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

CEPS/INSTEAD

Contacts:

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