Donald R. Williams                                                 


Address:

The Honors College
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
USA

Responsibilities:

Dean, The Honors College, Kent State University

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Kent State University

Senior Research Associate, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg

Visiting Professor, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Visiting Scholar, University of Pittsburgh, University Center for International Studies

Editorial Board, Contemporary Economic Policy


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:

Publications:

Alison Smith and Donald R.Williams, “Father Friendly Legislation and Paternal Time across Western Europe,” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2007.

Donald R. Williams, "Effects of Childcare Activities on the Duration of Self-employment," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Fall, 2004.

Donald R. Williams, “Self-employment among Youth: Its Nature and Consequences,” Small Business Economics, Fall, 2004.

Donald R. Williams, “Returns to Education and Experience in Self-employment:  Evidence from Germany,” Journal of Applied Social Science Studies
 (Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift fur Wirtschafts und  Sozialwissenschaften), 2003.

Kristen Keith and Donald R. Williams, “A Note on Racial Differences in Employed Male Job Search,” Industrial Relations, July 2002.

Charles A. Register, Donald R. Williams, and Paul Grimes, "Adolescent Drug Use and Educational Attainment," Education Economics, vol. 9, no. 1,
April, 2001.

Donald R. Williams, “Consequences of Self-Employment for Women and Men in the United States,” Labour Economics, vol. 7, no. 5, 2000.

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 teach 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)

College Teaching of Business (for doctoral students)

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Links:

Kent State Honors College

Kent State College of Business Administration

CEPS/INSTEAD

Contacts:

:"dwilliam@kent.edu"


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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