James Peoples
James H. Peoples Jr. | |
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| Born | May 14, 1959 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Institution | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Rutgers University |
| Field | Transportation Economics |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (PhD), 1984 California State University, Dominguez Hills (BA), 1979 |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | https://sites.uwm.edu/peoples/ |
James H. Peoples Jr. (born May 14, 1959) is an American economist who is a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and a former president of the National Economic Association and the Transportation and Public Utilities Group.[1] He is an expert in the economics of transportation and transportation labor issues.[2]
Education and early life[]
Peoples grew up in Los Angeles.[2] He graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 1979 and received his PhD from University of California, Berkeley in 1984.[3]
Career[]
Peoples taught at Rutgers University from 1984-1990, and has been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee since then.[4] He has been president of the American Economic Association’s Transportation and Public Utilities Group[5] and the National Economic Association.[6]
Selected publications[]
- Peoples, James. "Deregulation and the labor market." Journal of Economic Perspectives 12, no. 3 (1998): 111-130.
- Peoples, James, and Lisa Saunders. "Trucking deregulation and the black/white wage gap." ILR Review 47, no. 1 (1993): 23-35.
- Peoples, James, and Wayne K. Talley. "Black-white earnings differentials: privatization versus deregulation." American Economic Review 91, no. 2 (2001): 164-168.
- Peoples Jr, James. "Monopolistic market structure, unionization, and racial wage differentials." The Review of Economics and Statistics (1994): 207-211.
- Bender, Keith A., Hosne A. Mridha, and James Peoples. "Risk compensation for hospital workers: Evidence from relative wages of janitors." ILR Review 59, no. 2 (2006): 226-242.
References[]
- ^ "American Economic Association CSMGEP: James Peoples Jr". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Transportation: making the world go round | Emerald Publishing". www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "James Peoples | Longdom Publishing SL". www.longdom.org. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "Effect of Deregulation on Labor Markets | GW Regulatory Studies Center". regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "UWM: Public transportation best avenue for job creation, says UWM economist | WisBusiness". Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020. Cite journal requires
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External links[]
- "Delivering the Goods: Results of Regulatory Reform", George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center Panel, October 27, 2020
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