Department of Economics Residential Address

246 Bellamany Building 637 Fulton Road, Apt. 72 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32312

Tallahassee, FL 32306 - 2180 (850) 383 - 8591

Phone: (850) 644-5001

Fax: (850) 644-4535

Pmason@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Fields of Concentration: Labor Economics and Political Economy

Degrees: New School for Social Research

New York, New York

Ph.D., Economics

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

M.A./Economics

St. Edward's University

Austin, Texas

B.A./History

Fellowships, Honors, and Awards:

Fall 1988 -

Spring 1989 Martin Luther King/Rosa Parks/Caesar Chavez

Visiting Scholar, Univ. of Michigan-Flint

Spring 1987 Outstanding Faculty Performance Award,

Tuskegee University

Teaching Experience:

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

Florida State University

July 1, 1999 — present

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

University of Notre Dame

September, 1996 — July, 1999

Associate Professor

Wayne State University

Department of Africana Studies

College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs (Coordinate)

Department of Economics (Adjunct)

August, 1994 - August, 1996

Assistant Professor

University of California - Riverside

Department Economics

Department of Ethnic Studies

September, 1990 - July, 1994

Visiting Assistant Professor

University of Michigan - Flint

Department of Economics

September, 1988 - 1990

Instructor

Tuskegee University

Department of Economics

January, 1986 - August, 1988

Assistant Professor (Adjunct)

Masters Program

Atlanta University

Department of Economics

September, 1987 - May, 1988

Administrative Experience: Director

African and African American Studies Program

University of Notre Dame

July 1, 1997 - present.

Mason, P. and Rhonda Williams. Editors. (1997). Race, Markets, and Social Outcomes, Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Mason, P. Editor. (forthcoming). African Americans, Labor, and Society: Organizing for A New Agenda, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

Mason, P. (forthcoming). "Recent Empirical Evidence on Race and Recent Labor Market

Outcomes," Review of Social Economy.

Mason, P. (1999). "Male interracial wage differentials: competing explanations." Cambridge Journal of Economics. 23 (May):1-39.

Mason, P., (1997). "Race, Culture, and Skill: Interracial Wage Differences Among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites." Review of Black Political Economy 25(3) (Winter):5-40.

______. (1996). "Race, Culture, and the Market," Journal of Black Studies, 26(6) (July):782-808.

______. (1995). "Race, Competition and Differential Wages," Cambridge Journal of Economics, 19(4) (August):545-568.

______. (1994). "An empirical derivation of the industry wage equation." Journal of Quantitative Economics, 10(1) (January):155-170.

______. (1993). "Variable Labor Effort, Involuntary Unemployment, and Effective Demand: Irreconcilable Concepts?" Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 15(3) (Spring):427-442.

______. (1993). "Accumulation, The Segmentation of Labor, and Racial Discrimination in Employment," Review of Radical Political Economics, 25(2) (June):1-25.

______. (1992). "The Divide-and-Conquer and Employer/Employee Models of Discrimination: Neoclassical Competition as Familial Defect," Review of Black Political Economy, 20(4) (Spring):73-89.

Darity, Jr., W. and P. Mason. (1998). "Evidence on Discrimination in Employment: Codes of Color, Codes of Gender," Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (2) (Spring):63-90.

Mason, P. (forthcoming). "Cognitive Dissonance and Measuring Discrimination," in Jeffrey Madrick, editor, Towards An Economic Dialog, Century Fund Foundation.

Mason, P. (1999). "African Americans, Labor, and Society: Where Do We Go From Here?" in P. Mason, editor, African Americans, Labor, and Society: Organizing for A New Agenda, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

______. (1999). "African American Achievement and Socioeconomic Collapse," in Vernon Polite and James Davis, editors. Shackled by a Heavy Burden: Policies, Procedures and Practices in Educating Black Males. New York: Teachers College Press.

______ and M. Yates. (1999). "Organized Labor and African Americans: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities," in P. Mason, editor, African Americans, Labor, and Society: Organizing for A New Agenda, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

Michael D. Yates and Patrick L. Mason. (1999). "Organizing African Americans: Some Economic and Legal Dimensions," in P. Mason, editor, African Americans, Labor, and Society: Organizing for A New Agenda, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

______. (1997). "Some Heterodox Models of Inequality in the Market for Labor Power," in Thomas D. Boston, ed., A Different Vision: African American Economic Thought, London: Routledge.

______. (1996). "Race and Egalitarian Democracy: The Distributional Consequences of Racial Conflict," in Benjamin Bowser, ed., The Impact of Racism on White Americans, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

______. (1994). "Discrimination," in P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, eds., The Handbook of Radical Political Economy, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pages 91 - 97.

______ and R. Williams. (1997). "The Janus-Face of Race: Reflections on Economic Theory," in P. Mason and R. Williams, eds., Race, Markets, and Social Outcomes, Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pages 1-12.

Mason, P. (1995) "Male Interracial Wage Inequality, General Wage Inequality, and the Average Wage Rate, 1975-1991," Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

______. (1995). "Joblessness, Unemployment, and Father Involvement: An Analysis and Review of the Literature," National Center on Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania.

______. (1995). "Residential Segregation, Occupational Segregation, and the Distribution of Earnings: Initial Results," I.C.U. Incubator Industries, Battle Creek, Michigan.

______. (1987). "The Economic Impact of Tuskegee University on Surrounding Counties," Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee University, (January).

Mason, P. (1998). "Race, Cognitive Ability, and Rising Wage Inequality: 1968-1991," Challenge Magazine, 41(2) (May/June):1-22.

______. (1999). "Family Environment and Intergenerational Wellbeing: Some Preliminary Results," State of Black America. Washington, D.C.: Urban League.

Mason, P. (1996). H. Botwinick’s Persistent Inequalities: Wage Disparity Under Capitalist Competition, Princeton: Princeton University Press. Published in Review of Radical Political Economy, 28(1) (March).

Mason, P. (1999). "Racial discrimination and the rate of return to cognitive ability, 1968-1991."

Darity, Jr., W., J. Stewart, and P. Mason. (2000). "Race, Class, and the Economics of Identity: A Theory of Racism"

Mason, P. and Philip R. Martinez. (2000). "Is Race Endogenous? Some Preliminary Evidence on Latinos."

Mason, P. "Interracial Differences in Wages, Hours, and Laborforce Participation Among Women: 1968-1992"

Mason, P. "What’s Class Got do with It? Wealth and Labor Market Outcomes"

Mason, P. "Mathematical Models of Inequality and Discrimination: Theoretical and Policy Implications from a Long History of Analytical Failure."

Mason, P. "Macroeconomic Policy and Wage Inequality."

Mason, P., Reproducing Inequality: Family, Education, and Persistent Racial Discrimination

$13,500. Principle Investigator. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant #SBR98-09464 for Lynn Unruh. (dissertation student).

$150,000.00. Co-Principle Investigator (with Teresa Ghilarducci). Massachuetts Financial Services, Boston, MA, "Labor Practices of Large Capitalization Companies." 1998-1999

$5,000.00 AFL-CIO Economic Research Department, Washington, D.C., Conference on "African Americans and Labor Law Reform." 1995.

$5,000.00 American Federal of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Washington, D.C., Conference on "African Americans and Labor Law Reform." 1995.

$5,000.00 Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C, "Male Interracial Wage Inequality, General Wage Inequality, and the Average Wage Rate, 1975-1991." 1994-1995.

$2,300.00 National Center on Fathers and Families, University Pennsylvannia,"Joblessness, Unemployment, and Father Involvement: An Analysis and Review of the Literature." 1995.

$5,500.00 Incubator Services Centers, Battle Creek, MI, "Residential Segregation, Occupational Segregation, and the Distribution of Earnings: Initial Results." 1995

Co-Chair (with Teresa Ghilarducci)

John Blandon, "Sexual Orientation’s Role in the Econometric Determination of Earnings and the Shaping of Labor Market Strategies." Completed December 11, 1998.

Committee Member

Lynn Unruh. "The Impact of Nurse Staffing on the Quality of Patient Care."

Committee Member

Wei Sun. "The Effects of Social Security and Pension Plans on Personal Savings"

Member, American Economic Association

Steering Committee, National Economic Association

Member, Union for Radical Political Economics

Member, Southern Economic Association

Member, Higgins Labor Research Center, University of Notre Dame, Fall 1996 — present

Fellow, Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame, Fall 1997 - present

Adjunct Associate, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota,

June 1997 — Present

Advisory Board, African American Life Series, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI

University, Public, and Professional Service

Member, Academic Affirmative Action Committee, Subcommittee on Faculty Recruitment, Spring 1997 - present

Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Economics, 1996-97

Member, Speakers Committee, Department of Economics, Fall 1996-97

Member, Advisory Committee, African and African American Studies Advisory Committee, Fall 1996-97

Member, Summer Research Support Review Committee, College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, Winter, 1996

Member, Search Committee, Chair, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts, Wayne State University, Winter, 1996

Member, Salary Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1995

Member, Search Committee, Director, Center for Urban Studies, Winter 1995

Moderator, Master’s Thesis, Department of Sociology, March 1995

Participant, CULMA-WDIV Video, Detroit Orientation Institute, March 1995

Economic Development Consultant, Greater Christ Baptist Church, Detroit, MI 1995

Library Committee, Department of Economics, 7/93 - 7/94.

Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Economics, 7/92 - 7/93.

Affirmative Action Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 7/91 - 5/94.

Executive Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1/91-6/91.

Moderator, Oral Examination, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, Winter 1991

Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee, 9/90 - 6/91.

Referee, Aspen Systems Corporation (Rockville, MD), Spring 1999

Referee, National Science Foundation, Spring 1999

Referee, Review of Development Economics, Fall 1997, Spring 1999

Member, Committee on the Status of Minorities in the Economics Profession, American Economics Association, Spring 1999 - present

Associate Editor, Southern Economic Journal, Fall 1996 — Winter 1999

Steering Committee, Review of Black Political Economy, Fall 1996 - Present

Referee, International Review of Applied Economics, 1996 & 1994

Editorial Board, Review of Radical Political Economics, 1991-present

Professional Activity

Videotaped Lectures, "Discrimination in the Economy," and "Understanding Macroeconomics," Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, TX January 13, 2000

Presentation, "Persistent discrimination — racial disparity in the US, 1968-1991," National Economics Association — American Economics Association Panel, ASSA, January, 2000, Boston

Presentation, "Race, Class, and the Economics of Identity: A Theory of Racism," National Economics Association Panel, ASSA, January, 2000, Boston

Presentation, "Family Environment and Intergenerational Wellbeing: Some Preliminary Results," Association for Social Economics Association Panel, ASSA, January, 2000, Boston

Presentation, "Race, IQ, Education, and Changes in Inequality," The Macrodynamics of Economic Inequality, Levy Institute, October 28 — 29

Presiding, "Rekindling Organized Labor’ Influence," 1999 National Urban League Conference, Houston, TX, August 10, 1999

Presentation, "Racial discrimination and the rate of return to cognitive ability, 1968-1991," Olive-Harvey, Chicago, IL., April 1998.

Presiding, "Race and labor market outcomes: A New Look," Allied Social Science Associations Meetings, Chicago, IL., January 1998.

Presentation, "Racial discrimination and the rate of return to cognitive ability, 1968-1991," Center for Economic Policy and Analysis, Allied Social Science Associations Meetings, Chicago, IL., January 1998.

Discussant, "Reparations and Current Policy Priorities," Allied Social Science Associations Meetings, Chicago, IL., January 1998

Presentation, "Current Economic Research on Schooling and the Disadvantaged Student," Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame, October, 1997.

Presentation, "Racial discrimination and the rate of return to cognitive ability, 1968-1991," Center for Economic Policy and Analysis, New School for Social Research, October 22, 1997.

Presentation, "African American Achievement and Socioeconomic Collapse," Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Los Angeles, CA., October 5, 1997.

Presentation, "Racial discrimination and the rate of return to cognitive ability, 1968-1991," Institutions Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, September 1997.

Presentation, "The Global Economy," A. Philip Randolph Institute National Education Conference, Las Vegas, June 12, 1997.

Presentation, "Changing the Balance of Power: The Labor Market." George Meany Center, Washington, D.C., June 18, 1997.

Presentation, "Changing the Balance of Power: Globalization." George Meany Center, Washington, D.C., June 18, 1997.

Presentation, "Some Recent Evidence on Cognitive Skills and Interracial Wage Differentials." Interdisciplinary Workshop on Skills, Test Scores and Inequality, Roy Wilkins Center, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, June 1, 1997.

Presentation, "Wage Determination and Inequality Among Workers." AFL-CIO Economics Education Group. Higgins Labor Center Conference, University of Notre Dame, April, 1997.

Presentation, "Some Recent Evidence on Cognitive Skills and Interracial Wage Differentials." Allied Social Science Association, January 1997.

Presentation, "Racial discrimination and the rate of return to cognitive ability, 1968-1991." Southern Economic Association. Washington, D.C., November, 1996.

Presentation, "Some Recent Evidence on Cognitive Skills and Interracial Wage Differentials." Southern Economic Association. Washington, D.C., November, 1996.

Presentation, "Some Recent Evidence on Cognitive Skills and Interracial Wage Differentials." Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. November, 1996.

Presentation, "Race and Class in the Current Crisis," New York: New School For Social Research, July 1996.

Organizer, "African Americans, Labor, and Society: Organizing for A New Agenda," Wayne State University, May 10-11, 1996.

Presentation, "Joblessness and Unemployment: A Review of the Literature," National Center on Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania, New York, April 1996

Presentation, "Male Racial/Ethnic Earnings Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Preferential Treatment," Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, February, 1996.

Presentation, "Race, Class, and Differential Wages," Mellon Foundation Seminar, University of North Carolina, February, 1996.

Presentation, "Male Racial/Ethnic Earnings Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Preferential Treatment," Department of Economics, Wake Forest University, January, 1996.

Organizer and Chair, "African Americans and Labor Law Reform, I," Allied Social Science Association, San Francisco, January 1996

Organizer and Chair, "African Americans and Labor Law Reform, II," Allied Social Science Association, San Francisco, January 1996

Presentation, "Recent Research on Racial Bias in Labor Markets," Executive Leadership Institute, The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, December 1995.

Presentation, "Male Racial Wage Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Job Competition," Southern Eastern Association Meetings, November, 1995

Presentation, "Decomposing the Unobservable: Educational Attainment and Wage Discrimination Among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites," Southern Eastern Association Meetings, November, 1995

Presentation, "Affirmative Action After Aderand v. Pena," National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women," Detroit, MI., July 21, 1995.

Presentation, "Racial Economic Inequality: Perspectives from the History of Economic Thought," History of Economics Society, Notre Dame University, June 3, 1995.

Participant, Planning Conference, "Science, Psuedo-Science, Myth and African American Education," Arizona State University West, April 1995

Presentation, "Male Racial Wage Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Job Competition," Political Economy Seminar, University of Michigan, March, 1995

Convenor, Planning Conference, "African Americans and Labor Law Reform,"

Washington, D.C.: January, 1995

Commentator, CULMA Urban Research Seminar, Wayne State University, Paper presented by Mary Herring and Ron Brown, November, 1994

Presentation, "Male Educational Attainment Among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites," joint presentations: econometrics and political economy seminars, University of CA - Riverside, May, 1994.

Presentation, "Male Racial/Ethnic Earnings Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Preferential Treatment," ASSA meetings, January, 1994.

Presentation, "African American, Latino/a, White Earnings Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Preferential Treatment," Conference on 1990 Panel Study on Income Dynamics /Latino National Political Survey Early Release File, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, October, 1993.

Presentation, "African American, Latino/a, White Earnings Differentials: On Culture, Human Capital, and Preferential Treatment," California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., October, 1993.

Presentation, "The Economics of Discrimination," Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA., May, 1993.

Presentation, "Race and Democracy," ASSA meetings, January, 1993.

Presentation, "Race, Competition, and Differential Wages," Marxism in the New World Order Conference: Crises and Possibilities, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, November, 1992.

Co-Presentation, "Recent Advances in the Marxian Theory of Competition," Union for Radical Political Economics Summer Conference, Rock Hill, NY., August, 1992.

Presentation, "On the Continuing Relevance of Race and Ethnicity," Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA., April 21, 1992.

Presentation, "Wage Differentials and African American Employment: An Alternative Theory of Discrimination," ASSA meetings, January, 1992.

Presentation, "A Critique of Marxian and Radical Economic Models of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market," Union for Radical Political Economics Summer Conference, August, 1991.

Presentation, "Labor Market Segmentation and Discrimination," Greater Los Angeles Area Political Economy Seminar, 12/8/91.

Presentation, The Political Economy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Diversity Day, "The Legacy and Unfinished Agenda of Dr. Martin Luther King," University of Michigan-Flint, 1990.

Discussant, Jobs/Employment Workshop, 1989 National Conference on Community Economic Development.

Presentation, "Impact of Tuskegee University on the economy of the Southeast Alabama Region," Chambliss School of Business, Tuskegee University, January, 1987.

Organizer, 2nd Annual Tuskegee Economic Conference, 1987.

Organizer, 1st Annual Tuskegee Economic Conference, 1986.