CURRICULUM VITAE Rudy H. Fichtenbaum Department of Economics Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 937-775-3085 Office 937-775-2441 FAX EDUCATION Institution Concentration Degree Date University of Missouri-Columbia Economics Ph.D. 1980 University of Missouri-St. Louis Economics B.S. 1976 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Institution Position Dates Wright State University Professor 1989-present Wright State University Associate Professor 1985-89 Wright State University Acting Internship Director 1982-83 Wright State University Assistant Professor 1980-85 University of Missouri-Columbia Instructor 1980 University of Missouri-Columbia Research Assistant 1978-80 University of Missouri-Columbia Teaching Assistant 1976-78 Washington University Research Assistant 1975-76 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Institution Position Dates American Association of University Professors Consultant 2000-present Educational Testing Service Faculty Consultant 1995-present Labor Research Association Visiting Scholar 1992-93 Human Resource Data Systems, Inc. Analyst 1980 1
SCHOLARSHIP a. Articles Fichtenbaum, Rudy, Do Unions Affect Labor s Share of Income: Evidence Using Panel Data, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Vol. 70 No. 3 (July 2011): 784-810. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, The Impact of Unions on Labor s Share of Income: A Time-Series Analysis, Review of Political Economy, Vol. 21 No. 4 (October 2009): 567-88. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, Labor Market Segmentation and Union Wage Gaps, Review of Social Economy, Vol. 64 No.3 (September 2006): 387-420. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, Is there a Natural Rate of Capacity Utilization, Forum for Social Economics, Vol. 33 No.1 (Fall 2003): 45-62. Fichtenbaum, Rudy and Paulette Olson, The Impact of Unionization on Health Insurance Benefits, Journal of Economic Issues Vol. 36 No. 2 (June 2002): 1-8. Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena and Rudy Fichtenbaum, Explaining the Wage Gap Between White and Minority Males, Applied Economics Vol. 28 No. 9(August 1997): 1033-44. Traynor, Thomas and Rudy Fichtenbaum, The Impact of Post-PATCO Labor Relations on U.S. Union Wages, Eastern Economic Journal Vol. 23 No. 1(Winter 1997): 61-72. Fichtenbaum, Rudy and Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, The Effects of Race on the Utilization of Physician s Services, International Journal of Health Services Vol. 27, No. 1 (January 1997): 139-56 Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Regional Differences in Labor Market Discrimination," The Review of Regional Studies Vol. 24 No. 1 (Summer 1994): 15-36. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, Kwabena Gyimah Brempong and Paulette Olson, New Evidence on the Labor Market Segmentation Hypothesis," Review of Social Economy Vol. 52 No.1 (Spring 1994): 20-39. Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Black White Wage Differential: The Relative Importance of Human Capital and Labor Market Structure," Review of Black Political Economy Vol. 21 No. 4 (Spring 1993): 19-52. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Changes in the Rate of Profit in the Post War U.S. Manufacturing Sector," Nature, Society and Thought Vol. 5 No. 2 (1992): 183-200. 2
Fichtenbaum, Rudy and Paulette Olson, "Redefining Poverty: A Sensitivity Analysis," International Review of Applied Economics Vol. 6 No. 2 (1992): 217-29. Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Rudy Fichtenbaum and Gregory Willis, "The Effects of College Education on the Male-Female Wage Differential," Southern Economic Journal Vol. 58 No. 3 (January 1992): 790-804. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "A Critique of the Labor Market Segmentation Theory of Racial Discrimination," Nature Society and Thought Vol. 3 No. 4 (October 1990): 389-99. Blair, John P., Carole Endres and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Successfully Revitalizing Metropolitan Economies," Economic Development Review Vol. 8 No. 4 (Fall 1990): 43-49. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and John P. Blair, "Regional Differences in the Demand for Labor," Review of Regional Studies Vol. 19 No. 1 (Winter 1989): 72-76. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "The Productivity Slowdown and the Underground Economy," Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 28 No. 3 (Summer 1989): 78-90. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and John P. Blair, "Demand for Labor in Ohio, Ohio Journal of Economics and Politics, (1989). Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Business Cycles, Turnover and the Rate of Profit: An Empirical Test of Marxian Crisis Theory," Eastern Economic Journal Vol. 13 No. 3 (July- September 1988): 221-28. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Did Marx Have a Theory of the Business Cycle?" Nature, Society and Thought Vol. 1, No. 2 (1988): 189-200. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Hushang Shahidi, "Truncation Bias and the Measurement of Income Inequality," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 6, No. 3 (July 1988):335-37. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Hushang Shahidi, "Marx and Keynes? Marx or Keynes: A Comment," Journal of Economic Issues Vol. 21, No. 1 (March 1987): 467-70. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Hushang Shahidi, "Trends in the Size Distribution of Income in an Era of Stagflation," Midsouth Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 11 No. 1 (Spring 1987): 281-90. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Consumption and the Distribution of Income," Review of Social Economy, Vol. 43 No. 2 (October 1985): 234-44. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Gordon Welty, "Capitalist Morality and Social Justice," Forum for Social Economics, Vol. 14 No. 2 (Spring 1985): 1-17 3
Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "The False Myth of Declining Productivity and Its Political Uses: A Comment," Science and Society Vol. 48 No. 4 (Winter 1984/1985): 484-89. Blair, John P., Rudy Fichtenbaum and James Swaney, "The Market for Jobs: Locational Decisions and the Competition for Economic Development," Urban Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 20 No. 1 (September 1984): 64-77. Blair, John P., Rudy Fichtenbaum and James Swaney, "The Future Market for Jobs," The Futurist, Vol. 18 No. 2 (April 1984): 54-60. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Trends and Cycles in Ohio's Unemployment Rate," Growth and Change, Vol. 15 No. 4 (January 1984): 50-55. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Robert Premus "Wages, Nonwage Benefits and Labor Turnover," Midsouth Journal of Economics, Vol. 7 No. 1 (Spring 1983): 139-44. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Barton Wechsler, "The Effect of Dominant Firms on Area Labor Markets: A Case Study," Applied Business Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 1, (Spring 1983): 2-6. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Variations in Hospital Cost by Type of Ownership, Journal of Behavioral Economics, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Winter 1983): 17-35. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Health Care as a Commodity and the Crisis in U.S. Medicine," Forum for Social Economics, Vol. 12 No. 1 (Winter 1982/1983): 31-46. Premus, Robert, and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Regional Development and Labor Turnover: More on the Frostbelt/Sunbelt Controversy," Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 11 No. 1 (Spring 1981): 92-99. Blair, John, and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "A Closer Look at Enterprise Zones," Alabama Business and Economic Reports, Vol. 5, No. 4 (July 1982): 13-21. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and John Treacy, "Short-Term Employment and Income Effects of State Budget Restructuring," Southern Review of Public Administration, Vol. 6 No. 3 (Fall 1982): 489-503. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, "Earnings Function Specification and CETA Program Evaluation," Midsouth Journal of Economics, Vol. 6 No. 2 (August 1982): 459-67. Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Robert Premus, "Economic Determinants of Inter-industry Illness and Injury Rates," Northern Review of Business and Economics, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Spring 1982): 1-7. 4
b. Chapters in Books: Fichtenbaum, Rudy, How Do Unions Affect Racial Wage Differentials in African Americans, Labor and Society (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2001). Gymimah-Brempong, Kwabena and Rudy Fichtenbaum, Black-White Wage Differential: The Relative Importance of Human Capital and Labor Market Structure, in African Americans and Post -Industrial Labor Markets, (Transaction Publishers, 1997) Blair, John P., and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Changes in African-American Employment and Unemployment," in The Metropolis in Black and White edited by George Galster and Edward W. Hill (Center for Urban Policy Research: Rutgers, 1992). Fichtenbaum, Rudy and Hushang Shahidi, Marx and Keynes? Marx or Keynes? A Comment, in Pioneers in Economics, Vol. 23 edited by Mark Blaug (Aldershot, UK: Elgar, 1991). Blair, John P., Carole Endres, and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Japanese Automotive Investment in Westcentral Ohio: Locational Factors, Community Impacts and Labor Management Issues," in The Politics of American Reindustrialization, edited by William Green and Ernest J. Yanarella (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1990). Fichtenbaum, Rudy, and Gordon Welty, "The 'Norming' of the Working Day" in Family, Economy and State, pp. 254-281, edited by James Dickenson and Robert Russell (London: Croom Helm, 1986). Premus, Robert, and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Labor Turnover and the Sunbelt/Frostbelt Controversy: An Empirical Test," in Plant Closings: Public or Private Choices?, pp. 105-112, edited by Richard McKenzie, (Washington,D.C.: The Cato Institute, 1982). Shams, Ali, and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "The Economic Feasibility of Using Solar Energy for Home Heating," in Sharing the Sun: Solar Technology in the Seventies, Vol. 9, pp. 32-50, (The American Section of the International Solar Energy Society, 1976). c. Papers Published in Full Official Proceedings Stevens, David W., and Rudy Fichtenbaum, "Employment Service Potential (ESP) Data: Evaluation and Research Uses," in Employment Service Potential: Proceedings of the Employment Service Potential Conference, Sparks, Nevada, September 19-20, 1979 pp. 72-91 sponsored by the U.S. Employment Service and the U.S. Department of Labor. 5