Prof. Waddoups' CV

Jeff Waddoups (C. Jeffrey Waddoups)

Department of Economics

University of Nevada, Las Vegas           

4505 South Maryland Parkway                     

Las Vegas, NV 89154-6005

Phone (work): 702-895-3497

Fax: 702-895-1354

Jeffrey.Waddoups@unlv.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Economics) University of Utah, December, 1989.

Fields:  Labor Economics, Industrial Relations.

Dissertation Title: A Labor Market Segmentation Approach to Labor Force Flows.

(Chaired by Professor Garth Mangum)

B.A. (Economics) University of Utah, March, 1984.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2011 – present.

Chair, Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 2015 – June 2023.

Adjunct Instructor, Penn State University, World Campus Program, Department of Labor Studies, Human Resources and Employment Relations Masters Program, May 2010 – 2014.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Management, Griffith University, August 2004 – 2014. 

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1995 - 2011.

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Relations, Griffith University, August 2003 – 2004.

Visiting Instructor, University of Helsinki, Helsinki School of Economics, Bachelor of Business Administration Program, Mikkeli, Finland, July-August, 2001-2005.

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1989 - 1995.

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, University of Utah, 1986-1987.

Instructor/Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, University of Utah, 1985-1989. 

Research Assistant, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah, June, 1985 - Sept., 1985 and June, 1987 - Jan., 1988. 

AWARDS/HONORS

Susan C. Eaton Award Outstanding Scholar-Practitioner Award, Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2021.

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

37. “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Union Wage Effects: The Accommodation Sector in Las Vegas.” forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Research, 2025.

36. “Apprenticeship Program Performance and Macroeconomic Fluctuations: A Case Study of Nevada’s Construction Industry (with Kevin Duncan), Labor Studies Journal, 49, No. 2, 2024, pp. 93-114. 

35. “The Gap in Employer-Paid Job Training between non-Hispanic and Hispanic White Workers,” Applied Economics 53, No. 14, 1585-1597, 2021.

34. “Unintended Consequences of Nevada’s Ninety-Percent Prevailing Wage Rule” (with Kevin Duncan), Labor Studies Journal, 45, No.2, 2020.

33. “Has the Large Firm Training Advantage Declined during the 2000s?” Applied Economics 50 No. 45, 2018, pp. 4847–4865.

32. “Has Complementarity between Employer-Sponsored Training and Education Changed during the 2000s?” Education Economics, Vol 26, No. 1, 2018, pp. 46-61.

31. “The Release of Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll Records, Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, and the Question of Competitive Harm to Contractors” (with Kevin Duncan), Labor Law Journal, Vol.67, No. 3, Fall, 2016, pp. 459-474.

30. “Did Employers in the U.S. Back Away from Skills Training during the 2000s?”  Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Vol. 69, No. 2, April 2016, pp. 405-434.

29. “Unions and Employer-Sponsored Training: Incidence, Transferability and Efficacy.” British Journal of Industrial Relations Vol. 52, No. 4, December 2014, pp. 753-778.

28. “Union Coverage and Work-Related Training in the Construction Industry.” Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 67, No. 2, April 2014, pp. 532-54.

27. “Do Responsible Contractor Policies Increase Construction Costs?” with David May.  Industrial Relations Vol. 53, No. 2, April 2014, pp. 273-94.

26. “Employer-Sponsored Training and Long-Tenured Workers: Evidence from Australia.”   Industrial Relations, Vol. 51, No. 4, October, 2012, pp. 966 – 986.

25. “Unobserved Heterogeneity, Job Training, and the Employer Size-Wage Effect in Australia” with Lixin Cai. Australian Economic Review. Vol. 45, No. 2, June, 2012, pp. 158-175. 

24. “Narrowly-Defined Training Classifications and Training-Wage Effects: Evidence from Australia.”  Labour & Industry. Vol. 22, August/December, 2011, pp. 103-116.

23. “Firm Size and Work-Related Training: New Evidence on Incidence, Intensity, and Training Type from Australia.”  Journal of Labor Research. Vol. 32, No. 4, 2011, pp. 390-413. 

22. "Union Wage Effects in Australia: Evidence from Panel Data." With Lixin Cai, British Journal of Industrial Relations. Vol. 49:S2, July, 2011, pp. s279-s305. 

21. "Previous Marriage and the Lesbian Wage Premium." With Bradley Wimmer and Nasser Daneshvary.  Industrial Relations. Vol. 48, No. 3, July, 2009, pp. 432-453. 

20. "Educational Attainment and the Lesbian Wage Premium (with Nasser Daneshvary and Bradley Wimmer)." Journal of Labor Research. Vol. 29, No. 4, 2008, pp. 365-79. 

19. "Unions and Wages in Australia: Does Employer Size Matter?" Industrial Relations. Vol. 47, No. 1, January, 2008, pp. 136-144.

18. "Employer Size-Wage Effects in Australia." LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. Vol. 21, No. 4, December, 2007 pp. 809-835.

17. “Public Subsidies of Low-Wage Employment: the Case of Uncompensated Health Care," Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. XL, No. 3, September, 2006, pp. 813-824.

16. “Trade Union Decline and Union Wage Effects in Australia.” Industrial Relations, Vol. 44, No. 4, October, 2005, pp. 607-624. 

15. Wage Inequality in a Service Industry: Unions in Hotel-Casinos. Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3, September, 2002, pp. 617-34.

14. Wages in Las Vegas and Reno: How Much Difference Do Unions Make in the Hotel, Gaming, and Recreation Industry? Gaming Research & Review Journal, 6, 1, 2001, 7-21.

13. Unionism and Poverty-Level Wages in the Service Sector: The Case of Nevada’s Hotel-Casino Industry, Applied Economics Letters, 8, 2001, 163-67.  

12. Unions and Wages in Nevada’s Hotel-Casino Industry, Journal of Labor Research, XXI, 2,  2000, 345-61.

11. Union Wage Effects in Nevada’s Hotel and Casino Industry, Industrial Relations, 38, 4, 1999, 577-83.

10. Gambling as an Economic Development Strategy: The Neglected Issue of Job Satisfaction and Nonpecuniary Income, (with R. Keith Schwer and Benjamin Blair), The Review of Regional Studies, 28, 1, 1998, 27-46.

9. Female Labor Supply: Adoption and the Labor Force Participation Decision, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 56, 2, 1997, 243-55.

8. Duration Dependence and Mobility of Young Male Workers in a Segmented Labour Market (with Djeto Assane), Applied Economics Letters, 4, 1997, 173-76.

7. On-the-Job Search: The Case of Nevada Test Site Contractor Employees (with Keith Schwer), Applied Economics, 28, 12, 1996, pp. 1475-83.

6. Occupational Upgrading Differentials Between Black and White Males (with Nasser Daneshvary and Djeto Assane), Applied Economics, 27, 1995, pp. 841-47.

5. Open Adoption, Human Capital Formation and Uncertainty, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 15, 1, 1994, pp. 5-21. 

4. Mobility and Gender in a Segmented Labor Market: A Closer Look (with Djeto Assane), American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 52, 4, October, 1993, 399-411.

3. Intersegment and Racial Differences in Nonemployment Mobility with (Djeto Assane), American Economist, 36, 1, spring 1992, pp. 35-43.

2. Racial Differences in Intersegment Mobility, The Review of Black Political Economy, 20, 2, Fall 1991, 23-43.

1. Issues in Transit Analysis: Evidence from a Cost Benefit Study of the Utah Transit Authority, Nevada Review of Business and Economics, 15, 2, 1991, 34-38. 

PUBLICATIONS (Edited Research Volumes)

13. “Hotels and Casinos: Collective Bargaining during a Decade of Instability” with Vince Eade, in Collective Bargaining under Duress: Case Studies of Major U.S. Industries (2013 research volume of the Labor and Employment Relations Association), edited by Paul Clark, et al. Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2013.  

12. “The Impact of Language Barriers on Healthcare Utilization among Hispanic Construction Workers” with Xiuwen Dong, Xuanwen Wang, and Julie Largay.  Health Disparities: Epidemiology, Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Strategies for Elimination, Nova Science Publishers, 2013.  

11. "Firm Size and Employer-Sponsored Training in Australia," in Labor and Employment Relations Association Series: Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting (Labor Markets Refereed Papers section), Champaign, IL: Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2010 pp. 260-272.

10. “Health Care Subsidies in Construction: Does the Public Sector Subsidize Low Wage Contractors?” in Azari-Rad, Hamid, Peter Phillips, and Mark Prus, eds. The Economics of Prevailing Wage Laws, Ashgate Publishers, 2005 pp. 205-224.

9. “Industrial Relations Reform and Union/Non-Union Wage Differentials in Australia,” in Brosnan, Peter and Michael Barry, eds. Proceedings of the 2004 meetings of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Noosa, Queensland, February, 2004.

8. “Enterprise Collective Bargaining and Union Management Training Partnerships in Hotels” in Brosnan, Peter and Michael Barry, eds. Proceedings of the 2004 meetings of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Noosa, Queensland, February, 2004.

7. “The Construction Industry and Uncompensated Health Care” in Adrienne Eaton ed. Industrial Research Association Series: Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting, 2003, pp. 256-63.

6. “Hotels and Casinos: Collective Bargaining in Period of Expansion” (with V. H. Eade), in Clark, Paul F., John T. Delaney, and Ann C. Frost, eds. Collective Bargaining: Current Developments and Future Challenges. Champaign, IL: Cornell University Press (the 2002 Research Volume of the Industrial Relations Research Association), 2002. pp. 137-177.

5. “The Union Management Training Partnerships in the Hotel Industry,” in Kemble, P. ed. Workforce Development and the New Unionism. Washington, D.C.: New Economy Information Service, 2002, pp. 115-131.

4. Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials in the Hotel Industry: The Cases of Las Vegas and other Large Hotel Markets. In Voos, Paula, (ed.) Industrial Relations Research Association Series: Proceedings of the Fifty- First Annual Meeting (Refereed Papers section), Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1999, 161-68.

3. “Labor Market Segmentation and Mobility: The Case of Young Men” (with Nasser Daneshvary). In Burton, John F. Jr. (ed.) 1993 Industrial Relations Research Association Series: Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting (Refereed Papers section), Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1993.

2. Thorstein Veblen and the Feminism of Institutional Economists (with Rick Tilman), International Review of Sociology, No. 3, 1992.

1. Thorstein Veblen, Werner Sombart and the Periodization of History (with Colin Loader and Rick Tilman), Journal of Economic Issues, XXV No. 2, June 1991.

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS/WORKS IN PROGRESS

“Measuring Injuries Along the Subcontracting Chain in the U.S. Construction Industry,” (with Kevin Conner, Frederick Purifoy, Kevin Duncan, Peter Philips, and Mark Prus).  

“Construction Apprenticeships and Economic Mobility: Education, Race, Ethnicity, and Macroeconomic Instability” (with Kevin Duncan).  Unpublished manuscript.

“Does Union Bargaining Raise the Wages of Non-Union Workers?  A Case Study of Las Vegas’ Hospitality Industry” (with C.K. Miller). Unpublished manuscript.

“Starting Wages and Construction Apprenticeship Completions: Electricians and Plumbers in Nevada” (with Kevin Duncan).  Work in progress.

“Trade Unions, Social Capital, and Food Insecurity” (with Ian McDonough). Work in Progress

"Is Casual Employment a Bridge or a Trap?" (With Jenny Chalmers and Cameron Allan). Unpublished manuscript. 

GRANTS 

“Has the Large Firm Training Advantage Declined during the 2000s?” Summer research grant from the Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

“The Economics of Sustaining Urban Health.” Urban 21 Grant, UNLV, Department of Energy, No. #: 2362-252-704N, Co-Principle Investigator with Barbara St.Pierre Schneider 07/01/10 – 06/30/11, $9,994. 

 “Safety and Health Disparities.” National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Center for Construction Research and Training, No. U60-OH009762, Project Manager/Consultant, 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2011.

“Worker Health Across the Lifespan.” National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Center for Construction Research and Training, No. U60-OH009762, Project Manager/Consultant, 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2013.

Teaching Innovation Grant, College of Business, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009, $5,000. 

"Construction Procurement Policies that Address Health Insurance: A Cost Analysis."The Center for Construction Research and Training, National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety. Co-Principle Investigators: Dave May, Concord Cymouth, LLC. June 1, 2008, $30,000.

"Casual Employment in the Australian Labor Market." Summer Research Grant, College of Business, UNLV. Funded by Mike Shustek and Vestin Mortgage, $8,000.

"Injuries and Cost Shifting in the Construction Industry," National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Center for Disease Control: grant number (U60/CCU317202). A pilot studies grant through a cooperative agreement with the Center to Protect Workers’ Rights. September 1, 2002   $19,890.

REPORTS

The Chilling Effect: Unaddressed Wage Theft in the Nevada Painting and Allied Trades with Ruben J. Garcia (co P.I.). Research was supported by a grant from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, September 2024.  

Measuring Injuries Along the Subcontracting Chain in the U.S. Construction Industry, Kevin Conner, Frederick Purifoy, Kevin Duncan, Peter Philips, Jeff Waddoups, and Mark Prus, prepared for the Center for Construction Research and Training - CPWR.  Research was supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under Federal Training Grant T42OH008414. This research was performed at a Federal Statistical Research Data Center under FSRDC Project Number 2497 (CBDRB-FY24-P2497-R10966), March 14, 2024.

The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Employee Misclassification and other Payroll Fraud in Nevada’s Construction Industry with Kevin Duncan and Russell Ormiston, prepared for the Institute for Construction Economics Research (ICERES) for the Unified Construction Industry Council in Nevada, December 31, 2020. (Presented results to Nevada Assembly’s Labor and Commerce Committee 3-34-2021) 

An Analysis of Construction Spending and Employment in the California Oil & Gas Industry, 2008-2018, with Matt Hinkel.  Prepared for the Institute for Construction Economics Research (ICERES) for the Western State Petroleum Association, July 19, 2019. 

The Impact of Nevada’s Ninety Percent Prevailing Wage Policy on School Construction Costs, Bid Competition, and Apprenticeship Training, with Kevin Duncan, prepared for Unified Construction Industry Council, March 5, 2019. (Presented results to Nevada’s Assembly and Senate Committees).

Does the Release of Davis-Bacon Certified Payrolls Cause Competitive Harm to Contractors? With Kevin Duncan, submitted to Torres Consulting and Law Group, August, 2014.

An Economic Analysis of the Education Initiative, with Stephen P.A. Brown, Constant Tra Rennae Daneshvary, and Jinju Lee. Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August, 2014. 

Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Community Indicators: Demographics 2009-2010. Center for Business and Economic Research, Lee School of Business, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 2010 http://business.unlv.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Demographics.pdf.

Construction Procurement Policies that Address Health Insurance: A Cost Analysis. 2010. Funding Agent: Center for Construction Research and Training. Sponsored by New Hampshire AFL-CIO EAP Services (with David May and Gail Kinney). 

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Injuries and Cost Shifting in Construction, prepared for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Center for Disease Control: grant number (U60/CCU317202). October, 2003.

Employer Sponsored Health Insurance and Uncompensated Care: An Updated Report on The Role of the University Medical Center in Clark County, prepared for the Clark County Commission, and the University Medical Center, July, 2001.

Safe Work Practices on Construction Sites: A Study of Small New England Carpentry Firms in   New England, funded by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety and The Center to Protect Workers Rights of the Buildings and Construction Trades Division of the AFL-CIO, 2001.

The Economic Status and Availability of Health Care for Workers in Nevada, prepared for the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, presented July, 2000.

The Socio-Economic Impact of the Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenters on the Las Vegas Economy, prepared for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 711, October, 1999.

Employer Sponsored Health Insurance and Uncompensated Care: The Role of the University Medical Center in Clark County, prepared for the Clark County Commission, and the University Medical Center, January, 1999.

Trade Unions and the Economic Status of Workers in Las Vegas, prepared the Southern Nevada Central Labor Council, Las Vegas, Nevada, presented June, 1997. 

The Economic Impact of the Utah Transit Authority, (with Boyd Fjeldsted and Garth Mangum), prepared for the Utah Transit Authority, Dec. 22, 1987, The Bureau of Economic and Business Research, The University of Utah.