THOMAS H. (TIM) GINDLING
Office: Department of
Economics
Home:
University of
Tel: (410)455-3629 email: gindling@umbc.edu
Fax: (410)455-1054 http://research.umbc.edu/~tgindlin
EDUCATION
B.A.
1981
M.A.
1986
Ph.D. 1987
EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
1988 to the present, Professor (2005-present), Associate Professor (1995-2005) and Assistant Professor (1988-1995), Department of Economics, University of Maryland Baltimore County.
2007 to the present, Resaerch Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor
(IZA), Bonn, Germany.
1988 to the present, Visiting Researcher, Institute for Research in Economic
Science, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
1998-2001, Graduate Program Director, Master of Arts in
Economic Policy Analysis, University of
2001, Visiting Professor, University of Costa Rica, Department of Economics and the Institute for Research in Economic Science. Funded with a Fulbright Lecture/Research Award.
1994, Visiting Professor, Masters Program in Economic Policy, National Autonomous University of Costa Rica, Human Resource Economics Department.
1992, Visiting Professor, University of Costa Rica, Department of Economics and the Institute for Research in Economic Science. Funded with a Fulbright Lecture/Research Award.
1987-1988, Visiting Assistant Professor,
National Merit Scholarship, Denison University, 1977-1981.
Herbert H. Lehman Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 1982-1986.
Economics Teacher of the Year, UMBC, 1989-1990.
RESEARCH SUPPORT AND FELLOWSHIPS
2008, IDRC (Canada) and FUSADES
(El Salvador), "The Impact of Minimum Wages in El Salvador, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica" (with Alvaro Trigueros, Juan Diego Trejos, Alejandro Martinez
Cuenca and Katherine Terrell).
2007, Spencer Foundation Research Grant,
"Family separation and re-unification as a factor in the
educational success of immigrant children." (with Sara Poggio).
2001, Fulbright Lecture/Research Award
to Costa Rica, "Causes of Changing Income Inequality in Costa Rica."
1993, Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
Research Grant, "The Nine Year Compulsory Education Policy and the
Development of Human Resources in Taiwan" (with Marsha Goldfarb and
Chun-chig Chang).
1992, Fulbright Lecture/Research Award
to Costa Rica, "Labor Market Discrimination Against Women in Costa Rica."
PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
"Hogares monoparentales
encabezados por mujeres y pobreza en Costa Rica," (with Luis Oviedo of the
Univesity of Costa Rica), La Revista de la CEPAL, Vol. 94, (April 2008), pp.121-132.
(Click
here for an English version of this paper; "Female-headed Single-parent
Households and Poverty in Costa Rica")
"The
Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market: The Case
of Costa
Rica," (with Katherine Terrell of the
"Accounting for Changing Inequality in Costa Rica: 1980-99," (with Juan Diego Trejos of the University of Costa Rica), Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 41, No. 5, (July 2005), pp. 898-926.
"Poverty in
Latin America," Latin American
Research Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2005, pages 207-222.
"La
Desigualdad en America Central Durante los anos noventa," (with Juan Diego
Trejos of the University of Costa Rica), La Revista de la CEPAL, Vol. 84
(December 2004), pp. 177-198. (English
version--Inequality in Central America in the 1990s)
"The Nature of Minimum Wages and
Their Effectiveness as a Wage Floor in
"Changing Rates of Return to
Education in
"Women's Wages and Economic Crisis in Costa Rica," Economic
Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 41, No. 2 (January, 1993), pp.
277-298.
"¿Por qué las mujeres ganan menos que los hombres en Costa Rica," Revista de Ciencias Economicas (Costa Rica), Vol. XIII, No 1 and 2 (January-February, 1993), pp.3-31.
"La mujer y la crisis económica en
"The Performance of the Labor Market During
Recession and Structural Adjustment:
"Labor Market Segmentation and the Determination of Wages in the Public, Private-formal and Informal Sectors in San José, Costa Rica," Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 39, No. 3 (April, 1991), pp.585-606.
"Crisis económica y segmentación
PUBLICATIONS - BOOK CHAPTERS
"Women's Labor Force Participation and Earnings in Honduras" (with Carolyn Winter of the World Bank), in Case Studies on Women's Work and Pay in Latin America, edited by G. Psacharapolous and Z. Tzannatos, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1992, pp. 299-322.
"Why Men Earn More Than Women in Costa Rica," in Case
Studies on Women's Work and Pay in Latin America, edited by G. Psacharapolous and Z. Tzannatos,
The World Bank,
"Costa Rica" (with Albert Berry of the University of Toronto), in Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment, Volume 2: Case Studies, edited by Sue Horton, Ravi Kanbur and Dipak Mazumdar, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1994, pp. 217-257.
"Segmentación del mercado de trabajo en el aérea urbana de Costa Rica: una evidencia de la crisis económica" (Labor Market Segmentation in Urban Costa Rica: Evidence From the Economic Crisis), in Progreso Técnico y Estructura Económica: Dimensión Interna y Comercio Internacional, selected papers presented at the VIII Meetings of the Latin American Econometric Society, edited by Juan Rafael Vargas and Felix Delgado, published by Centro de Economía Aplicada, San Jose, 1989, pp.141-189.
PUBLICATIONS - INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC SCIENCE MANUSCRIPT SERIES
Liberalizacion Comercial,
Expansion de la Educacion y Desiguladad
en Costa Rica (Trade Liberalization, Educational Expansion and Inequality in
Costa Rica), with Donald Robbins of the Universidad Javariana,
Colombia), Serie de Divulgacion
Economica #27, Institute for Research in Economic
Science, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1997.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
"Labor Markets and Poverty in Costa Rica," World Bank Policy Working
Paper, Forthcoming.
"Gaps in the Coverage of Social Security in Costa Rica," (with Inez Saenz of the University of Costa Rica), report to the International Social Security Association, 2002.
"Maternity Leave Legislation and the Work and Pay of Women in Costa Rica" (with Maria Crummett of the University of South Florida), report to the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United States Agency for International Development, July, 1995.
"The Effects of Structural Adjustment
on the Structure of Employment and Pay in
"Women's Employment and Pay in Honduras" (with
Carolyn Winter of the World Bank), in Gender Discrimination in the Labor
Market and The Role of the Law: Experiences in Six Latin American Countries,
Confidential Draft Report No. 13201-LAC, Latin American and the Caribbean
Technical Department, The World Bank, June 23, 1994.
"Women's Wages and Discrimination in Costa Rica," in Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market and The Role of the Law: Experiences in Six Latin American Countries, Confidential Draft Report No. 13201-LAC, Latin American and the Caribbean Technical Department, The World Bank, June 23, 1994.
"¿Por que
las mujeres ganan menos que
los hombres en
"Measuring the Impact of the Passage
of Anti-discrimination Legislation on Male and Female Wages in
"Ingresos de las mujeres y crisis económica en Costa Rica" (Women's Earnings and Economic Crisis in Costa Rica), Working Paper #138, Institute for Research in Economic Science, University of Costa Rica, November, 1990.
"Existe segmentación en el mercado de trabajo urbano de
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Trade Liberalization, Adjustment Costs, and Poverty,” (with
Wendy Takacs of UMBC), presented at the 2006 Meetings
of the International Trade and Finance Association, Boston, January 2006.
PH.D. STUDENTS--DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY
Julian Naidoo,
"Aids and Crime in
John Mulaa,
"Social Capital and Education: The Case of Busia,
Carey Borkoski,
"Location Matters: Position in the Income Distribution and Workforce
Training," 2004.
David Muhlhausen,
"Proposed Analysis of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Grant Program,"2004.
Way Sun, “Human Resources Policies and Labor
Market Outcomes in
Fisher Chang, “Evaluating the Impact of
Mandatory Work Programs on Two-Parent Welfare Caseloads,” 1996.
Chun-chig
Chang, "The Nine Year Compulsory Education Policy and the Development of
Human Resources in
Rene Salgado, "International Economic
Organizations and Domestic Economic Policies: A Study of the Relationships of
M. A. STUDENTS--ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Otgo Anderson, "The Impact of Full-Day Kindergarten on Student's Acadmic Achievment," 2008
Shoko Shimokoji, "Economic Growth, Trade Liberalization and Corruption," 2008
Xin Gao, "The Effect of State-Funded Health Insurance for Immigrants on the Insurance Status of Immigrants," 2007
Laura Ding, "Alcohol Taxes and Vehicle Fatalities ," 2007
Nadwa Mossaad, "The Impact of Islam on Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions," 2005.
Anna Perfilyeva, "Determinants of Remittances for Mexican Migrants in the United States," 2005.
Yang Guo,
“Male-female Wage Differentials in
Xiaoyan He, “The Employment Sector and
Gender Wage Gap in
Marie-Claire Guillard,
"Why Has