Ph.D., Ohio State University
Associate Professor
International Economics, Labor Economics,
Development Economics

Contact Information:

Phone: (216) 687-4526
Fax: (216) 687-9206
Email: b.kosteas@csuohio.edu

Address:

Department of Economics
Cleveland State University
Rhodes Tower Room #1707
Cleveland, OH 44115

Publications:

• "The Effect of Exercise on Earnings: Evidence from the NLSY," forthcoming in Journal of Labor Research.
• "Job Satisfaction and Promotions," Industrial Relations, 50 (2011), 174-194.
• "High School Clubs Participation and Future Supervisory Status,"British Journal of Industrial Relations, 49 (2011), s181-s206.
• "Employment Disruptions and Supervisors," Industrial Relations, 49 (2010), 116-141.
• "The Impact of Job Displacement on Employer Based Health Insurance Coverage," (with Francesco Renna), Journal of Labor Research, 30 (2009), 317-327.
• "Job Level Changes and Wage Growth," International Journal of Manpower, 30 (2009), 269-284.
• "Trade Protection and Capital Imports in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector," World Development, 36 (2008), 2822-2837.
• "Manufacturing Wages and Low-Wage Country Imports:  Evidence from the NLSY," Economica, 75 (2008), 259-279.
• "Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers:  A Quantile Analysis," International Economic Journal, 22 (2008), 25-41.
• Entries in the Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Mehmet Odekon (Ed.), Sage Publications, 2006:
  • "Exploitation"
  • "Free Trade Agreement of the Americas"
  • "Minimum Wage"
  • "Wages"
  • "World Trade Organization"
• "Linkages, Multinationals and Industrial Development," (with Amy Jocelyn Glass and Kamal Saggi) in Multinational Firms and Impacts on Employment, Trade and Technology:  New Perspectives for a New Century (2001), eds. Robert E. Lipsey and Jean Louis Muchielle.

Working Papers:

• "Social Skills, Promotions and Supervisors," February 2008.
• "The Impact of Job Displacement on Employer," February 2008.
• "Skill Upgrading and Imports in US Manufacturing," November 2007.
• "The Effect of Career Disruptions on Promotions and Supervisors," October 2007.
• "Manufacturing Employment and Imports:  Low-Wage Country Imports versus Overall Imports," April 2007.
• "Wage Determination and Foreign Ownership in Mexican Manufacturing," October 2005.