ROBERT J. FLANAGAN 2864 Wakefield Drive Telephone: Belmont, California 94002 Office: (650) 723-4884 Fax: (650) 725-9932 Home: (650) 595-2454 Birthdate: 12-16-41 Married B.A., Yale University (Economics), 1963 M.A., University of California (Economics), 1966 Ph.D., University of California (Economics), 1970 EDUCATION November 2005 TEACHING, RESEARCH AND OTHER EXPERIENCE 1993- Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Labor Economics and Economic Policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 2004 Visiting Fellow, Tinbergen Institute, University of Amsterdam 2000 Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences Australian National University 1996-99 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 1994 Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund 1987-1993 Professor of Labor Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 1991 Fellow-in-Residence, Netherlands Institute for Advance Study 1990 Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University 1988 Consultant, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Robert J. Flanagan Page 1983-1984 Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution 1979-1982 Director, Public Management Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 1978-1979 Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C. 1975-1986 Associate Professor of Labor Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 1969-1975 Assistant Professor of Labor Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago 1973-1974 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1963-1964 Economist, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. AWARDS Business School Trust Faculty Fellow 1991-92 GSB Faculty Fellow, 1992-93 Business School Trust Faculty Fellow 2000-01 1966 (Summer) Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, D.C. BOOKS Globalization and Labor Conditions (Oxford University Press, 2006) International Labor Standards: Globalization Trade and Public Policy (editor with William B. Gould) Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. Trade Union Behavior, Pay Bargaining and Economic Performance (with K. Moene and M. Wallerstein), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. The Economics of the Employment Relationship (with L. Kahn, R.S. Smith and R.G. Ehrenberg) Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1989. Labor Relations and the Litigation Explosion, Washington: Brookings Institution, 1987. Economics, 11 ed. (with G.L. Bach, J. Howell, F. Levy and A. Lima) New York: Prentice Hall, 1987.
Robert J. Flanagan Page Labor Economics and Labor Relations (with Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Robert S. Smith) Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1984. Unionism, Economic Stabilization, and Incomes Policy (with David Soskice and Lloyd Ulman) Washington: Brookings Institution, 1983. Spanish edition - Madrid: Ministerio de Trabeho, 1986. Bargaining Without Boundaries: The Multinational Corporation and International Industrial Relations, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974. (Co-editor with Arnold R. Weber and contributor.) Wage Restraint: A Study of Incomes Policies in Western Europe, (With Lloyd Ulman) Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971 (Italian edition-milan: Franco Angeli Editore, 1973. Readings in Labor Market Analysis, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. (Edited with John F. Burton, Jr., Lee Benham and William Vaughn III.) JOURNAL ARTICLES, WORKING PAPERS The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining, in P. Blyton, N. Bacon, J. Fiorito, and E. Heery, eds., Handbook of Employment Relations (Sage 2007, forthcoming) Has Management Resistance Strangled U.S. Unions? Journal of Labor Research (Winter 2005). Labor Standards and International Competitive Advantage, in R. Flanagan and W. Gould (eds.) International Labor Standards: Globalization, Trade and Public Policy (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. Macroeconomic Performance and Labor Unions, in J. Addison and C. Schnabel (eds.), International Handbook of Trade Unions (Edward Elgar, 2003) HR Practices in Global Organizations (working paper, rev. Aug. 2001). Macroeconomic Performance and Collective Bargaining: An International Perspective, Journal of Economic Literature, September 1999. Reprinted in A. Booth (ed.) The Economics of Labor Unions (Edward Elgar, 2002). "Institutional Reformation in East Europe," Industrial Relations, (July, 1998). "Were Communists Good Human Capitalists?, Labour Economics (September, 1998).
Robert J. Flanagan Page "Institutional Structure and Labor Market Outcomes: Western Lessons for European Countries in Transition," in International Monetary Fund, Staff Studies for the World Economic Outlook (Washington: IMF, Sept. 1995). "Wage Structures in the Transition of the Czech Economy," IMF Staff Papers, (December 1995). "The Economics of Employment and Unemployment," in M. Warner (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Business and Management (Routledge, 1995, 2001). Reprinted in M. Poole and M. Warren (ed.), The Handbook of Human Resource Management (International Thomson Business Press, 1998). "Labor Market Responses to a Change in Economic Systems," Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics, 1994. "Labor Market Policy, Information, and Hiring Behavior" in F. Buttler et al (eds.), Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance (Routledge, 1995) "Wage Determination and Incomes Policies During Economic Transitions in Eastern Europe," in H. Herrs, S. Tober, and A. Westphal (eds.), Macroeconomic Problems of Transformation (Elgar Publishing, 1994). NAFTA and Competitive Adjustments in U.S. Labor Markets (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1993). "Can Political Models Predict Union Behavior?" in R. Flanagan, K. Moene and M. Wallerstein, Trade Union Behavior, Pay Bargaining and Economic Performance (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. "European Wage Equalization Since the Treaty of Rome," in L. Ulman, B. Eichengreen and W. Dickens, (eds.), Labor and an Integrated Europe (Brookings, 1993 ). "Toward a Theory of Labor Market Institutions," (with Hartog and Theeuwes) in J. Hartog and J. Theeuwes (eds.) Labour Market Contracts and Institutions: A Cross- National Comparison (North Holland, 1993). "Employment Contracting in the United States," in J. Hartog and J. Theeuwes, (eds.) Labor Market Contracts and Institutions: A Cross-National Comparison (North Holland, 1993). "Hiring Behavior and Unemployment," in C.F. Buechtemann (ed.) Employment Security and Labor Market Behavior (Ithaca: ILR Press, 1993). "Wages and Wage Policies in Market Economics: Lessons For Central and Eastern Europe," OECD Economic Studies, Spring 1992.
Robert J. Flanagan Page "Incomes Policy" in Douglas Greenwald (ed.) Encyclopedia of Economics (McGraw- Hill, 1992). "Socrates Confronts Final Offer Selection," Industrial Relations, Fall 1990. "The Economics of Unions and Collective Bargaining," Industrial Relations, Spring 1990. "Centralized and Decentralized Pay Determination in Nordic Countries," in L. Calmfors (ed.), Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in Nordic Countries (London: Oxford Press, 1990). "Compliance and Enforcement Decisions under the National Labor Relations Act" Journal of Labor Economics, July 1989. "Unemployment as a Hiring Problem," OECD Economic Studies No. 11, Fall 1988. "Einkommenspolitik in Osterreich (Incomes Policy in Austria)," (with Wolfgang Pollan) SWS-Randschau, February 1988. "Remedial Policy and Compliance with the NLRA," Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research" Association (IRRA, 1987). "Labor Market Behavior and European Economic Growth," in C.Schultze and R. Lawrence (eds.) Barriers to European Growth: A Transatlantic Perspective Washington: Brookings Institution, 1987. "Efficiency and Equality in Swedish Labor Markets" in B. Bosworth and A. Rivlin (eds.) The Swedish Economy, Washington: Brookings Institution, 1987. "NLRA Litigation and Union Representation," Stanford Law Review,. April 1986. "Labor Compensation and Labor Costs," in E.G. Flamholtz and F.Hinman, The Future Directions of Employee Relations (Los Angeles: Institute of Industrial Relations, 1985). "Wage Concessions and Long-Term Union Wage Flexibility," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1984:1. "Implicit Contracts, Explicit Contracts, and Wages," American Economic Review, May 1984. "Workplace Public Goods and Union Organization," Industrial Relations, Spring 1983. "Wage Determination and Public Policy," (with D. Mitchell) in L.Dyer, T. Kochan and D. Mitchell (eds.), A Decade of Industrial Relations Research (Industrial Relations Research Association, 1982).
Robert J. Flanagan Page "The National Accord as a Social Contract," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, October 1980. "Real Wage Insurance as a Compliance Incentive," Eastern Economics Journal, October 1979. "Applying Concepts of Nondiscrimination to Equal Employment Opportunity Policy," in Perspectives on Availability, (Equal Employment Advisory Council, 1978). "Discrimination Theory, Labor Turnover, and Racial Unemployment Differentials," Journal of Human Resources, Spring 1978. "Wage Interdependence in Unionized Labor Markets," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 3:1976. "Actual vs. Potential Impact on Government Antidiscrimination Programs," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July 1976. "The Behavioral Foundations of Union Election Regulation," Stanford Law Review, July 1976. "On the Stability of Racial Unemployment Differentials," American Economic Review,. May 1976. "Labor Force Experience, Job Turnover and Racial Wage Differentials," The Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1974. "Worker Discontent: Where is the Problem?" Industrial Relations, May 1974. (With George Strauss and Lloyd Ulman.) "Racial Wage Discrimination and Employment Segregation," Journal of Human Resources, Fall 1973. "Segmented Labor Market Theories and the Analysis of Racial Discrimination," Industrial Relations, October 1973. "The U.S. Phillips Curve and International Unemployment Rate Differentials: Reply," American Economic Review,. March 1975. "The U.S. Phillips Curve and International Unemployment Rate Differentials," American Economic Review, March 1973. "European Experience as a Guide to Incomes Policy," in V. Mitchell and W. Stanbury (eds.), Perspectives on the Wage-Price Problem, (Vancouver: 1972). "Disguised Unemployment and the Structural Hypothesis," Industrial Relations, October 1965.
Robert J. Flanagan Page OTHER PUBLICATIONS Book review of Workers Rights as Human Rights edited by James A. Gross in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July 2004. Discussion of Restoring Workers Voice: A Call for Action by Thomas A. Kochan in Julius G. Getman and Ray Marshall, eds. The Future of Labor Unions, Austin: LBJ School University of Texas. Discussion of The Future of Collective Bargaining in Europe, in T. Boeri, A. Brugiarini, and L. Calmfors (eds.), The Role of Unions in the Twenty-First Century, (Oxford University Press, 2001). Collective Bargaining Institutions and Economic Performance, Overview, March 1999. Book review of Training and the Private Sector edited by L.M. Lynch in Journal of Economic Literature, December 1994. Book review of Rethinking Employment Policy edited by L.Bawden and F. Skidmore in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1990 Book review of Unions in Crisis and Beyond edited by R. Edwards, P. Garonna, and F. Tödtling in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1987 "Discussion of "Labor Market Contracts and Inflation," by Larry Kimball and Daniel J.B. Mitchell in M.N. Baily, ed., Workers Jobs and Inflation (Brookings Institution, 1982). Discussion of "European Temporary Employment Subsidies and Their Evaluations," by Peter Schwanse in Robert H. Haveman and John L. Palmer, Jobs for Disadvantaged Workers: The Economics of Employment Subsidies (Brookings Institution, 1982). Book review of The Regulatory Process and Labor Earnings by R.G. Ehrenberg in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, October 1980 Discussion of papers on Equal Opportunity by Barbara Bergmann and William Darity, Jr. and by George Milkovich, in Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of Thirty-Third Annual Meeting 1980. Comment on "Labor Force Data Needs for Macroeconomic Planning and Projections," by N.S. Barrett in National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Counting the Labor Force, Appendix Vol. I (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1979).
Robert J. Flanagan Page Discussion of "Wage Leadership and Patterns of Wage Settlements in Construction," by D.C. Shulenberger in Industrial Relation Research Association, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Winter Meeting, 1977. Discussion of "The Impact of Minimum Wages on Other Wages, Employment and Family Incomes," by E. Gramlich in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2:1976. Discussion of "Measuring the Effect of an Antidiscrimination Program," by Orley Ashenfelter and James Heckman in 0.Ashenfelter and J. Blum (eds.), Evaluating the Labor Market Effects of Social Programs, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University, 1976. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTlVITIES Invited seminars: University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, Erasmus University, April May 2004. Invited presentation: Conference on Implication of Globalization for Labor market and Welfare Policies, University of Amsterdam, Denmark, January 2004. Selection Panel, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2003. Editorial Board, Human Resource Management Education Review, 2002 -. Invited presentations, conferences on U.S.-Vietnamese Trade Pact, HoChi Min City and Hanoi, Vietnam, June 2001. Invited presentation, Corporatism or Competition Workshop, Amsterdam, 1998. Invited paper, Conference on Labour Market Institutions and Contracts, Florence, May 1993. Invited presentation, Peder Sather Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, 1996. Invited paper, Annual Conference on Development Economics, World Bank, April 1994. Invited paper, International Workshop on the Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Berlin, May 1993. Invited paper, Conference on Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance, Berlin Science Center, December 1992. Editorial Board, Labour Economics 1992 -.
Robert J. Flanagan Page Visiting faculty, Central European University, Prague, 1992-94 MBA Enterprise Corps, Board of Directors, 1992-94. Invited paper, OECD/ILO Conference on Labor Market and Social Policy Implications of Structural Change in Central and Eastern Europe, Paris, September 1991. Invited paper, FIEF Conference on Labor Markets and Economic Policy, Stockholm, April 1991. Invited paper, Conference on Labour Market Institutions and Contracts, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, January 1991. Invited paper, International Conference on Workers Protection and Labor Market Dynamics, Berlin, May 1990 Invited paper, Colloquium on European Growth, Paris, November 1987. Invited paper, Conference on Nordic Wage Determination, Stockholm, April 1988. Invited paper, Conference on Impediments to European Growth, Brookings Institution, October 1986. Invited paper, Conference on the Swedish Economy, Skokloster, Sweden, June 1986. Invited Paper, Conference on the National Labor Relations Act After 50 Years, Stanford Law School, October 1985. Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economics, University of Stockholm, June 1985. Advisory Board, Institute for International Economics, 1983-1997. Visiting Scholar, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, 1983. Consultant, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1982-1983. Consultant, National Park Foundation, 1981. Consultant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1981. Consultant, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, 1981. Consultant, World Bank, 1980.
Robert J. Flanagan Page Head of U.S. Delegation of Working Party 4 (Anti-Inflation Policies) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, April 1979. Member, Brookings Institution Working Group on Targeted Employment Incentives, 1978-79. Consultant, Equal Employment Advisory Council, 1977. Visiting Fellow, University College, Oxford, England, 1977. Consultant, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1977, 1980, 1981. Committee, Social Science Research Council, International Doctoral Research Fellowship Program, 1977-1981. Board of Editors, Industrial Relations 1974-1989. Member, Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, 1976. Member, Mayor's Council of Manpower and Economics Advisors, Chicago, 1974-1975, Consultant, Office of Policy Evaluation and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 1974-1975,1979-1980. Faculty, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, March 1973. Member, Experts Group on Labor Market Behavior, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1972. Consultant, Council of Economic Advisers, Winter 1970-71. Member, American Economic Association. Member, Industrial Relations Research Association. Member, Society of Labor Economists Referee for: American Economic Review American Law and Economics Review Economic Inquiry Economic Journal Economics of Transition
Robert J. Flanagan Page Empirical Economics European Journal of Political Economy Industrial Relations Industrial and Labor Relations Review Journal of Human Resources Journal of Income Distribution Journal of Labor Economics Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Journal of Political Economy Labour Economics Oxford Economic Papers Quarterly Journal of Economics Review of Economics and Statistics Scandinavian Journal of Economics World Bank Economics Review MIT Press National Science Foundation Stanford University Press University of Chicago Press World Bank