James H. Peoples Jr. (born May 14, 1959) is an American economist who is a professor of

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

at the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscons ...

, and a former president of the

National Economic Association The National Economic Association (NEA) is a learned society established in 1969, focused on initiatives in the field of economics. The purposes of the Association are "to promote the professional lives of minorities within the profession. In a ...

and the Transportation and Public Utilities Group. He is an expert in the economics of transportation and transportation labor issues.

Education and early life

Peoples grew up in Los Angeles. He graduated from

California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH, CSU Dominguez Hills, or Cal State Dominguez Hills) is a public university in Carson, California. It was founded in 1960 and is part of the California State University (CSU) system. In 2020, ...

in 1979 and received his PhD from

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

in 1984.

Career

Peoples taught at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

from 1984-1990, and has been on the faculty of the

since then. He has been president of the

American Economic Association The American Economic Association (AEA) is a learned society in the field of economics. It publishes several peer-reviewed journals acknowledged in business and academia. There are some 23,000 members. History and Constitution The AEA was esta ...

’s Transportation and Public Utilities Group and the National Economic Association.

Selected publications

* Peoples, James, with Azrina Abdullah Al-Hadi, and John Bitzan.“Input Allocation Efficiency in the United States Railroad Industry: Changing Work-Rules and Managerial Flexibility.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 126, August 2019, pp: 281-296. * Peoples, James, with Richard McGregory and Nicholas Hill “NonCitizen Employment and the Wages of Healthcare Support Worker in the US.” Journal of Labor Research, Volume 39 (4), December, 2018, pp: 433-461. * Peoples, James, with John Bitzan. "Contemporary Issues in Transportation Policy and Economic Regulation: Essays in Honor of Theodore Keeler." edited volume, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2018. * Peoples, James with Xiaowen Fu. "Airline Economics in Asia." edited volume as part of the Advances in Airline Economics Series, Volume 7, Emerald Press, UK. 2018. * Peoples, James with Azrina Abdullah Al-Hadi. “An Empirical Analysis of Economies of Scope in the US Railroad Industry,” In US Freight Rail Economics and Policy: Are We on the Right Track? editors, Jeffrey Macher and John Mayo, Routledge Press, New York, New York. 2019, pp: 179-210.

References

External links

"Delivering the Goods: Results of Regulatory Reform"
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