Carl Paul Kaiser
Professor
Economics
Washington & Lee University
United States of America
Biography
Professor Kaiser received his Ph.D. from Washington University, St. Louis in 1980. He joined the Department of Economics in 1979 and served most recently as head of the department from 2004 to 2012. His initial teaching responsibilities included teaching courses in Labor Economics, Labor-Management Relations, and Principles of Economics. Other courses he has taught include Systems of Worker Participation in Management, Microeconomic Theory, and Mathematical Economics. His current focus is primarily on teaching Labor Economics and a relatively new course on Comparative Labor Markets.
Research Interest
Economics of Employee Absence; Comparative Labor Markets; Comparative Social Policy; and Economics of Unemployment Insurance.
Publications
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"What Do We Know About Employee Absence Behavior? An Interdisciplinary Interpretation," Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1998.
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"Dimensions of Culture, Distributive Principles, and Decommodification: Implications for Employee Absence Behavior," Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 27, No. 5, 1998.
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“Employee Absence Costs, Economic Losses, and Firm Competitiveness,†Economics and Business Journal: Inquiries and Perspectives, Vol. 5, No 1, 2014.
