Charles L. Betsey Explained

Charles L. Betsey
Alma Mater:	University of Michigan (PhD), 1976; (BA), 1968
Institution:	Howard University United States Sentencing Commission National Research Council University of the District of Columbia Office of Economic Opportunity
Field:	Labor Economics Public Finance

Charles L. Betsey is an American economist who is professor emeritus of Economics and Former Interim Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. He is a former president of the National Economic Association.^[1]

Education and early life

Betsey graduated from the University of Michigan in 1968 with an A.B. in Economics and Spanish Literature and a PhD in economics in 1976.^[2]

Career

Betsey worked as an economist for several U.S. government agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, and the Congressional Budget Office.^[3] He has taught at the University of the District of Columbia, and from 1990 until his retirement, at Howard University. He is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.^[4]

Selected publications

• Betsey, Charles L., ed. Historically black colleges and universities. Vol. 1. Transaction Publishers, 2011.
• Moore, Kristin A., Margaret C. Simms, and Charles L. Betsey. Choice and circumstance: Racial differences in adolescent sexuality and fertility. Transaction Publishers, 1986.
• Betsey, Charles L., and Bruce H. Dunson. "Federal minimum wage laws and the employment of minority youth." The American Economic Review 71, no. 2 (1981): 379–384.
• Betsey, Charles L. "Faculty research productivity: Institutional and personal determinants of faculty publications." The Review of Black Political Economy 34, no. 1-2 (2007): 53–85.
• Betsey, Charles L. "Differences in unemployment experience between blacks and whites." The American Economic Review 68, no. 2 (1978): 192–197.

Notes and References

1. January 4, 2020. National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon. March 7, 2021. February 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210208070750/https://www.neaecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Program-Booklet-NEA-50th-Anniversary-revised-Feb-17-2020.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Charles L. Betsey U-M LSA Department of Economics. 2021-03-07. lsa.umich.edu. en.
3. Web site: Charles L. Betsey, Professor Emeritus and Former Interim Dean, Graduate School, Howard University, Advisory Board; Michigan in Washington. live. University of Michigan, College of Letters, Science, and the Arts. https://web.archive.org/web/20170703074331/http://lsa.umich.edu/michinwash/people/advisory-board/cbetsey.html . 2017-07-03 .
4. Web site: Charles Betsey National Academy of Social Insurance. 2021-03-07. www.nasi.org.