David MacphersonDavid A. Macpherson received his undergraduate degree andPhD from The Pennsylvania State University. He is the E. M. Stevens Professorof Economics at Trinity University. Professor Macpherson is the author of manyarticles in leading labor economics an industrial relations journals, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Industrial and Labor RelationsReview, and the Journal of Human Resources. He is coauthor of theannual Union Membership and Earnings Data Book: Compilations from theCurrent Population Survey, published by the Bureau of National Affairs. Heis also coauthor of Pensions and Productivity and Economics: Privateand Public Choice, 16/e. His specialty is applied labor economics.Professor Macpherson has served as vice-president of the Southern EconomicAssociation. His current research interests include pen-sions, discrimination, industry deregulation, labor unions, and the minimum wage. He enjoys listeningto classic rock, seeing movies and plays, seeing the world, and going to theseashore with his family.