Background
GILROY, Curtis Lloyd was born in 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
(When, some years ago, I delivered nine lectures upon the ...)
When, some years ago, I delivered nine lectures upon the Condition of Woman, I had no intention of printing them until time had matured my judgments and justified my conclusions. Peculiar circumstances afterwards induced me to modify this decision. The first course of lectures, now printed as "The College," had proved unexpectedly popular, and was many times repeated. At its close, I announced the second course upon Labor, involving the subject of Prostitution as the result of Low Wages; and a very unexpected opposition ensued. My files can still show the large number of letters I received, beseeching me not to touch this subject; and private intercession followed, on the part of those I hold wisest and most dear, to the same effect. Why I did not yield to all the clamor, I cannot tell,—except that I was not working for myself nor of myself.
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GILROY, Curtis Lloyd was born in 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Bachelor of Arts Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1964. Master of Arts University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1966. Master of Business Administration McMaster University, Ontario 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy State University New York 1973.
Instructor, Assistant Professor, Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1967-1969, 1970-1972. Economics, United States Bureau Labor State, Washington, District of Columbia, 1972-1974. Senior Economics, United States Department Labor, Washington, District of Columbia, 1975-1976.
Staff Economics, National Commission Employment and Unemployment Statistics, 1977-1979.
Senior Economics, Minimum Wage Study Commission, Washington, District of Columbia, 1980-1982. United States Army Research Institute, Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982-1984.
(When, some years ago, I delivered nine lectures upon the ...)
Although my research has focussed on the theory and operation of labour markets, its early emphasis was on the economics of discrimination. Special attention was paid to the labour force status of minorities and women. I was not so much interested in employment and training policy as in empirical investigation and data development.
This latter interest led to a real concern with such issues as data accuracy and conceptual measurement. How successful are the labour market surveys in measuring what they purport to measure? I was fortunate to join the research staff of a Presidential Commission mandated to appraise the
nation’s labour force statistics — how the government measures employment, unemployment, ‘discouraged workers’, earnings, et cetera This experience and my familiarity with the many government and government-sponsored labour market related surveys provided a background for subsequent empirical research on the economic effects of minimum wage legislation.
I joined the research staff of a Congressional Commission on minimum wages and focussed on the employment and unemployment effects of minimum wage legislation under the Fair Labor Standards Acting. I have continued to study the operation of labour markets, most recently for the United States Army. The inception of the All-Volunteer Force has opened up a new arena for the application of theoretical and empirical labour market models.