Tilly, Chris

views updated

TILLY, Chris

TILLY, Chris. Also writes as Brendan Rosis. American (born France), b. 1955. Genres: Business/Trade/Industry, Economics, Sociology. Career: University of Massachusetts, Lowell, university professor of regional economic and social development, 1988-. Grassroots International, member of program committee. Publications: (with Y. Camayd-Freixas) Fifteen Years of Community-Based Development: An Annotated Bibliography, 1968- 1983, 1985; Short Hours, Short Shrift: Causes and Consequences of Part- Time Work, 1990; (with R. Albelda) It'll Take More Than a Miracle: Income in Single-Mother Families in Massachusetts, 1979-1987, 1992; (with B. Bluestone & M.H. Stevenson) Public Policy Alternatives for Dealing with the Labor Market Problems of Central City Young Adults: Implications from Current Labor Market Research, 1994; Half a Job: Bad and Good Part-Time Jobs in a Changing Labor Market, 1996; (with R. Albelda) Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women's Work, Women's Poverty, 1997; (with C. Tilly) Work under Capitalism, 1997; (ed. with A. O'Connor and L. Bobo) Urban Inequality: Evidence from Four Cities, 2001; (with P. Moss) Stories Employers Tell: Race, Skills, and Hiring in America, 2001. Address: Department of Regional, Economic & Social Development, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, 61 Wilder St, Lowell, MA 01854, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

More From encyclopedia.com