David Weil

Ph D, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Public Policy, 1987.

MA, Harvard University, John. F. Kennedy School of Government, Public Policy, 1985.

BS, Cornell University, Industrial and Labor Relations, 1983.

Other, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics, 1981.

GSM FE727 C1 Economics and Management Decisions

GSM PL882 A1 Public Policy Analysis

Journal Articles:

Weil, D., (2012). Broken Windows, Vulnerable Workers, and the Future of Worker Representation. The Forum: Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics, 10(1), 160-183.

Weil, D., (2011). Enforcing Labor Standards in Fissured Workplaces: The US Experience. The Economic and Labor Relations Review, 22(2), 33-54.

Weil, D., (2008). A Strategic Approach to Labour Inspection.. International Labour Review, 147(4), 349-375. Geneva.

Weil, D., (2007). Crafting a Progressive Workplace Regulatory Policy: Why Enforcement Matters. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal., 28(2), 101-130.

Weil, D., Mallo, C., (2007). Regulating Labour Standards via Supply Chains: Combining Public / Private Interventions to Improve Workplace Compliance. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 45(4), 791-814. London, England.

Weil, D., Fung, A., Graham, M., Fagotto, E., (2006). Regulation by Transparency: The Effectiveness of Government Mandated Disclosure Policies. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(1), 155-181. New York, NY.

Abernathy, F., Volpe, A., Weil, D., (2006). The Apparel and Textile Industries After 2005: Prospects and Choices. Environment and Planning A,

Weil, D., (2005). The Contemporary Industrial Relations System in Construction: Analysis, Observations, and Speculations. Labor History, 46(4), 447-471.

Weil, D., (2005). A Strategic Choice Framework for Union Decision-making. Working USA, 9(2), 327-347. Armonk, NY.

Weil, D., Smith, M. H., (2005). Ratcheting Up: Linked Technology Adoption in Supply Chains. Industrial Relations, 44(3), 490-508. Cambridge, MA.

Weil, D., (2001). Valuing the Economic Consequences of Work Injury and Illness: A Comparison of Methods and Findings. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 40(4), 418-437. New York, NY.

Weil, D., Abernathy, F. H., Dunlop, J. T., Hammond, J. H., (2000). Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing. Harvard Business Review, Boston, MA.

Weil, D., (1999). Are Mandated Health and Safety Committees Substitutes or Supplements for Labor Unions?. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 52(3), 339-360. Ithaca, NY.

Weil, D., (1996). If OSHA is So Bad Why is Compliance So Good?. RAND Journal of Economics, 27(3), 618-640.

Weil, D., Dunlop, J. T., (1996). Diffusion and Performance of Modular Assembly in the U.S. Apparel Industry. Industrial Relations, 35(3), 334-355. Cambridge, MA.

Weil, D., Abernathy, F. H., Dunlop, J. T., Hammond, J. H., (1995). The Information-Integrated Channel: A Study of the U.S. Apparel Industry in Transition. Brookings Papers on Microeconomic Activity,

Weil, D., (1992). Reforming OSHA: Modest Proposals for Major Changes. New Solutions: Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2(4), 26-36.

Weil, D., (1991). Enforcing OSHA: The Role of Labor Unions. Industrial Relations, 30(1), 20-36. Cambridge, MA.

Books:

Weil, D., (2013). The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Weil, D., Abernathy, F. H., Baker, K., Colton, K., (2011). Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better: Lessons from the Harvard Home Builder Study. New York, NY: Lexington Books.

Fung, A., Graham, M., Weil, D., (2007). Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Weil, D., Abernathy, F. H., Dunlop, J. T., Hammond, J. H., (1999). A Stitch in Time: Lean Retailing and the Transformation of Manufacturing—Lessons from the Apparel and Textile Industries. New York: Oxford University Press.

Weil, D., (1994). Turning the Tide: Strategic Planning for Labor Unions. New York: Lexington Books / Macmillan Inc..

Book Chapters:

Weil, D., Kleiner, M., (2012). Evaluating the Effectiveness of National Labor Relations Act Remedies: Analysis and Comparsion with Other Workplace Penalty Policies. Cheltenham: Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Laws, Edward Elgar.

Weil, D., (2012). Consumer Financial Protection and the Way Forward. New York: CFA Institute.

Weil, D., (2005). Individual Rights and Collective Agents: The Role of New Workplace Institutions in the Regulation of Labor Markets, in Richard Freeman, Larry Mishel, and Joni Hersch, eds., Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the 21st Century. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL.

Weil, D., Abernathy, F., Dunlop, J. T., Hammond, J., (2004). Globalization in the Apparel and Textile Industries: What is New and What is Not?, in Martin Kenney and Richard Florida eds., Locating Global Advantage: Industry Dynamics in a Globalizing Economy. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Weil, D., Schurman, S. J., Landsbergis, P., Israel, B. A., (1998). The Role of Unions and Collective Bargaining in Preventing Work-Related Disability, in Terry Thomason, John Burton, and Douglas Hyatt, eds. New Approaches to Disability in the Workplace. Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association.

Weil, D., (1997). Analyzing Regulatory Performance: Insights on the Implementation of Federal Workplace Policy, in Bruce E. Kaufman, ed. Government Regulation of the Employment Relationship. Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association .

Other Publications:

Weil, D., (2011). A Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data. Committee on Disclosure. November 2011.. National Academy of Sciences,Washington, DC : National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences .

Weil, D., (2010). Improving Workplace Conditions through Strategic Enforcement: Report to the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor.. Washignton, DC: U.S. Department of Labor.

Weil, D., Abernathy, F., (2004). Apparel Apocalypse? The Americas' Textile Industries Won't Die When Quotas Do.: Washington Post.

Weil, D., (2003). OSHA: Beyond the Politics.: Featured companion article for PBS Frontline episode, .

Weil, D., Graham, M., Fung, A., (2002). Clarifying Transparency.: Financial Times.

Invited Lectures:

Weil, D., (Presenter and Author), Conference on Responsible Regulation. Tulane University, Perils and Promise of Targeted Transparency. (March 1, 2013).

Weil, D., (Author Only), State Enforcement Agency Seminar Series, Enforcement Challenges in a Fissured Workplace, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA. (January 11, 2013).

Weil, D., (Author Only), Distinguished Speaker Series on Policy Research, The Fissured Workplace: Causes, Consequences, and Response, New York University Wagner School of Public Administrtion, New York, NY. (October 25, 2012).

Weil, D., (Author Only), Harvard School of Public Health, Health and Safety Impacts of the Fissured Workplace, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. (October 22, 2012).

Weil, D., (Panelist), After November: Anticipating and Adapting: Annual NLRB / Solicitor of Labor Law Conference, Prospects for Wage and Hour Enforcement after the Elections, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA. (October 18, 2012).

Weil, D., (Chair), 30th International Symposium on Safety and Health in Construction, Reflections on Construction Industry Health and Safety., Construction Section of the International Social Security Association, Boston, MA. (October 17, 2012).

Weil, D., (Presenter Only), The Future of Residential Construction, Industry Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA. (May 30, 2012).

Weil, D., (Panelist), Challenges of Whistleblower Protection, Whistleblower Protection and Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC. (June 21, 2012).

Weil, D., (Presenter and Author), What Works for Low Wage Workers? Public Polices and Innovative Strategies for Low-Wage Workers, Mending the Fissured Workplace, Georgetown University--Kalmovitz Institute, Washington, DC. (February 24, 2012).

Weil, D., (Author Only), MIT / Stanford Just Supply Chain Conference, The Fissured Workplace, MIT Sloan School of Management / Stanford University, Cambridge, MA. (December 13, 2012).

Weil, D., (Presenter & Author), Future of Life-Cycle Saving and Investing,, Transparency and the Way Forward: Some Observations, Boston University School of Management, Boston, MA. (May 25, 2011).

Weil, D., (Presenter Only), Worker Protection Senior Leadership Conference, U.S. Department of Labor, Strategic Enforcement: A New Approach. (Keynote address), U.S. Department of Labor, Philadelphia, PA. (September 28, 2010).

Weil, D., (Other), Annual Meeting of the National Academies of Science, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Disclosure as an Instrument of Public Policy., National Academies of Science, Washington, DC. (May 18, 2010).

Weil, D., (Other), Melbourne Law School Labor and Workplace Seminar, Fissured Employment., University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, VIC,, Australia. (December 9, 2010).

Weil, D., (Other), Annual Meeting of the International Association of Privacy Professional, Radical Transparency. Keynote Address, International Association of Privacy Professionals, Boston, MA. (September 18, 2009).

Accepted Lectures:

Weil, D., (Presenter and Author), Conference to Celebrate the Centennial of the US Department of Labo, Enforcement Challenges in a Fissured Workplace, US Department of Labor / Cornell University, Washington, DC. (November 9, 2012).

Weil, D., (Presenter Only), Society for the Advancement of Socio Economics, Perspectives on the Fissured Workplace, SASE, Cambridge, MA. (June 29, 2012).

Weil, D., (Presenter Only), Annual Meetings of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Franchised Employment, Labor and Employment Relations Association, Chicago, IL. (January 7, 2012).

Service to the School:

School of Management, Faculty Policy & Actions, Committee Chair, Academic Promotion and Tenure Committee. (July 2009 - August 2012).

Service to the Profession:

National, Professional, Chairperson, Dunlop Commission on Agricultural Work and Employment. (August 2005 - Present).

National, Professional, Board of Advisors of a Company, Harvard Center for a Healthy Workplace. (January 2008 - Present).


Served as a member of a 7 person advisory council to this multi-university initiative sponsoring research and outreach on workplace health issues.



International, Professional, Board of Advisors of a Company, Center for Construction Research and Training. (January 2012 - Present).


Technical Advisory Board



National, Professional, Other Role, Labor / Management Comittees. (1991 - Present).


Served as mediator to labor / management groups and labor unions in the construction, government, and manufacturing sectors.



National, Professional, Board of Directors of a Company, Industry Studies Association. (March 2009 - December 2012).


Appointed as a founding board member of the Industry Studies Association, the successor organization to the Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Program.



Professional, Member, Steering Group -- Offshore Working Group, MIT Industrial Performance Center, funded by the Sloan Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. (September 2004 - October 2006).

Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director, Transparency Policy Project, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. (2001 - Present).

Faculty Member / Fellow, Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program. (1987 - Present).

Best MBA Professor Cohort C 2012, MBA Student Association, Teaching. (May 1, 2012).

Selected by first year MBA students, cohort C, as favorite professor

National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Research. (June 2011).

Selected to participate in an NAS Panel on disclosure of information on food safety.

Fulbright Senior Scholar, J. William Fulbright Scholarship Committee, Research. (February 2008).

Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Boston University School of Management, Research. (September 2006).

Shingo Prize for Research on Manufacturing Innovations. (May 2000).

(for the book, "A Stitch in Time: Lean Retailing and the Transformation of Manufacturing.")

Broderick Prize for Research, Boston University School of Management. (1997).

Broderick Prize for Research, Boston University School of Management. (1994).

TV

Frontline: Cell Tower Deaths, 05/22/2012, PBS. See Web Page

Radio

Thom Hartmann Show, 03/28/07, Air America / Sirius.

Sam Litzinger Show, 03/26/07, WTWP (Washington Post Radio).

Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research
http://www.hctar.org


Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Site for Working Papers
http://ssrn.com/author=137169


Transparency Policy Project--Taubman Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government
http://www.transparencypolicy.net/


Union Strategic Analysis Survey--A Website for Institutional Self-Evaluation
http://www.scatsurvey.com