Selected Publications of Edwin Meléndez 1. Books Montero-Sieburth, M. and E. Meléndez, eds., Latinos in a Changing Society, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. Meléndez, E., ed., Communities and Workforce Development. Kalamazoo: Upjohn Institute Press, Meléndez, E., and N. Medina, La Empresa Comunal: Lecciones de Casos Exitosos en Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras: Editorial Nueva Aurora, 1999. Bonilla, F., E. Meléndez, R. Morales, and M. A. Torres, eds., Borderless Border: U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. Meléndez, E., and A. Ruiz, eds., The Economic Impact of the Political Alternatives for Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras: Inter-American University Press, 1998. Meléndez, E., Working on Jobs: The Center for Employment Training. Boston: Mauricio Gastón Institute, 1996. Meléndez, E., and M. Uriarte, eds., Latino Poverty and Economic Development in Massachusetts. Boston: Mauricio Gastón Institute and University of Massachusetts Press, 1994. Meléndez, E., and Edgardo Meléndez, eds., Puerto Rico, A Colonial Dilemma. Boston: South End Press, 1993. Meléndez, E., C. Rodriguez, and J. Barry-Figueroa, eds., Hispanics in the Labor Force. New York: Plenum Press, 1991. Deere, C. D., P. Antrobus, L. Bolles, E. Meléndez, P. Philips, M. Rivera, and H. Safa, In the Shadows of the Sun: Caribbean Development Alternatives and U.S. Policy. Boulder: Westview Press, 1990. 2. Editor of Special Issues of Journals Pathways to Economic Opportunity, Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, XXIII (2), 2011. Latinos in a Changing Society, New England Journal of Public Policy. 11(1-2), 1997. Puerto Rican Poverty and Migration, Latino Studies Journal, 1993. Puerto Rican Poverty and Labor Markets, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences l4 (1), 1992. Puerto Rico: A Colonial Dilemma, Radical America 23(1), 1989. Selected Publications of Edwin Meléndez Revised: November 01, 2012 1
3. Journal Papers Meléndez, E., M. A. Visser, A. Valenzuela, and N. Theodore, "Day Laborers Work Related Injuries: An Assessment of Risks, Choices, and Policies. International Migration (Forthcoming). Meléndez, E., J. Hawley, and L. McCormick, In The Interest of Business: Business Associations And Workforce Development Collaborations. International Journal of Business and Social Science 3:1 (2012). Meléndez, E. and M. A.Visser, Conclusions: Improving the Pathways to Economic Opportunity. CENTRO Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies 23: 2 (2011). Meléndez, E., and M. A.Visser. Low-Wage Labor Markets and Skill Selectivity Among Puerto Rican Migrants. CENTRO Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies 23: 2 (2011). Theodore, Nik; Jr, Abel Valenzuela; Meléndez, Edwin. Worker Centers: Defending Labor Standards for Migrant Workers in the Informal Economy. International Journal of Manpower, 30:5 (2009). McCormick, L., J. D. Hawley, and E. Meléndez, The Economic and Workforce Development Activities of American Business Associations. Economic Development Quarterly 22:3 (2008). Schwartz, A., and E. Meléndez, After Year 15: Challenges to the Preservation of Housing Financed with Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Housing Policy Debate, 19:2 (2008). Meléndez, E., A. Schwartz, and A. de Montrichard, Year 15 and Preservation of the Tax-Credit Housing for Low-Income Households: An Assessment of Risk. Housing Studies 23:1 (2008). Meléndez, E., and L. J. Servon, Reassessing the Role of Housing in Community-Based Urban Development. Housing Policy Debate 18:4 (2007). Stoll, M. A., E. Meléndez, and A. Valenzuela. Spatial Job Search and Job Competition Among Immigrant and Native Groups in Los Angeles. Regional Studies (February 2002). Theodore, N., A. Valenzuela, and E. Meléndez. La Esquina (The Corner): Day Laborers on the Margins of New York s Formal Economy. Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 7:4 (2006). Hawley, J. D., D. Sommers, and E. Meléndez, The Impact of Institutional Collaborations on the Earnings of Adult Workforce Education Completers, Adult Education Quarterly 56:1 (2005). Meléndez, E., L. Falcón, and A. de Montrichard. Community Colleges and Workforce Development: Lessons from Programs Targeting Welfare Recipients. New Directions for Community Colleges (2004). Meléndez, E., L. Falcón, and J. Bivens, Community College Participation in Welfare Programs: Do State Policies Matter? Community College Journal of Research and Practice 27:3 (2003). Meléndez, E., The Potential Impact of Workforce Development Legislation on Community-Based Organizations. New England Journal of Public Policy (Fall/Winter 1997). Meléndez, E., and B. Harrison. Matching the Disadvantaged to Job Opportunities: Structural Explanations for the Past Successes of the Center for Employment Training. Economic Development Quarterly (1997). Selected Publications of Edwin Meléndez Revised: November 01, 2012 2
Meléndez, E., F. Carre, and E. Holvino, Latinos Need Not Apply: The Effects of Industrial Change and Work-Place Discrimination on the Employment of Latinos, New England Journal of Public Policy (Spring 1995). Meléndez, E., Occupational Selectivity and Puerto Rican Migration, l982 88, International Migration Review 28:1 (1994). Meléndez, E., Understanding Latino Poverty, Sage Race Relations Abstracts 18:1 (1994). Meléndez, E., The Unsettled Relationship Between Puerto Rican Poverty and Migration, Latino Studies Journal (May 1993). Figueroa, J. B., and E. Meléndez, The Effects of Household Structure on the Labor Supply of Puerto Rican, Black and White Single Mothers, Social Science Quarterly 74:4 (1993). Deere, C. D., and E. Meléndez, When Export Growth Is Not Enough: U.S. Trade Policy and Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery, Caribbean Affairs 5:1 (1992). Reprinted in Homines: Revista de Ciencias Sociales (San Juan), 17:1-2 (1994). Meléndez, E., Postwar Schools of Political Economy in Puerto Rico, Nature, Society, and Thought 1:2 (Spring l988). Rodriguez, C., and E. Meléndez, Puerto Rican Poverty and Labor Markets, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences l4:l (February l992). Meléndez, E., and J. Barry-Figueroa, The Effects of Local Labor Market Conditions on Labor Force Participation of Puerto Rican, White and Black Women, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences l4:l (February l992). Meléndez, E., Accumulation and Crisis in the Open Economy: The Postwar Social Structure of Accumulation in Puerto Rico, Review of Radical Political Economics 2:2 3 (l990). Meléndez, E., Politics and Economic Reforms in Postwar Puerto Rico, Radical America, Special Issue on Puerto Rico, 23:l (Summer l990). Meléndez, E., Towards a Good Job Strategy for Latino Workers, Journal of Hispanic Policy 4 (1989). 3. Book Chapters and Other Major Publications Melendez, E., Nik Theodore., and Abel Valenzuela Jr. Day Laborers in New York s Informal Economy. In E. Marcelli, C.C. Williams, and Pascale Joassart, Editors, Informal Work in Developed Nations. London and New York: Routledge Press, Ch. 9, 2009. Theodore, N., E. Melendez, A. Valenzuela Jr., and A. L. Gonzalez, Day Labor and Workplace Abuses in the Residential Construction Industry: Conditions in the Washington, DC Region. In A. Bernhardt, H. Boushey, L. Dresser, and C. Tilly, Editors, The Gloves-off Economy: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America s Labor Market. Champaign: Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Pres, 2008. Meléndez, E., Changes in the Characteristics of Puerto Rican Migrants to the United States, in Montero-Sieburth, M. and E. Meléndez, eds., Latinos in a Changing Society. Greenwood Selected Publications of Edwin Meléndez Revised: November 01, 2012 3
Publishing Group, 2007. Montero-Sieburth, M., and E. Meléndez, The Contextualization of Latinos in a Changing Society, in Montero-Sieburth, M. and E. Meléndez, eds., Latinos in a Changing Society. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. Meléndez, E., Luis Falcón, C. Suárez, L.McCormick, and A. de Montrichard, The Welfare to Work Policy Shock: How Community Colleges Are Addressing the Challenge, in E. Meléndez, ed., Communities and Workforce Development. Kalamazoo: Upjohn Institute Press, Schwartz, A., S. Gallagher, and E. Meléndez, Addressing the Employment Challenge for the Homeless: Supportive Housing in New York City, in E. Meléndez, ed., Communities and Workforce Development. Kalamazoo: Upjohn Institute Press, Borges-Méndez, R. and E. Meléndez, One-Stop Centers and CBOs in Workforce Development, in E. Meléndez, ed., Communities and Workforce Development. Kalamazoo: Upjohn Institute Press, Takahashi, B., and E. Meléndez, Union-Sponsored Workforce Development Initiatives, in E. Meléndez, ed., Communities and Workforce Development. Kalamazoo: Upjohn Institute Press, Meléndez, E., Communities and Workforce Development in the Era of Devolution, in E. Meléndez, ed., Communities and Workforce Development. Kalamazoo: Upjohn Institute Press, Meléndez, E., and C. Suárez, Opening College Doors for Disadvantaged Hispanics: An Assessment of Effective Programs and Practices, in R. Kazis and M. Miller, eds., Low Wage Workers in the New Economy. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press 2001. Falcón, L., and E. Meléndez, Racial and Ethnic Differences in Job Searching in Urban Centers, in A. O Connor, C. Tilly, and L. D. Bobo, eds., American Cities in Transition: The Changing Face of Urban Inequality. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. Meléndez, E., and L. Falcón, Closing the Social Mismatch: Lessons from the Latino Experience, in Sonia Perez, ed., Strengthening Employment Opportunities for Latino Workers. Washington D.C.: National Council of La Raza, 2000. Meléndez, E., and M. A. Stoll, Community Economic Development and the Latino Experience, in J. Betancour and D. Gills, eds., The Collaborative City: Opportunities and Challenges for Blacks and Latinos in U.S. City. New York: Garland Press, 2000. Meléndez, E., The Economic Development of El Barrio, in F. Bonilla, E. Meléndez, R. Morales, and M. A. Torres, eds., Borderless Border: U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. Ruiz, A., and E. Meléndez, The Potential Impact of the Repeal of Section 936 in Puerto Rico's Economy, in E. Meléndez and A. Ruiz, eds., The Economic Impact of the Political Alternatives for Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras: Inter-American University Press, 1998. Meléndez, E. and J. Blum, The Tax Elasticity of 936 Investment in Puerto Rico, in E. Meléndez and A. Ruiz, eds., The Economic Impact of the Political Alternatives for Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras: Inter-American University Press, 1998. Selected Publications of Edwin Meléndez Revised: November 01, 2012 4
Meléndez, E., Hispanics and Wage Inequality in New York City, in G. Haslip-Viera and S. Baver, Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996. Meléndez, E., Myths and Realities of Puerto Rican Poverty, Trotter Institute Review, (Spring/Summer, 1994). Meléndez, E., Accumulation and Crisis in the Open Economy: The Postwar Social Structure of Accumulation in Puerto Rico, in D. Kotz, T. McDonough, and M. Reich, Social Structures of Accumulation: The Political Economy of Growth and Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Meléndez, E., Competing Explanations of Latino Poverty: Immigration, the Underclass, and Labor Market Disadvantages. Boston: Boston Foundation, 1994. Meléndez, E., Labor Market Structure and Wage Differences in New York City: A Comparative Analysis of Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites, in E. Meléndez, C. Rodriguez, and J. Barry-Figueroa, eds., Hispanics in the Labor Force. New York: Plenum Press, 1991. Meléndez, E., C. Rodriguez, and J. Barry-Figueroa, Hispanics in the Labor Force: An Introduction to Issues and Approaches, in E. Meléndez, C. Rodriguez, and J. Barry-Figueroa, eds., Hispanics in the Labor Force. New York: Plenum Press, 1991. Meléndez, E., Towards a Good Job Strategy for Latino Workers, in H. D. Romo, eds., Latinos & Blacks in the Cities: Policies for the 1990's. Austin: Inter-University Program for Latino Research, l990. Meléndez, E., Postwar Schools of Political Economy in Puerto Rico, in C. Aho, ed., Ideology and Independence in the Americas. Minneapolis: MEP Publications, 1989. Meléndez, E., Crisis economica y estrategias de desarrollo en Puerto Rico," in C. Gautier and N. Nazario, eds., Puerto Rico en los 1990's, Proceedings of the Symposium Alternativas Económicas en Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, 1988. Selected Publications of Edwin Meléndez Revised: November 01, 2012 5