McKinley L. Blackburn Jr.

McKinley L. Blackburn Jr. serves as a Professor in the Economics Department at the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in econometrics and labor economics. He previously held a visiting fellowship at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York.

His academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University (1987)
• M.A. in Economics from Harvard University (1985)
• B.S. in Economics from the University of South Carolina (1982)

Research centers on labor economics and econometrics, specifically analyzing minimum wage impacts on employment, migration effects on married couples' earnings, and count-data model methodologies. His work appears in leading journals including The Review of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, and Labour Economics, reflecting expertise in empirical labor market analysis and statistical modeling.

Professional recognition includes:

• 1998 Research Development Award from the Darla Moore School of Business