Effective mass of a charge carrier

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What is the effective mass of a charge carrier, numerically? Is it equivalent to the mass of an electron? Is it the same for negative charge carriers as it is for positive charge carriers?
 
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For Bloch electrons? The effective mass is inversely proportional to the curvature of the \epsilon vs k graph for the band that the carrier is in.
 

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