Frances Woolley | |
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Academic career | |
Field | Labor economics Public Finance |
Alma mater | Simon Fraser University (B.A.) Queen's University (M.A.) London School of Economics (Ph.D.) |
Website | https://carleton.ca/fwoolley/ |
Frances Woolley is a professor of economics at Carleton University, Canada, and has been teaching there since 1990.[1] She holds a B.A. from Simon Fraser University, a M.A. from Queen's University, and a Ph.D. from London School of Economics under the supervision of Tony Atkinson.[1] Her thesis was titled Economic models of family decision-making, with applications to intergenerational justice.[2] Her research includes fields such as public finance, labour economics, as well as family and public policies.[1][3] She has served as secretary treasurer and president of the Canadian Economics Association and co-editor of Review of Economics of the Household, on the editorial boards of Feminist Economics and the Journal of Socio-Economics, and as the associate dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University.[1]
In recent years, she has been devoting more time to writing on her blog, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, and to writing for The Globe and Mail.[4] In describing herself, she says, "I theorize about life"[5] and uses economics to relate to things that happen in everyday life.