Why Gender Matters in Economics

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Frances Woolley is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University, where she has taught since 1990. Her research centers on families and public policy. Her most-cited work is on modeling family decision making, measuring inequality within the household, feminist economics, and tax-benefit policy toward families. Frances strives to use economics to explain everyday experience, and to share her passion for economics with her students. Her popular writing appears in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.