Dr. Maggie Jones

Position
Status
On leave
Contact
Credentials
PhD (Queen's)
Area of expertise
Labour Economics, economics of education, economic history
Maggie Jones joined the Department of Economics in the summer of 2018.
Maggie is an applied micro-economist working at the intersection of labour, education, and economic history. She uses a variety of econometric techniques motivated by economic theory to understand socioeconomic inequalities, and how to develop better policies to address these inequalities.
Interests
- Labour Economics
- Economics of Education
- Economic History
Courses
- ECON 370, Labour Economics 1
Selected publications
- Barber, M., and Maggie E.C. Jones (2021). Inequalities in Test Scores Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth in Canada. Economics of Education Review 83.
- Feir, D., K. Foley, and Maggie E. C. Jones (2021). The Distributional Impacts of Active Labor Market Programs for Indigenous Populations. AEA Papers and Proceedings 111, 216-220.
- Feir, D., and Maggie E.C. Jones (2020). Repaying a Debt? The Performance of Morrill Act University Beneficiaries as Measured by Native Enrollment and Graduation Rates. Invited publication for Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Journal 8(1), 129-138.
- Jaworski, T., M. E. C. Jones, and Mario Samano (2018). Entry and Pricing on Broadway. Applied Economics Letters 25(10), 653-658.
- Jones, M. E. C., M. Ø. Nielsen, and Michal K. Popiel (2014). A Fractionally Cointegrated VAR Analysis of Economic Voting and Political Support. Canadian Journal of Economics 47(4), 1078-1130. (Note: a working paper version can be found here)
- Rosenblum, D., and Maggie Jones (2013). Did the Taliban’s Opium Eradication Campaign Cause a Decline in HIV Infections in Russia? Substance Use and Misuse 48(6), 470-476.