Janice Compton

• ECON 1010 - Introduction to Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 2030 - Math for Economics
• ECON 3362 - Labour Economics I
• ECON 3364 - Labour Economics II
• ECON 4010 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory

• PhD (Economics), Washington University in St. Louis, 2005

Research interests

• Household economics
• Aging
• Migration
• Intrahousehold transfers of care

Research affiliations/groups

• Chair - Canadian Women Economists Committee (CWEC)
• Board Member - Canadian Economics Association (CEA)

• The Life Expectancy of Couples in Canada (with Marwa AlFakhri.) Canadian Public Policy. 49(S1): 76-93. 2023. 

• The Life Expectancy of Older Couples and Surviving Spouses (with Robert A. Pollak) 2021. PLOS-One. 16(5): e0250564, 2021.

• Gender Differences in Self-reported stress and health behaviors of Doctors in Kazakhstan during Covid-19 (with Dana Bazarkulova). Feminist Economics. 27 (1-2): 81-102, 2021. 

• Marriage Traditions and Investment in Education: The Case of Bride Kidnapping. (with Dana Bazarkulova). Journal of Comparative Economics. 49(1): 147-163, 2021. 

• The Labor Supply of Military Wives in the United States. (with Breann Whitby). Review of Economics of the Household. 16(2): 513-539, 2018. 

• Effects of the 2001 Extension of Paid Parental Leave Provisions on Birth Seasonality in Canada. (with Lindsay Tedds). Canadian Public Policy. 42(1): 65-82, 2016.