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Shirley Johnson-Lans Department of Economics, Vassar College |
Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
How to reach me
E-mail: sjlans@vassar.edu
Telephone: Office, 845-437-5214; FAX, 845-437-7576
Postal Mail: Box 378, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 12604-0378
Office: Blodgett Hall, Room 128
Biographical Information
Education
- Radcliffe, B.A., magna cum laude, philosophy
- University of Edinburgh, M.A. with 1st honors, political economy (Marshall Scholar)
- Columbia University, Ph.D., economics
Past and Present Board Positions
- Vice Chairman, State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA)
- Board Member, New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority
- President, Advisory Board, Omicron Delta Epsilon, The International Economics Honor Society
- Member, Managing Board, Partisan Review
- Steering Committee, Harvard-Radcliffe Club of the Hudson Valley
Teaching Fields
- Applied Microeconomics
- Labor Economics
- Health Economics
Current Research:
- Effects of Parents' Literacy on Educational Attainment, Age of Marriage, and Health of Daughters in Indian Villages
- The Demand for Preventive Health Care of University Educated American Women
Recent Publications and Working Papers
- "The Supply of Child Brides," with Patrica Jones, Vassar College Economics Department Working Paper, November, 2009
- "When NGOs Make a Difference," Vassar College Economics Department Working Paper, July, 2008
- A Health Economics Primer, Addison Wesley/Pearson, Boston, 2006.
- "Effects of Female Literacy in Villages in Rural Rajasthan," Vassar College Economics Department Working Paper # 76, October 2005