Alison Booth — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Australian National University.
Obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics in 1984.
Received the Distinguished Fellow Award of the Economic Society of Australia in 2017 and was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2019.
Authored "The Economics of the Trade Union," which was a Princeton University Economics Book of the Year in 1996.
Published novels including "The Philosopher's Daughters" (April 2020) and "The Painting" (July 2021).
Served as President of the European Association of Labour Economists from 2006-2008 and Editor-in-chief of Labour Economics from 1999-2004.

Biography

Alison Booth is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Australian National University and an Australian labour economist. She is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, the IZA Bonn, and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nürnberg. Booth is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics in 1984.