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Joyce P. Jacobsen
Born
Joyce Penelope Jacobsen

(1961-05-27) 27 May 1961 (age 62)
NationalityAmerican
SpouseBill Boyd
Children2
Academic career
Institutions Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Wesleyan University
FieldSex segregation, migration, and the effects of labor force intermittency on women’s earnings
Alma mater Harvard University (A.B.)
Stanford University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral
advisor
Victor Fuchs
Awards2007 Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Website www2.hws.edu/president-jacobsen/biography/

Joyce Penelope Jacobsen [2] is a former President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Jacobsen was elected as the 29th President of Hobart College and the 18th President of William Smith College. [3] Jacobsen is a scholar of economics, an award-winning teacher and an experienced administrator. She began her presidency on July 1, 2019. She is the first woman to serve as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Jacobsen was the Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, Middletown. [4] [5] She was also president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2016 to 2017. [6] In 2021, she was awarded the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award for furthering the status of women in the economics profession. [7]

Education

Jacobsen earned her A.B. from Harvard University in 1982 [8] and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1991. [2]

Awards

  • 2007 Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching [9]

Bibliography

Books

  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1982). Locational determinants of the U.S. insurance industry (A.B. thesis). Harvard University. OCLC  12190094.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1991). Earnings and employment differences by race and sex, by economic sector (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC  38675868.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Skillman, Gilbert L. (2004). Labor markets and employment relationships: a comprehensive approach. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN  9780631208365.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2007). The economics of gender (3rd ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN  9781405161824.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Zeller, Adam (2008). Queer economics: a reader. London New York: Routledge. ISBN  9780203939451.

Chapters in books

  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2008), "gender roles and division of labour", in Durlauf, Steven N.; Blume, Lawrence E. (eds.), The new Palgrave dictionary of economics (2nd ed.), Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 582, ISBN  9780333786765. Also available online.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2013), "Closing the gender gap: what would it take?", in Rycroft, Robert S. (ed.), The economics of inequality, poverty, and discrimination in the 21st century (volume 1: causes), Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, pp. 177–193, ISBN  9780313396915.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2013), "Gender inequality: a key global challenge –– Reducing losses due to gender inequality", in Lomborg, Bjørn (ed.), How much have global problems cost the world?: a scorecard from 1900 to 2050, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 192–206, ISBN  9781107679337.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2014), "Section 3: How did the great recession affect poverty rates for demographic groups?: Sex, female", in Hanson, Lindsey K.; Essenburg, Timothy J. (eds.), The new faces of American poverty: a reference guide to the great recession, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 322–329, ISBN  9781610691826.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2014), "Section 3: How did the great recession affect poverty rates for demographic groups?: Sex, male", in Hanson, Lindsey K.; Essenburg, Timothy J. (eds.), The new faces of American poverty: a reference guide to the great recession, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 392–395, ISBN  9781610691826.
  • Jacobsen, Joyce P. (2014), "Changing technologies of household productions: causes and effects", in Redmount, Esther (ed.), The economics of the family: how the household affects markets and economic growth (Volume 2), Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 141–169, ISBN  9781440800566

Journal articles

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen Named President of HWS". Hobart and William Smith Colleges. 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  2. ^ a b Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1991). Earnings and employment differences by race and sex, by economic sector (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC  38675868.
  3. ^ "Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen Named President of HWS - Hobart and William Smith Colleges". www2.hws.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  4. ^ "Profile page: Joyce P. Jacobsen". Economics Faculty, Wesleyan University. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ Hanson, Lindsey K.; Essenburg, Timothy J. (2014), "About the editors and contributors", in Hanson, Lindsey K.; Essenburg, Timothy J. (eds.), The new faces of American poverty: a reference guide to the great recession, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 908, ISBN  9781610691826.
  6. ^ "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Joyce P. Jacobsen Recipient of the 2021 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award". American Economic Association. October 20, 2021.
  8. ^ Jacobsen, Joyce P. (1982). Locational determinants of the U.S. insurance industry (A.B. thesis). Harvard University. OCLC  12190094.
  9. ^ "Binswanger Prize Recipients". Wesleyan University. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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Non-profit organisation positions
Preceded by President of the International Association for Feminist Economics
2016–2017
Succeeded by