CURRICULUM VITAE A. M. FERRER PERSONAL INFORMATION Department of Economics, University of Waterloo Hagey Hall of Humanities Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 Phone: (519) 888 4567, ext. 38771. E-mail: aferrer@uwaterloo.ca Web Page: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013 present Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo 2009-2013 Associate Professor at the University of Calgary (2010-2011 visiting professor at the Toulouse School of Economics) 2007-2009. Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary 2005-2006. Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary 2001- Present. Independent contract work (Statistics Canada, World Bank) 1999-2005. Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia 1999-2001. Associate Researcher for the Western Research Network RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS Priority leader for the Economic and Labour Market Integration Research Priority at Metropolis (2009-2012). Metropolis is an international network for comparative research and public policy development on migration, diversity, and immigrant integration in cities in Canada and around the world. Priority Leaders ensure that their priority area is visible across Metropolis events and activities. They also work with the Metropolis Secretariat and federal partners to regularly and effectively transfer findings to policy-makers. Associate Researcher with the Global Network on Child Migration, Office of Population Research, Princeton University Associate researcher to the Canadian Labour Market and Skill Researcher Network (CLSRN) Investigator affiliated with the Prairie Metropolis Centre (PMC) ACADEMIC FORMATION 1998. Ph.D. Economics. Boston University. Boston, Massachusetts 1997. Master of Arts in Political Economy. Boston University. Boston, Massachussets 1985-1990. Bachelor in Economic Theory. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid GRANTS AND AWARDS 2013. CLSRN Improving Immigration Outcomes in British Columbia (April 15, 2013 January 31, 2014) 2011. University of Calgary SHHRC competitiveness preparation grants for the project Fertility Decisisions of Canadian Immigrant Households (June 1st, 2012 September 31, 2012) 1
2011. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant: The delay of post secondary schooling decisions (May 2011 to March 2013) 1999-2001. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Western Research Network on Education and Training, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (July 1 st, 1999 to June 31 st 2001) 1992-1997. Teaching Fellowship (Boston University) (September 1 st, 1992 to Aril 31, 1993) and Bank of Spain Fellowship for Further Foreign Studies (July 1st, 1993 to June 31 st, 1997) RESEARCH INTERESTS Education, Labor Markets, Immigration, Economics of the Family REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Does the Market Help Workers Balance Work-Family Conflict? (with Lynda Gagne) forthcoming in the Journal of Management and Organization (Previously published as CLSRN working Paper #2006-02, September 21, 2006). Age at Migration, Language and Fertility Patterns among Migrants to Canada (with Alicia Adsera) forthcoming in Population Studies. (previously published as IZA Working Paper 5552, 2011 and CLSRN working paper #91) Fertility Patterns of Child Migrants: Age at Migration and Ancestry in Comparative Perspective, with Alicia Adsera and Wendy Sigle-Rushton, (2012), Migrant Youth and Children of Migrants in a Globalized World, the Annals of the American Academic of Political Science, Sept 2012; 643(1), pp.160-189 The long term consequences of business cycles for human capital accumulation, with David Green and Herb Emery, (2012) Industrial & Labor Relations Review vol. 65(3), pp.708-734 Evidence of the Association between Household Food Insecurity and Heating Cost Inflation in Canada from 1998 2001, with Jesse Matheson, J. Herbert Emery, Aaron C. Bartoo, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Valerie Tarasuk, Lynn McIntyre, (2012), Canadian Public Policy vol. 38(2), pp. 181-215. "Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts in Latin America: Overview and Assessment", with Craig Riddell (2011). In R. Holzmann and M. Voldopivec eds. Improving Severance Pay: An International Perspective. World Bank Publications, Washington D.C. (2011) (Previously published as IZA Working Paper 5577, 2011) The Fertility Decisions of Canadian Immigrants, with Alicia Adsera in Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment. Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick, Arthur Sweetman, and Christopher Worswick, eds. 2010, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series). Marriage Market Imbalances and the Labor Force Participation of Canadian Women with Herb Emery (2009). Review of Economics of the Household: Vol 7(1): pp 43-57 Should Workers Care about Firm Size? with Stephanie Lluis (2008). Industrial Labor Relations Review Vol. 62 (1): pp 104-125 "Education, Credentials and Immigrant Earnings" with Craig Riddell (2008) Canadian Journal of Economics; 41(1): pp 186-216 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Canadian Children s Development Outcomes, with Lynda Gagne (2006). Canadian Public Policy 32(3): pp.275-300 2
"The Effect of Literacy on Immigrant Earnings", with David Green and Craig Riddell (2006). The Journal of Human Resources, vol.41 n.2. pp.380-410. "Signaling, Inequality and the Social Structure" (2005), Economica, Volume 72, Issue 287, Page 515-529, "The Role of Credentials in the Canadian Labor Market", with Craig Riddell (2002). Canadian Journal of Economics; 35(4): 879-905 "Sheepskin Effects and the Returns to Education" with Craig Riddell (2002). Towards Evidence-Based Policy for Canadian Education, edited by Patrice de Broucker and Arthur Sweetman, John Deutchs Institute of Economic Policy, Queen's University. McGill-Queen's Press 2002 CHAPTERS IN BOOKS (non-refereed) Economic Outcomes of Adult Education and Training, with Craig Riddell. Prepared for the International Encyclopaedia of Education, third edition, Oxford: Elsevier. 2010. Also appears as a Chapter in Adult Learning and Education, 1 st Edition. K.Rubenson Ed. Elsevier 2011 (ISBN: 9780123814890) Canada s Immigration Policy: Recent changes and developments (with Garnett Picot and Craig Riddell) forthcoming as a chapter in Perspectives on International Migration, Martha Justus and Ather Akbari, eds. WORKING PAPERS (under review in Journals) The Social Rate of Return to Investing in Character: An Economic Evaluation of Alberta's Immigrant Access Fund Small Loan Program (with Herbert Emery ) U of Calgary Working Paper #2012-01 " The Returns to Flexible Post-Secondary Education: The Effects of Delaying School. (with Alicia Menendez), CLSRN working Paper #17, 2009. The Fertility of Recent Immigrants to Canada IZA Discussion # 7289, March 2013 (with Alicia Adsera) WORK IN PROGRESS Speeding up for a son? Fertility transitions among Migrants to Canada (with Alicia Adsera) Labour force participation in immigrant households (with Alicia Adsera) The Effects of English Proficiency on the Health of North American Immigrants (with Meltem Daysal and Mircea Trandafir) The Effect of Housing Price Changes on Fertility (with Jeremy Clark) RECENT PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS (past 4 years) Presented Paper Labour market decision of Immigrant Households 1. 2013 April. Migration, Global Development, New Frontiers. CREAM conference (London, England) 2. 2013 April. Guest Speaker. Prentice Institute Seminar Series (Lethbridge, Canada) Presented Paper Fertility disruptions during immigration 1. 2012 June. European Population Association meetings (Stockholm, Sweden) 2. 2012. May. Canadian Economic Association Annual Conference. (Calgary, Alberta) 3
3. 2012. May. Canadian Sociology Association Annual Conference (Waterloo, Ontario) Presented Paper International perspective on immigrant fertility 1. 2011. November, 2011 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Conference (Washington, US) 2. 2011. June. V INSIDE workshop - Princeton Global Network on Child Migration (Barcelona, Spain) Presented Paper Canada s Immigration Policy and Labour Shortages 1. 2011. June. Labour Market Needs and Migration - Expert Seminar (Brussels, Belgium) Presented Paper Age at Migration, Language and Fertility Patterns among Migrants to Canada 1. 2012. May. Invited seminar at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) 2. 2011. December. Invited seminar at the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) 3. 2011. April. Annual Meeting of the Society of Labour Economists (Vancouver, Canada) 4. 2011. March. Population Association of America annual meeting (Washington, D.C) 5. 2011. February. Invited seminar at Toulouse School of Economics (France) 6. 2010. October. Invited seminar at Tilburg University (Netherlands) 7. 2010. October. Invited seminar at Alicante University (Spain) 8. 2010. October. Invited seminar at Institute Nationale d Etudes Demographiques (France) 9. 2010. September. European Population Conference (Vienna) 10. 2010 June. Canadian Economic Association Meetings (Quebec city) Presented Paper Speeding up for a son? Fertility transitions among First and Second Generation Migrants to Canada 1. 2010. September. European Population Conference (Vienna) Presented Paper The long term consequences of business cycles for human capital accumulation 1. 2009 August. Guest speaker at the University of Melbourne (Victoria, AU) 2. 2009 July. Guest speaker at the University of Adelaide (South Australia, AU) Presented Paper The Returns to Flexible Post Secondary Education in Canada 1. 2010 November. Invited seminar at University of Toulouse (France) 2. 2009 October. Guest speaker at the University of Victoria (Victoria) Presented paper The Use of Family Friendly Workplace Practices. OTHER Policy Contributions 1. 2009 April. Population Association of America. Annual meetings (Detroit) 2. 2009 April. Mothers, workers and retirees: The evolution of women s roles in the economy. Wilfrid Laurier University (Kitchener/waterloo) Participant in Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) Round Table on Temporary Migration Participant at the Expert Seminar organized by the International Organization for Migration, the European Commission (Brussels) Priority leader for the Economic and Labour Market Integration Research Priority at Metropolis. Participant in the Round Tables and Consultations about immigrant issues organized by the Metropolis Project Team. Teaching and Advising Undergraduate courses, Majors Program: "Economics of Poverty and Inequality", Economics of Social Problems, "Labor Economics" (Graduate and Undergraduate Levels), "Applied Economics", Statistics in Economics. Thesis advisor for MA master course. Yearly Enrolment: 8 students. (University of Calgary) 4
Thesis advisor for the Undergraduate Honors Program at UBC: Gloria Wong (2001), Joyce Ma ( 2004) and David Warren (2004). PhD candidacy exams: Alexander Smith (university of Calgary, 2007), Lawrence So (University of Calgary, 2006), Mahmood Zarrabi (University of Calgary, 2005) External Examiner: Berenice DeGusti (university of Calgary, Sociology, 2008), Pamr (university of Calgary, Sociology, 20011); Phillip Leonard (McMaster University, Economics, 2012) Neutral Chair: Zeng Lian (university of Calgary, Economics, 2012) Media The returns to postsecondary education research featured in: o The Vancouver Sun, March 25, 2012 A second chance to be teacher's pet. More adults are choosing to go back to school for continuing studies o The Huffingtonpost Business October 5, 2011 Education in Canada: It pays to take time out of f school But only if you work. o Radio interview for the Simi Sara Show (CKNW News Talk 980) October 6, 2011 o The Georgia Straight, October 7, 2011. The use of family friendly work practices featured in o Where are the boys? Alberta Views, September 2011 Academic Contributions Invited guest at the 4 th Conference of Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe (Milan, June 2012) to discuss the papers in the session Child Migrant Health Outcomes Referee for American Economic Journal-Applied Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Labor and Relations Review, Economica, Canadian Public Policy, Economics of Education Review, Demography, Journal of Development Economics, International Migration Review, Journal of International Migrations and Integrations, International Journal of Manpower, Healthcare Policy, Regional Studie, and the Statistics Canada Research Paper Series Referee for applications to SSHRC competition grants, the Research Data Center, and peer reviewer for Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and the Canadian Labor Market and Skills Researcher Network 5