Alice Schoonbroodt
- Senior Lecturer, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics
318N Correll Hall
Office Hours
Wednesdays & Fridays 11:30am-12:30pm
Education
- PhD, Economics, University of Minnesota (U.S.A), 2006
- MA, Economics, McGill University (Canada), 2000
- BA, Economics, Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), 1999
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Economic growth
- Demographic economics
- Artificial intelligence and automation & their gender-specific effects on the labor market
Publications
Journal Articles
- “Should I go to Graduate School? The role of preference for children and human capital accumulation,” Journal of Human Capital, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 333-371, Fall 2022.
- “Parental Childcare During and Outside of Typical Work Hours,” 2018, Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 453-476, June 2018.
- “Baby Busts and Baby Booms: The Fertility Response to Shocks in Dynastic Models,” 2016, (with Larry Jones), Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 22, pp. 157-178, October 2016.
- “Gender Gaps in Completed Fertility,” (with Erica Field, Vera Molitor and Michèle Tertilt), Journal of Demographic Economics, Vol. 82, Issue 2, pp. 167-206, June 2016.
- “Property Rights and Efficiency in OLG models with endogenous fertility,” (with Michèle Tertilt), Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 150, Pages 551-583, March 2014.
- “An Accounting Exercise for the Shift in Life-Cycle Employment Profiles of Married Women Born Between 1940 and 1960,” (with Sébastien Buttet), Journal for Labor Market Research, Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 253-271, September 2013.
- “Complements versus Substitutes and Trends in Fertility Choice in Dynastic Models,” (with Larry Jones), International Economic Review, Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 671-699, Aug. 2010.
Book Chapters
- “Fertility Theories: Can they explain the Negative Fertility-Income Relationship?” (with Larry Jones and Michèle Tertilt), Demography and the Economy, John B. Shoven, editor, University of Chicago Press, January 2011.
Editorial Appointments
- Associate Editor, Journal of Demographic Economics, 2013–present
Awards, Honors, and Recognition
- 2018 Tippie College of Business Innovation in Teaching Award, Iowa, USA
- 2011 Travel Grant, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2011 25% Teaching Buyout, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2010 Travel Grant, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2010 25% Teaching Buyout, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2009 Travel Grant, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2009 25% Teaching Buyout, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland
- 2008 Small Grant Scheme, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
- 2007 Small Grant Scheme, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
- 2006-2008 Research Grant, Economics Division, University of Southampton
- 2004-2005 Heller Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
- Summer 2002 Prescott Summer Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
- 1999 Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1999 Best Bachelor’s Thesis, Alumni Association, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Service
Internal Service
- International Business Coordinating Committee, Member, 2022-present
- Study Abroad and Foreign Exchange Agreements Committee, Member, 2022-present
- Elected Faculty Council, Tippie College of Business, Member, 2017-2018
- Diversity Committee, Tippie College of Business, Member, 2014-2015
- PhD Revamp Committee, Department of Economics, Member, 2013-2015
- Elected Faculty Council, Tippie College of Business, Vice Chair, 2013-2014
- Elected Faculty Council, Tippie College of Business, Member, 2012-2013
- Tow Seminar Committee, Department of Economics, Member, 2011-2013
Service to the Profession
- Local Organizer, Conference on Demographic Economics, May 2014, Iowa City, Iowa
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2014, Toronto, Canada
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2013, Seoul, South Korea
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2012, Limassol, Cyprus
- Program Committee Member, Society for Social Politics Meetings 2011
- Scientific Committee Member, OLG days 2011, Vielsalm, Belgium
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2011, Ghent, Belgium
- Program Committee Member, Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings 2010, Montreal, Canada
- Founding Member of the ESRC Centre for Population Change
Prior Professional Positions
- Part-Time Lecturer in Economics, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A, 2018-present
- Assistant Professor, Economics, Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A., 2011-2018
- Researcher, ESRC Centre for Population Change, Southampton-Scotland, U.K., 2009-present
- Lecturer (Assistant Prof.) with Tenure, Economics Division, University of Southampton, U.K. , 2010-2012
- Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 2010
- Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., 2009-2010
- Lecturer (Assistant Prof.), Economics Division, University of Southampton, U.K. , 2006-2009
- Visiting Scholar, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, 2009
- Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., 2002-2006
- Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (Professor Larry Jones), 2003-2006
- Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (Professor Thomas Holmes) , 2002-2003
- Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. , 2000-2002