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Alice Schoonbroodt

  • Senior Lecturer, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics

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