Alison Booth

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Alison Lee Booth (born before 1980) is an Australian economist and university professor . The focus of her work is in the field of labor economics.

Life

Booth studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science , where she first completed her studies as a Master of Science in economics in 1980 , before receiving a Ph.D. graduated. She then lectured at City University London and Brunel University . In 1990 she went to Birkbeck College as a senior lecturer . In 1995 Booth followed a call from the University of Essex . At the same time, she has been a professor at the Australian National University since 2002 and has been a visiting professor at various universities.

In addition to her activities as a lecturer, Booth was involved in the institutional field of science and sat on various committees of national and international organizations. After serving on the Executive Committee of the European Association of Labor Economists between 1996 and 2002 , she inherited Bertil Holmlund as President of the Science Association in 2005 . She was replaced by Steve Machin at the end of her three-year term . In addition, from 1999 to 2004 she was editor-in-chief of Labor Economics , the organisation's publication organ.

Booth has published various works on labor market and behavioral economics . Research and teaching focus on trade unions and their influence on welfare and value creation, the effects of unemployment and layoffs, and learning and personnel economics. Her book, The Economics of the Trade Union , was named one of the 1996 Economics Books by Princeton University .

In addition to her academic work, Booth also works as a fiction writer . In 2010 her debut work Stillwater Creek was published , which was followed by two more novels in the following two years .

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SURNAME Booth, Alison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Booth, Alison Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian economist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH before 1980