Ana Ferrer

Professor; Associate Dean, Research
Ana Ferrer

aferrer@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567 x48771
Office: PAS 2427
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BA (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid); MA, PhD (Boston University)

Areas of specialization:Labour economics; Education and household economics

Biography

Ana Ferrer is a professor at the University of 蓝莓视频 and a Research Fellow at IZA (). A graduate from Boston University, she moved to Canada to work at the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary before coming to 蓝莓视频. She developed her research career in Canada focusing on labour markets, education, immigration and family economics. Her latest work has focused on the outcomes of immigrants to Canada, particularly immigrant women. Her research is published in journals such as The Journal of Human Resources, The Journal of Labour Economics, The Canadian Journal of Economics. Professor Ferrer is also involved with the labour community of researchers internationally and in Canada. She serves as the immigration-subject editor for IZA World of Labour, a publication aimed at disseminating economic research in non-academic circles. She is also the Secretary of the (CEA) and the director of the (CLEF) a group aiming to facilitate research discussion and promote networking opportunities among Canadian researchers in labour economics.

Research Areas

Labour Markets; Education and Household Economics

Selected Publications

  • Alicia Adsera, Ana M. Ferrer and Virginia Hernanz, 聽","听, Springer; Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(3), pages 1-29, June 2023.

  • Ana Ferrer, Annie (Yazhuo) Pan and Tammy Schirle, 鈥溾澛Journal of International Migration and Integration,聽vol. 24(Suppl 3) pp. 697-716. (2023)

  • Alicia Adsera and Ana Ferrer. 鈥溾 Labour 35(1), (2021): 1-23
  • Ana Ferrer and Yazhuo Pan, 鈥溾 Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, doi: 10.1080/10502556.2020.1827345
  • Alicia Adsera and Ana Ferrer, 鈥淪peeding up for a son: Sex ratio imbalances by birth interval among South Asian migrants to Canada.鈥 Canadian Studies in Population, 47, pp.133-149 (2020).
  • Ana Ferrer and Jeremy Clark, 鈥淭he Effect of Housing Price Changes on Fertility: Evidence from Canada.鈥 Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 13 (2019-38): 1鈥32.
  • A. Clarke, 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 and M. Skuterud (2019) 鈥淎 Comparative Analysis of the Labour Market Performance of University-Educated Immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States鈥 Journal of Labor Economics, vol 37(S2),聽S443-S490.
  • A. Adsera and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 听(2017)聽鈥淔ertility Issues in Developed Countries鈥.聽The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy.聽S. Averett;聽L. Argys; S. Hoffman, editors. Oxford University Press (DOI聽 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190628963.013.7)
  • A. Adsera and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 聽(2016) "The fertility of married immigrant women to Canada",聽International Migration Review, Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages: 475鈥505.
  • A. Adsera and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 聽(2016) 鈥淥ccupational Skills and Labour Market Progression of Married Immigrant Women in Canada鈥,聽Labour Economics.聽Vol.39, pp.88-98.
  • H. Emery and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤聽(2015) 鈥淭he Social Rate of Return to Investing in Character: An Economic Evaluation of Alberta's Immigrant Access Fund Small Loan Program鈥澛Journal of international Migration and Integration, vol.16(2), pp. 205-224
  • A. Adsera and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 聽(2014) "Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility", (Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, Volume 1,聽edited by B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller for the 鈥淗andbooks in Economics Series鈥, Kenneth J. Arrow and Michael D. Intriligator eds., Elsevier B.V.
  • A. Adsera and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 聽(2014). "The myth of immigrant women as secondary workers: Evidence from Canada",聽American Economic Review聽Papers and Proceedings, 104(3)
  • A. Ferrer, G. Picot, & C. Riddell (2014). "Canada's Immigration Policy: Recent changes and developments", International Migration Review, 48(3), 846-867. (Also published as CLSRN Working Paper no. 121 and IZA discussion paper #8682)
  • A. Adsera and 础.听贵别谤谤别谤 聽(2014). "Factors influencing the fertility choices of child immigrants in Canada",聽Population Studies, 68(1), 65-79
  • A. Ferrer聽and A. Menendez (2014). "The puzzling effect of delaying schooling on Canadian wages",聽Canadian Public Policy, 40(3)