Martin Dooley

I am a Professor of Economics and a Research Associate of the Canadian International Labour Network. My recent undergraduate teaching includes Introductory Economics, the Economics of Labour Market Issues and an Honours Seminar on the Economics of the Family. My recent graduate teaching includes Labour Economics and The Economics of Social Policy (in the Masters of Social Welfare Policy program). My general research interests are labour economics and the economics of the family. My current research projects include the socioeconomic determinants of child health and development, social assistance (welfare) use and marital stability. Titles of and links to several working papers are provided below. Funding for my research is provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the National Health Research Development Program.

Address
Department of Economics
McMaster University
Hamilton Ontario
CANADA L8S 4M4

Coordinates
Office: (905) 525-9140 ext. 23810
Fax: (905) 521-8232
Email: dooley@mcmaster.ca
Office: KTH 410

Recent Working Papers

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• The Role of Income, Family Structure and Parental Market Work in the Determination of Child Health in the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
  (with Lori Curtis, Dalhousie University.)

• The Duration of Spells on Welfare and Off-welfare among Lone Mothers in Ontario
  (with Jennifer Stewart, National University of Ireland, Galway.)

• The Evolution of Welfare Participation Among Canadian Lone Mothers From 1973 - 1991

• The Role of Permanent Income and Family Structure in the Determination of Child Health in the Ontario Child Health Study
  (with Lori Curtis, Dalhousie University, Ellen L. Lipman, McMaster University and David H. Feeny, University of Alberta.)

• Lone Female Headship and Welfare Policy in Canada
  (with Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan, Université du Québec à Montréal.)