BIO

Elisabeth Gugl holds a PhD and an MA in Economics from Rice University, Houston, Texas, as well as an M.A. in Economics from Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria. She has been an Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada since 2003. Elisabeth’s research focuses mainly on public policies and their impact on the family, based on a bargaining approach to household decision making. In her thesis and in current working papers, she assesses the impact of personal income taxation on intrafamily distribution and efficiency. Elisabeth is currently working on two projects with Linda Welling. One is concerned with the question of how economic models of the family should model children. The second draws on the first project and evaluates the impact of parental leave policies on intrafamily distribution and efficiency.