Martha MacDonald

Martha Lorraine MacDonald is the professor of economics in the department of economics, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,[1] and was the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2007 to 2008.[2]

This article is about the economist. For the character in the TV series Monarch of the Glen, see Minor characters in Monarch of the Glen § Martha MacDonald.
Martha MacDonald
NationalityCanadian
InstitutionSt Mary's University
FieldFeminist economics
Alma materBoston College
Notes

Her main areas of research are: economic restructuring, social security policy, gender and economy.[1] She has spoken on numerous occasions in Canada's Standing Committee on the Status of Women,[3] and in 2009 she co-edited Gender and the contours of precarious employment with Iain Campbell and Leah Vosko.[4]

Education

MacDonald gained her degree from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia in 1971, she then went to the US to study for her masters (1975) and her doctorate (1983), both in economics, at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.[5]

Selected bibliography

Books
  • MacDonald, Martha; Connelly, Patricia (1990). Women and the labour force, 1986 Census of Canada Focus, Minister of Supply and Services. 4. Ottawa, Canada: Volumes 98-125 of DBS Catalogue, Statistics Canada. ISBN 9780660540177. In French as Les femmes et la population active published by Statistique Canada.
  • MacDonald, Martha; McCrorie, James (1992). The constitutional future of the Prairie and Atlantic regions of Canada. Regina, Sask., Canada: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. ISBN 9780889770683.
  • MacDonald, Martha; Campbell, Iain; Vosko, Leah (2009). Gender and the contours of precarious employment. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415494540.

Chapters in books
  • MacDonald, Martha; Connelly, M. Patricia; Murray Li, Tania; Parpart, Jane L (2000), "Feminism and development: theoretical perspectives", in Barriteau, Eudine; Connelly, M. Patricia; Parpart, Jane L (eds.), Theoretical perspectives on gender and development, Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC), pp. 51–160, ISBN 9780889369108
  • MacDonald, Martha; Campbell, Iain; Vosko, Leah F (2009), "Introduction: gender and the concept of precarious employment", in MacDonald, Martha; Campbell, Iain; Vosko, Leah F (eds.), Gender and the contours of precarious employment, London New York: Routledge, pp. 1–25, ISBN 9780415494540
  • MacDonald, Martha (2009), "Spatial dimensions of gendered precariousness: challenges for comparative analysis", in MacDonald, Martha; Campbell, Iain; Vosko, Leah F (eds.), Gender and the contours of precarious employment, London New York: Routledge, pp. 211–225, ISBN 9780415494540
  • MacDonald, Martha (2009), "Income security for women: what about employment insurance?", in Cohen, Marjorie Griffith; Pulkingham, Jane (eds.), Public policy for women the state, income security, and labour market issues, Toronto Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, pp. 251–270, ISBN 9780802095008
  • Reed, Maureen; Parkins, John R (2012), "Labour migration and mobility in Newfoundland: social transformation and community in three rural areas", in MacDonald, Martha; Sinclair, Peter; Walsh, Detra (eds.), Social transformation in rural Canada community, cultures, and collective action, Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press, pp. 110–130, ISBN 9780774823821

Journal articles

Papers
  • MacDonald, Martha (1983). Employment strategies of firm: the low-wage sector (Ph.D thesis). Michigan: Boston College. OCLC 63977432.
  • MacDonald, Martha; Connelly, Patricia (1983). The role of women: development and change in the rural Nova Scotia economy. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, Saint Mary's University. OCLC 629901951. No. 2-83

See also

References
  1. "Martha MacDonald, Ph.D." St. Mary's University. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. "2013-14 Officers". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. "Dr. Martha MacDonald (search results)". openparliament.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. MacDonald, Martha; Campbell, Iain; Vosko, Leah (2009). Gender and the contours of precarious employment. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415494540.
  5. "Martha MacDonald, Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). St. Mary's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
Non-profit organisation positions
Preceded by
Edith Kuiper		 President of the International Association for Feminist Economics
2007–2008		 Succeeded by
Cecilia Conrad
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