Rachel Connelly
Bion R. Cram Professor of Economics and Faculty Liaison to the Center for Learning and Teaching
Spring 2008
- Applied Research Practicum: Chinese Rural to Urban Migration
(ASIAN 269)
- Principles of Microeconomics
(ECON 101A)
- Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Gender and Women's Studies
(GWS 401)
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Phone
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(207) 725-3790 |
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Title
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Professor |
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Department
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ECONOMICS |
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Work Location
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Hubbard Hall |
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E-Mail
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connelly@bowdoin.edu
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Rachel Connelly came to Bowdoin in 1985, after completing her Ph.D. in Economics for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Since then she has also held positions of NSF/ASA Fellow at the U.S. Census Bureau, 1988-89, and Visiting Professor at People's University, Beijing PRC, Fall 1991-Fall 1992 and Peking University, Institute for Population Research, Spring 1991, and Fall 1998 through Fall 1999.
Patterns of Temporary Migration of Rural Women from Anhui
and Sichuan Provinces of China
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"Patterns of Temporary Migration of Rural Women from Anhui and Sichuan Provinces of China," with Kenneth Roberts, Zhenming Xie and Zhenzhen Zheng
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Connelly's area of research is at the intersection of demographics and labor markets. She has published articles on the effect of broad demographic trends on the labor market decisions and on the economics of child care. Her research on child care considers both sides of the market-- the demand for child care on the part of families with young children and the labor supply of child care workers. In addition she is currently working on issues related to women's status, education and migration in rural China and low wage manufacturing workers in the United States.
from left to right are: Zhenming Xie, Kenneth Roberts, Rachel Connelly, BinBin Lou and Zhenzhen Zheng, all collaborators in our Chinese Rural Women Migrants project.
The picture was taken in Sichuan near one of our research sites.
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Recent projects include "If You Build It, They Will Come: Parents' Use of On-Site Child Care" with Deborah DeGraff and Rachel Willis in Population Research and Policy Review (abstract » ) (access article in PDF » ); "The Effect of Child Care Costs on Employment and Welfare Recipiency of Sing Mothers," with Jean Kimmel; "Determinants of School Enrollment and Completion of 10 to 18 Year Olds in China" with Zhenzhen Zheng; "The Future of Jobs in the Hosiery Industry" with Deborah DeGraff and Rachel Willis in Low-Wage America: How Employers are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace; "Patterns of Temporary Migration of Rural Women from Anhui and Sichuan Provinces of China," with Kenneth Roberts, Zhenming Xie and Zhenzhen Zheng; and Kids at Work: The Economics of Employer Sponsored On-Site Child Care with Deborah DeGraff and Rachel Willis (The first chapter of this book is available in PDF format » ). Her research has been funded with grants from among others: NSF, ILO, W. E. Upjohn Institute, the Joint Center for Poverty Research, the Ford Foundation, and the Sage/Rockefeller Committee on the Future of Work.
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Southern Economic Journal
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In addition to teaching Introductory Economics and Intermediate Microeconomics, Connelly teaches courses on Labor Economics, the Economics of the Family and The Economics of Lifecycles. The latter three courses are all cross listed with Women's Studies. Connelly has served as the Director of the Women's Studies Program, Chair of the Economics Department, the Women's Studies Committee, the Oversight Committee for the Status of Women at Bowdoin and the Taskforce for Improving the Status of Women. She also spent one semester as the Special Assistant to the President (of Bowdoin) on Gender Equality.
In 2003 Connelly and co author Jean Kimmel received the Georgescu-Roegen Prize in Economics for the best article in the Southern Economic Journal, 2002-2003 volume ( abstract » ). In 1986 Connelly received the Dorothy S. Thomas Award for best paper by a recent graduate student, Population Association of America.
Curriculum vitae in PDF form
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