John M. Fitzgerald
Professor of Economics
Spring 2008
- Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 102C)
- Advanced Public Economics (ECON 310)
| Phone | (207) 725-3593 |
| Title | William D Shipman Professor of Economics |
| Department | ECONOMICS |
| Work Location | 112 Hubbard Hall |
| jfitzger@bowdoin.edu |
John M. Fitzgerald received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1983 and has been on the faculty of Bowdoin College since that time. He has also been an Honorary Fellow (visitor) at the University of Wisconsin, an associate of the Institute for Research on Poverty, and an American Statistical Association/ Census Fellow at the U.S. Bureau of the Census in Washington D.C.
His current research interests include the effects of government welfare and anti-poverty programs on family well being and on family structure, and the economics of marriage and the marriage market. Other interests include study of earnings instability and methodological issues concerning biases due to selective attrition in longitudinal surveys, the measurement of poverty, the valuation of household production (housework). This research has resulted in numerous articles published in academic journals and conference proceedings.
He enjoys teaching courses in public economics (government taxing and spending), poverty and redistribtuion programs, intermediate microeconomics, economic statistics and econometrics, as well as principles.
Fitzgerald serves as on the board of Coastal Economic Development, a community action agency that provides services to low income people. He was brought up in Montana, and enjoys fly fishing, rock climbing and other outdoor activities. He lives with his wife Susan and two children in Brunswick.