Janice Compton

PhD (Washington University in St. Louis)
Associate Head (Economics and Econometrics Stream) Associate Professor

Email:   Janice.Compton@umanitoba.ca    Phone: (204) 474-8471 Fax:      (204) 474-7681 Mailing Address:   Department of Economics   University of Manitoba   515 Fletcher Argue Building   15 Chancellors Circle   Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3T 5V5   Canada Website:   https://janicecompton.wordpress.com/  Twitter:   https://twitter.com/HNIHblog Blog:   http://hnihblog.wordpress.com/

Fields of Specialization

• Migration
• Labour
• Household Economics

Selected Publications

• Compton, Janice and Robert A. Pollak (2014) “Family Proximity, Childcare and Women’s Labor Force Attachment,”  Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 79, No. 1 (January 2014), pp. 72-90. NBER Working Paper No. 17678, December 2011.
• Compton, Janice (2014) “Intergenerational Households and Proximity” in Family Economics: How Households Impact Markets and Economic Growth Vol. 1, Esther Redmount, ed., ABC-CLIO. pp. 93-128. ISBN: 9781440800566
• Compton, Janice and Robert A. Pollak (Forthcoming) “Proximity and Coresidence of Adult Children and their Parents:  Description and Correlates.”  Annals of Economics and Statistics. IZA Discussion Paper No. 7431, June 2013. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper WP 2009-215.  
• Compton, Janice and Robert A. Pollak (2007) "Why are Power Couples Increasingly Located in Large Metropolitan Areas"  Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 25, No. 3 (July, 2007) 475-512. NBER Working Paper Series #10918 (November, 2004).