Ingrid Woolard
 | This poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. )Find sources: "Ingrid Woolard" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2018) |
Ingrid Woolard | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 9, 1970 South Africa |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Stellenbosch University |
| Field | Public economics Labour economics |
| Alma mater | University of KwaZulu-Natal (B.Sc.) University of South Africa (BA) University of Cape Town (Ph.D.) |
| Contributions | Lead author of the chapter on inequality for the prestigious International Panel on Social Progress Chair of the Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) from 2011 to 2014 Member of the Davis Tax Committee since 2013 PI of South Africa's national household panel survey, the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), since 2007 Member of the Panel of Experts for the Design of the Expanded Public Works Programme, National Department of Public Works in 2013 Member of the Committee for Evaluation of the Department of Environmental and Water Affairs Public Works Programmes in 2005 Member of the Board of Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) from 2011 onwards External Peer Advisor for the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation from 2011 onwards |
Ingrid Woolard is dean at Stellenbosch University's faculty of economic and management sciences and professor of economics at Stellenbosch University.[1] She was a professor of economics at the University of Cape Town and a Research Associate of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). Her research focuses primarily on Labour markets, social protection and assistance, poverty and inequality, tax policy, fiscal policy, unemployment, and survey methodology.[2][3]
Education
Woolard read for a B.Sc. in Mathematical Statistics and Economics from the
Career
Ingrid was previously the Chair of the Employment Conditions Commission which makes sectoral recommendations in sectors in which collective bargaining is weak (e.g. domestic work, farm work, hospitality and retail).[3] She consults regularly for various South African government departments and international organizations such as the World Bank, the ILO and the OECD. Since 2007, Woolard has been one of the Principal Investigators in the long-running the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), South Africa's national household panel survey.
Woolard has been a member of the Davis Tax Committee since 2013.[2]
Bibliography
Journal articles
Woolard has written dozens of peer-reviewed articles including:
- Ingrid Woolard; .
- Ingrid Woolard; S2CID 33437467.
Woolard has also written a book entitled:
Fighting Poverty: Labour Markets and Inequality in South Africa. This book was written in 2001 with the help of M. Leibbrant, H. Bhorat, M. Maziya, and S. van der Berg.
References
- ^ "Stellenbosch University gets first female dean of economics". Fin24. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Prof Ingrid Woolard". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b "The Davis Tax Committee, Biographies". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
External links
- Ingrid Woolard publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Profile on IDEAS/RePEc
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
