Siwan Anderson
Associate Professor of Economics
Mailing Address:
Department of Economics
The University of British Columbia
#997 - 1873 East Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
CANADA V6T 1Z1
Contact Information:
Office:
Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday
Telephone: (604) 822 4121
Fax: (604) 822 5915
Email:
siwander@interchange.ubc.ca
Courses:
Econ 542
Econ 442
Fields of Interest:
Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Gender
Research:
“Missing
women: age and disease” (with Debraj
Ray )
“The economics of dowry and brideprice” Journal
of Economic Perspectives, 21(4), 2007, 151-174.
“Formalizing
Informal Institutions: Theory and Evidence from a Kenyan Slum”
(with
“Dowry and property rights”
“Enforcement and
organizational design in informal saving groups” (with
“Determinants female autonomy: evidence from
Bangladesh” (with
“Caste as an Impediment to Trade”
“Why the marriage squeeze cannot cause dowry inflation”, Journal of Economic Theory, 137(1), 2007, 140-152. Working Paper Version
“The economics of roscas and
intra-household resource allocation” (with
“Why
dowry payments declined with modernization in Europe and are rising in
India” Journal of Political Economy,
111 (2), 2003, 269-310.
Affiliations:
Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Bureau for Research and
Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)