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John Knowles
John Knowles
Simon Fraser University
jaknowle@sfu.ca External Homepage

John Knowles received his PhD from Rochester in 1999. He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton School of Social Sciences. He was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also served as a consultant for the US Department of Justice with regards to the measurement of racial bias in policing.

He has published papers on various aspects of the role of the family in macro-economics, including bargaining, fertility, marriage and divorce. In addition, he has published articles on the economics of racial profiling. His articles have appeared in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, and the Review of Economic Dynamics.

He was an IZA Research Fellow from January 2007 until October 2016.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2909
Why Are Married Men Working So Much? Home Production, Household Bargaining and Per-Capita Hours
John Knowles
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (3), 1055-1085
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2901
Why Is Child Labor Illegal?
Sylvain Dessy, John Knowles
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2008, 52 (7), 1275 - 1311
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