Sample menu:

Current


Here are the reasons everything takes so long:

Excuse #1


Excuse #2

Brief Bio

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba. I have a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis and my research interests include household economics, labour supply, time preference and experimental economics and family issues of public finance.

Are You One of My Students?

Contact Info

Janice Compton
515 Fletcher Argue Bldg Department of Economics University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 comptonj@cc.umanitoba.ca ph:204-474-8471 fax:204-474-7681

Current Research

Proximity and Coresidence of Adult Children and their Parents" Description and Correlates.
Joint with Robert A. Pollak. Michigan Retirement Research Centre Working Paper 2009-215

Family Proximity and Women's Labor Force Attachment
Joint with Robert A. Pollak Abstract

Leaving Mom Behind: Family Proximity in Canada.
Joint with Jie Pan. Abstract

Family Proximity and Intergenerational Transfers in China.
Joint with Jie Pan. Abstract

Why do Smokers Divorce? Time Preference and Marital Stability.
Abstract Paper

Family Structure and Voting.
Abstract

Co-authors (Past, Present and Future)

Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba)
Jie Pan (University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
Robert A. Pollak (Washington University in St. Louis)
Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria)

Example content image Example content image