OUR TEAM

Elizabeth Dhuey is an associate professor of economics at the University of Toronto. Her primary appointment is at the Department of Management at the University of Toronto, Scarborough and holds her graduate appointments at OISE in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education and the Rotman School of Management. She received her B.A. (1999) in economics and sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and her M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. (2007) in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Elizabeth’s research focuses on the economics of education. In particular, she focuses on three main areas: (1) the early years of children’s development, (2) special education financing, and (3) education and training for the future world of work. Her research has been published in top economics and education journals and has also been widely cited by the popular press, for example, in The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, in the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and has appeared on 60 Minutes.