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Maggie Jones

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor

Maggie Jones
Contact Information
Email address: 
maggie.jones [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

855 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2T7

Degree(s): 

PhD, Queen's University

Office: 
Leacock 436
Curriculum vitae: 
PDF icon jones_mec_cv.pdf
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Research areas: 
Labour Economics
Economic History
Race and Inequality
Economic Issues Facing Indigenous Populations
Biography: 

Maggie Jones joined the Department of Economics at 涩里番 in 2025 and is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and RF Berlin. Maggie鈥檚 research intersects economic history and labor economics, where she focuses on the institutional roots of socioeconomic inequalities in North America. Her work is concentrated in two thematic areas: the economic legacy of colonization among Indigenous populations, and the economics of the Civil Rights Era. Her papers have been published in several leading economics journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Review of Economic Studies. Maggie received her PhD from Queen鈥檚 University in 2018, following an MA and BSc from Dalhousie University.

Selected publications: 
  • , Jones, M.E.C., , and (2023). . Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(1): 37-102.[]
  • , , and Maggie E.C. Jones (2023). . Review of Economic Studies, 91(3): 1634-1670. [] []
  • , , and Maggie E.C. Jones (2025). . Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.
  • (2024). Demography, forthcoming. []
  • Jones, M.E.C., ., , and (2024). . Journal of Urban Economics. []
  • Jones, M.E.C. (2023). Economics of Education Review, 97. []
Group: 
Associate Professor
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