Elissa Braunstein is Professor of Economics at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, as well Editor for the journal Feminist Economics. Most recently she worked for 2.5 years as a Senior Economist and Head of the unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration Among Developing Countries at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Her work focuses on the international and macroeconomic aspects of development, with particular emphasis on economic growth, macro policy, social reproduction and gender. She publishes widely in both academic and policy venues, and has done consulting work for a number of international development institutions, including the International Labour Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development, and UN Women. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Master’s of Pacific International Affairs from the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego.
CWE-GAM Working Group: Rethinking Macroeconomics
CWE-GAM Working Paper Contributions:
“Estimating the Role of Social Reproduction in Economic Growth” – Elissa Braunstein, Stephanie Seguino & Levi Altringer
“Gender Wage Equality and Investments in Care: Modeling Equity and Reproduction” – Elissa Braunstein & Daniele Tavani