Margaret McMillan
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Research field: Economics
-Understanding the distributional consequences of international economic integration.
-International trade and investment focusing primarily on developing countries.
Publications
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Journal Article (11)
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Barrett E. Kirwan, Margaret McMillan (2007) Food Aid and Poverty, 1152-1160. In American Journal of Agricutural Economics 89 (5).
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(2007) Outlining a Research Agenda on the Links Between Globalization and Poverty, 123-134. In Journal of Economic Inequality 5 (1).
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Ann E. Harrison, Margaret S. McMillan, Clair Null (2007) U.S. Multinational Activity Abroad and U.S. Jobs: Some Stylized Facts. In Journal of Industrial Relations 46 (2).
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Ann E. Harrison, Margaret S. McMillan (2006) Dispelling Some Myths About Offshoring, 6-22. In Academy of Management Perspectives 20 (4).
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Ann E. Harrison, Inessa Love, Margaret S. McMillan (2004) Global Capital Flows and Financing Constraints, 269-301. In Journal of Development Economics 75 (1).
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Margaret S. McMillan, William A. Masters (2003) An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time-Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment. In Review of Development Economics 7 (2).
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Ann E. Harrison, Margaret S. McMillan (2003) Does Direct Foreign Investment Affect Domestic Firms Credit Constraints?. In Journal of International Economics 61 (1).
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Margaret McMillan, Karen Welch, Dani Rodrik (2003) When Economic Reform Goes Wrong: Cashews in Mozambique, 97-151. In Brookings Trade Forum .
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William A. Masters, Margaret S. McMillan (2001) Climate and Scale in Economic Growth. In Journal of Economic Growth 6 (3).
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Margaret McMillan (2001) Why Kill the Golden Goose? A Political Economy Model of Export Taxation. In Review of Economics and Statistics 83 (1).
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Book Section (2)
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James Levinsohn, Margaret McMillan (2007) Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia. In Globalization and Poverty.
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Margaret McMillan, Alix Peterson Zwane, Nava Ashraf (2007) My Policies or Yours: How do Trade-distorting Agricultural Policies Used by Rich Countries Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?. In Globalization and Poverty.
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Working Paper (4)
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Steve Block, William A. Masters, Priya Bhagowalia et al. (2009) Child Undernutrition, Household Poverty and National Income in Developing Countries: Quantile Regression Results.
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Avraham Ebenstein, Ann Harrison, Margaret McMillan et al. (2009) Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys, 61.
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Ann Harrison, Margaret McMillan (2009) Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment, 50.
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Ed Kutsoati, Dean Karlan, Margaret McMillan Savings Account Labeling and Financial Literacty Training for Susu Customers in Ghana.
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Report (2)
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Margaret McMillan, Andrew R. Waxman (2007) Profit Sharing Between Governments and Multinationals in Natural Resource Extraction: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel.
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Margaret S. McMillan, William A. Masters, Harounan Kazianga Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso.
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Web Page (1)
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Avraham Ebenstein, Ann Harrison, Margaret McMillan et al. (2009) International trade, offshoring, and US wages. In VOX Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists.Download HTML (41.53 KB)
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Biographical Information
Margaret McMillan is the Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD) at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and an associate professor of economics at Tufts University. She has published widely in the areas of international trade and investment focusing primarily on developing countries. Understanding the distributional consequences of international economic integration is the key focus of her work. She is a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation and the Center for Aids Research. In 2005, she was named the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor McMillan’s research has been featured in the New York Times and the NBER Digest and has been published in leading economics journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Economic Growth, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of International Economics.
Professor McMillan has worked in several African countries including Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. Before coming to academia, she worked for a variety of organizations including the Peace Corps, Lehman Brothers, USAID, UNDP and the World Bank.
Professor McMillan holds a Ph.D. in economics (with distinction) from Columbia University an MPA from Princeton University and B.A. (summa cum laude) from Boston University.
Professor McMillan’s research has been featured in the New York Times and the NBER Digest and has been published in leading economics journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Economic Growth, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of International Economics.
Professor McMillan has worked in several African countries including Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. Before coming to academia, she worked for a variety of organizations including the Peace Corps, Lehman Brothers, USAID, UNDP and the World Bank.
Professor McMillan holds a Ph.D. in economics (with distinction) from Columbia University an MPA from Princeton University and B.A. (summa cum laude) from Boston University.
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Professional Experience
2011 - Present
Deputy Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2009 - Present
Executive Committee at Northeast Universities Development Consortium
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
2005 - Present
Faculty Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
2004 - Present
Associate Professor of Economics at Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 2010 - Mar 2011
Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dec 2009 - Dec 2010
External Examiner at University of Botswana
Botswana, South Africa
Botswana, South Africa
Dec 2008 - Dec 2008
Consultant, Development Economics Research Group at The World Bank
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dec 2005 - Dec 2006
Radcliffe Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 2002 - Dec 2004
Consultant, Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Ethiopia at The World Bank
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dec 1998 - Dec 2004
Assistant Professor of Economics at Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 1997 - Dec 2000
Senior Economist, Equity and Growth through Economic Research at USAID
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dec 1995 - Dec 1995
Consultant at United Nations Development Programme
New York, New York, United States
New York, New York, United States
Dec 1994 - Dec 1994
Consultant, Africa Adjustment Study Update at The World Bank
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dec 1990 - Dec 1993
Chief of Party at World Bank, Cooperative and Rural Development Bank
Dodoma, Tanzania
Dodoma, Tanzania
Dec 1989 - Dec 1990
Consultant at Lonrho Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dec 1987 - Dec 1989
Associate, Capital Markets at Equator Bank Limited
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Dec 1985 - Dec 1987
Financial Analyst at Shearson Lehman Brothers
New York, New York, United States
New York, New York, United States
Dec 1984 - Dec 1984
Assistant Junior Program Officer at United Nations Development Programme
Mali, Guinea
Mali, Guinea
Dec 1981 - Dec 1983
Volunteer at United States Peace Corps
Bougouni, Mali
Bougouni, Mali
Education
Dec 1995 - Dec 1998
Columbia University
in New York, New York, United States
Ph.D. in Economics with Distinction
Ph.D. in Economics with Distinction
Dec 1983 - Dec 1985
Princeton University
in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Woodrow Wilson School, M.P.A.
Woodrow Wilson School, M.P.A.
Dec 1978 - Dec 1981
Boston University
in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, summa cum laude
B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, summa cum laude
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