Gillian Hamilton
Biography
Gillian Hamilton joined the University of Toronto in 1994 as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts & Science and the University of Toronto Mississauga and became an associate professor in 2001. She is an affiliated faculty member with the Centre for the Study of the United States at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. She served as Associate Chair, Undergraduate of the Department of Economics from 2015-2020 and Chair of the Faculty of Arts & Science Council.
Professor Hamilton’s research focuses on Canadian economic history — particularly child labour, marriage and fertility in pre-industrial Quebec. She has served on the Canadian Economics Association’s Executive Council and the Board of Trustees of the Cliometric Society. In 2020, Hamilton received the Faculty of Arts & Science’s Outstanding Teaching Award, a distinction that recognizes teaching excellence in the classroom as well in course design and curriculum development.
The Vice-Dean, Academic Planning is responsible for all matters related to the Faculty’s academic planning process and has oversight and management of the University of Toronto Quality Assurance Process (UTQAP) reviews, new program proposals and unit reorganizations.
Professor Hamilton has been appointed as Acting Vice-Dean, Academic Planning for a one-year period.
Select publications
- Gillian C. Hamilton and Aloysius Siow, "Class, Gender and Marriage", Review of Economic Dynamics 10 (4) (2007), 549–575.
- Gregory Clark and Gillian C. Hamilton, "Survival of the RIchest: The Malthusian Mechanism in Pre-Industrial England", Journal of Economic History 66 (3) (2006), 707–736.
- Gillian C. Hamilton, "The Decline of Apprenticeship in North America: Evidence from Montreal", Journal of Economic History 60 (3) (2000), 627–664.
- Gillian C. Hamilton, "Property Rights and Transaction Costs in Marriage: Evidence from Prenuptial Contracts", Journal of Economic History 59 (1) (1999), 68–103.
- Gillian C. Hamilton, "The Market for Montreal Apprentices: Contract Length and Information", Explorations in Economic History 33 (4) (1996), 496–523.