Current Working Papers

Ana Ferrer & Allison Mascella, 2022 " Differences in time allocation across activities and inputs on child raising: Evidence from Canada, 2006-2019" 

Recent Publications 

• Alicia Adsera, Ana Ferrer & Virginia Herranz, 2023 "Differences in Skill Requirements Between Jobs Held by Immigrant and Native Women Across Five European Destinations," Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 42(3), pages 1-29, June.
• Ana Ferrer, Annie Pan & Tammy Shirle, 2023 “The work trajectories of married Canadian immigrant women, 2006-2019”, Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 24(Suppl 3) pp. 697-716.
• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer, 2021. “Linguistic Proximity and the occupational assimilation of immigrant men in Canada”  Labour vol.35(1), pp. 1-23.
• Ana Ferrer & Yazhoo Pan, 2020 "Divorce, Remarriage and Child Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from Canadian Longitudinal Data of Children" Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, vol 61(8), pp. 636-62 doi: 10.1080/10502556.2020.1827345.
• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer 2020 "Speeding up for a Son: Sex ratio imbalances by birth interval among South Asian migrants to Canada" Canadian Studies in Population 47,pp. 133-49 (2020). 
• Jeremy Clark & Ana Ferrer 2019 "The Effect of Housing Price Changes on Fertility: Evidence from Canada" Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 2019, 13 (2019-38): 1–32. 
• Andrew Clark, Ana Ferrer & Mikal Skuterud, 2019. "A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Market Performance of University-Educated Immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States" Journal of Labor Economics, vol 37(S2), S443-S490 IZA DP No. 11344 . (US data for this article can be accessed here in STATA format)

Handbooks and Reports

• Valentina Castillo Cifuentes, Ana Ferrer, Mariah Jolin, Ilona Dougherty and Amelia Clarke (2024) “Facing challenges, finding opportunity: Young people in Canada navigating a new employment reality” 
• Sumeet Dhat and ana Ferrer (2024) “Labour Market Barriers Faced by Highly Educated Racialized Newcomer Women in Canada” Women, Work and the Economy
• Ana Ferrer, Annie (Yazhuo) Pan and Tammy Schirle (2022) “Uneven Odds: Men, Women and the Obstacles to Getting Back to Work with Kids
• Bessma Momani, Rachel Johnstone, Ana Ferrer, Nada Basir, Margaret Walton-Roberts, Jenna Hennebry, Melissa Finn, Kersty Kearney, Lydia Callies, & Jesse Uszkay (2021) " Knowledge Synthesis Report on Canada’s Racialized Immigrant Women and the Labour Market;" Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada.
• Ana Ferrer and Bessma Momani (2020) “The startling impact of covid-19 on immigrant women in the workforce”. Policy Options, Oct 21, 2020  https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/the-startling-impact-of-covid-19-on-immigrant-women-in-the-workforce/
• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer, (2017). "Fertility Issues in Developed Countries" The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy S. Averett; L. Argys; S. Hoffman, editors. Oxford University Press
• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer, (2014). "Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility" Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, Volume 1, edited by B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller for the Handbooks in Economics Series, Kenneth J. Arrow and Michael D. Intriligator eds., Elsevier B.V.)

On Immigrant Women

• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer, 2016. "Occupational Skills and Labour Market Progression of Married Immigrant Women in Canada" Labour Economics. Vol.39, pp.88-89
• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer, 2016. "The fertility of married immigrant women to Canada", International Migration Review Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages: 475–505
• Alicia Adsera & Ana Ferrer, 2014. "The Myth of Immigrant Women as Secondary Workers: Evidence from Canada", AER, vol. 104(3) pp. 360-64

On Education

• Herbert Emery & Ana Ferrer, 2015. "The Social Rate of Return to Investing in Character: An Economic Evaluation of Alberta's Immigrant Access Fund Small Loan Program", Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol.16(6), pp.205-224
• Ana Ferrer & Alicia Menendez 2014. "The Puzzling Effects of Delaying Schooling on Canadian Wages", Canadian Public Policy, vol.40(3), pp.197-208 (electronic appendix)    WINNER OF THE 2014 VANDERKAMP PRIZE FOR BEST ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE CPP
• Herb Emery, Ana Ferrer & David Green, 2012. "The long term consequences of business cycles for human capital accumulation", Industrial & Labor Relations Review vol.65(3), pp.708-734
• Ana Ferrer & Craig Riddell, 2008 "Education, Credentials and Immigrant Earnings" Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 41(1): pp 186-216
• Ana Ferrer, David Green & Craig Riddell, 2006. " The Effect of Literacy on Immigrant Earnings " The Journal of Human Resources, vol.41(2), pp.380-410