Professor Ana Ferrer
Dr. Ferrer graduated from Boston University in 1999 and is currently associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts and professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo. She is an external Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at the University College of London, and an IZA Research Fellow since 2017. She holds different service roles in the Economics Community as founding director of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF) - where she continues to serve as member of the Board – and currently as the Secretary of the Canadian Economic Association (CEA).
Dr. Ferrer’s research focuses on labour markets, with an emphasis on immigration and family outcomes, and the intersection of both fields. She focuses on Canadian issues and makes extensive use of Canadian data through the Research Data Centre Network.