Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, expected May 2010
M.A. in Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2008
M.Phil. in Economic and Social History, with Distinction, Merton College, Oxford University, 2004
B.A. Summa cum Laude in History, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 2001

Fields of Concentration
Primary Fields: Economic History, Labor Economics
Secondary Fields: Development Economics

Dissertation
“Women’s Work and the Household Economy: Poverty, Policy and Female Labor Supply in Britain, 1897-1931.”
Committee Chairman: Professor George Boyer

Papers and Publications 
“The Trade Boards Act of 1909 and the Alleviation of Household Poverty” (with George Boyer), British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 47, 2 (June 2009).

“Poverty and Female Labor Supply in Interwar London” (job market paper), mimeo, 2009.

Work in Progress
“The Labor Supply Behavior of Home Workers in London, 1897-1908.”

“The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1906: British Workers’ Living Standards on the Eve of the Liberal Welfare Reforms” (with George Boyer).

Academic Experience 
Teaching Assistant, Twentieth Century Economic History, Cornell University, 
Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009
Teaching Assistant, Evolution of Social Policy in Britain and America, Cornell University, 
Spring 2006, Spring 2009
Teaching Assistant, Development of Economic Thought and Institutions, Cornell University, 
Fall 2006
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Cornell University, Fall 2005

Awards and Honors
Benjamin R. Miller Memorial Fund, Cornell University ILR School, 2008
Cornell University Graduate School Research Travel Grant, 2007
Economic History Association Exploratory Grant, 2007
International Experience Grant, Cornell University ILR School, 2007
Michele Sicca Research Grant, Cornell University Institute for European Studies, 2007
Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, 2004, 2008
Feinstein Prize for the Best Dissertation in Economic History, Oxford University, 2004
Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College Chapter, 2001
Highest Honors in History Major, Middlebury College, 2001

Conference and Seminar Presentations
Harvard Economic History Tea, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2009
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 2009
Economic History Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 2009
Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2009 (poster)
Economic History Society Annual Conference, University of Warwick, 2009
QED Economic History Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, 2009
Economic History Association Annual Meeting, New Haven, CT, 2008 (poster)
Sixth World Congress of Cliometrics, Dalkeith, Scotland, 2008
Graduate Workshop in Economic and Social History, Oxford University, 2004, 2008
Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting, Columbia University, NY, 2008 (poster)
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 2008
BJIR Workshop on 100 Years of Minimum Wage Legislation, London School of Economics, 2007

Professional Service, Affiliations and Other Activities 
Referee for the Economic History Review

Member of the Economic History Association, Economic History Society, Cliometric Society and Society of Labor Economists

Cornell Graduate Student Association for Economics, Vice President and Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar Coordinator, Cornell University, 2005-06

References
Professor George R. Boyer, Department of Labor Economics, Cornell University, ILR School, 292 Ives Faculty Building, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA, Phone: 1-607-255-2752, Email: grb3@cornell.edu

Professor Francine D. Blau, Department of Labor Economics, Cornell University, ILR School, 268 Ives Faculty Building, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA, Phone: 1-607-255-4381, Email: fdb4@cornell.edu

Professor George Jakubson, Department of Labor Economics, Cornell University, ILR School, 257 Ives Faculty Building, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA, Phone: 1-607-255-4546, Email: gj10@cornell.edu

Professor Robert C. Allen, Department of Economics, Oxford University, Nuffield College, New Road, Oxford OX1 1NF, Phone: 44 1865 278589, Email: bob.allen@nuffield.oxford.ac.uk


 
Contact Information
Jessica Bean
Department of Economics
475 Uris Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: jsb77@cornell.edu