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Aloysius Siow

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. (Chicago, 1981), B.A. (Pennsylvania, 1976)
Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 301. Phone: 416-978-4139. Fax: 416-978-6713.
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Personal website: http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~siow/
Research fields: Labour economics, Economics of the family

Selected research

  • Eugene Choo and Aloysius Siow, "Who Marries Whom and Why", Journal of Political Economy 114 (1) (2006), 175–201.
  • Maristella Botticini and Aloysius Siow, "Why Dowries?", American Economic Review 93 (4) (2003), 1385–1398.
  • Michael Peters and Aloysius Siow, "Competitive Pre-Marital Investments", Journal of Political Economy (2002), 592–608.
  • Aloysius Siow, "Differential Fecundity, Markets and Gender Roles", Journal of Political Economy 106 (2) (1998), 334–354.
All publications

Honors and awards

  • President, Canadian Economic Association, 2007.

Courses taught 2024–2025

  • Fall

  • ECO338H1F, section L5101 (St. George) • Economics of Careers • W6-9