Barbara Reagan

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Barbara Benton Reagan
Born
Barbara Benton

May 31, 1920
DiedDecember 9, 2002(2002-12-09) (aged 82)
Alma mater Mary Baldwin College
University of Texas at Austin
American University
Harvard University
Known forfounding member of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
AwardsM Award for Service to SMU (1972)
Outstanding Teacher SMU (1972)
Willis M. Tate for Outstanding Faculty Member (1982)
Dallas Outstanding Women-Helping-Women Award (1980)
American Association of University Women Laurel Award (1983)
Scientific career
Fields Economics
Institutions Texas Women's University
Southern Methodist University
Doctoral advisor John D. Black

Barbara Reagan (1920-2002) was an American economist. From 1967 - 1990, she was a professor at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Her areas of specialization included analysis and methodology of national surveys of income and expenditure, labour migration of African and Mexican Americans, and occupational segregation by sex and factors affecting women’s labour supply. She was a founding member of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. After her retirement from Southern Methodist University, she was a director of the American Savings Bank and The Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation. Her daughter, Patricia Reagan, is also a professor of economics. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Blaug, Mark. (1986) Who's who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary 1700-1986. 2nd Edition Wheatsheaf Books, 1986.
  2. Dallas Morning News (2002) Obituary:Barbara Benton Reagan, 14, 2002
  3. Irwin Collier (2018-07-20). "Harvard-Radcliffe. Economics Ph.D. alumna Barbara Benton Reagan, 1952".