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Ingrid Woolard | |
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| Born | South Africa |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of KwaZulu-Natal (B.Sc.) University of South Africa (B.A.(Hons)) University of Cape Town (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public economics Labour economics |
| Institutions | University of Sussex Business School |
| Notable ideas | Lead author of the chapter on inequality for the prestigious International Panel on Social Progress Chair of the Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) from 2011 to 2014 Member of the Davis Tax Committee since 2013 PI of South Africa's national household panel survey,the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS),since 2007 Member of the Panel of Experts for the Design of the Expanded Public Works Programme,National Department of Public Works in 2013 Member of the Committee for Evaluation of the Department of Environmental and Water Affairs Public Works Programmes in 2005 Member of the Board of Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) from 2011 onwards External Peer Advisor for the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation from 2011 onwards |
Ingrid Woolard is a Professor of Economics and Executive Dean of the University of Sussex Business School. She is also Honorary Professor of Economics at Groningen University and the University of Cape Town;a Research Fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn,a non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki and a Research Associate of the Commitment to Equity Institute at Tulane University.
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In 2022 Ingrid became a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She advised the South African Minister of Labour on working conditions and minimum wages from 2008 to 2014. From 2013 to 2017 she served on the Davis Tax Committee which advised seven consecutive South African Ministers of Finance on tax policy for inclusive growth. Since 2025,she has served on the Presidential Economic Advisory Council to advise President Cyril Ramaphosa in guiding the 7th post-apartheid Administration in its pursuit of rapid,inclusive and sustainable economic growth and job creation. See further information here on the University of Sussex Elements profile page.
