Research/Areas of Interest
International Trade and Investment, Structural Change, Industrialization, Africa
Education
- PhD Economics with Distinction, Columbia University, New York, United States, 1998
- MPA, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, 1985
- BS Mathematics and Economics, Boston University, Boston, United States, 1981
Biography
Margaret McMillan is the Neary Family Professor of International Relations and a Professor of Economics at Tufts University. She has published extensively on international trade, investment, structural change, and economic growth, with a primary focus on developing countries. A key focus of her work is understanding the distributional consequences of international economic integration.
She is a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the recipient of numerous research grants. In 2005, she was named the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Her research has been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, and the NBER Digest, and published in leading economics journals. Professor McMillan has worked extensively in Africa, with field experience in Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa. Before joining academia, she held positions with the Peace Corps, Lehman Brothers, USAID, UNDP, and the World Bank. Professor McMillan holds a Ph.D. in economics (with distinction) from Columbia University an MPA from Princeton University and a B.S. (summa cum laude) from Boston University.
She is a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the recipient of numerous research grants. In 2005, she was named the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Her research has been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, and the NBER Digest, and published in leading economics journals. Professor McMillan has worked extensively in Africa, with field experience in Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa. Before joining academia, she held positions with the Peace Corps, Lehman Brothers, USAID, UNDP, and the World Bank. Professor McMillan holds a Ph.D. in economics (with distinction) from Columbia University an MPA from Princeton University and a B.S. (summa cum laude) from Boston University.