Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Dalhousie

Teaching Interests:

• Macroeconomics
• Monetary Economics
• International Trade

Research Interests:

• Social Protection
• Unemployment Compensation
• Adoption and Parenting

Activities and Honors:

• Director, University of Delaware Fed Challenge Team, 2007.

Recent Publications:

• Vera Brusentsev and Wayne Vroman, "Changes in the Work Habits of American Women and Men, 1950 to 1999," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
• Vera Brusentsev, "Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation in the United States: 1967 to 2003," International Advances in Economic Research, pp.1-16, 2006.
• Vera Brusentsev and Wayne Vroman. "Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation from a Global Perspective." Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB). September, Discussion Paper ISSN Nr. 1011-9523, 2006.