Dorrit Posel

Professor Dorrit (Dori) Posel specialises in applied micro-economic research, exploring the interface between households and labour markets. From 2007 to 2015, Dori held an NRF/DST Research Chair in economic development at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). In 2016, she moved to the University of the Witwatersrand as a distinguished professor and to take up the Helen Suzman chair. Dori, who completed her PhD in economics in 1999 at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), has been the recipient of a number of research awards, including the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award at UKZN. Dori is an elected member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa, a fellow of the Centre of Excellence in Human Development, and an associate editor of the journal Feminist Economics. She has published widely on issues related to marriage and family formation, labour migration, labour force participation and the gender division of labour, the economics and demographics of language use, and measures of well-being.