Rosalind Blauer, née Hyman, (24 January 1943 – 1973) was a Canadian

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who specialized on the effects of

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and income distribution.

Personal life and education

Blauer was born in

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on 24 January 1943. She graduated with first-class honors from

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in 1963 and received her

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degree from the

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two years later, accompanied by her husband. They returned to McGill University where Blauer completed her

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in 1971. The Blauers adopted a son, Daniel, and Rosalind gave birth to another son, Andrew, in 1973. Shortly afterwards, she lapsed into a coma during a minor surgical procedure and died a month later.

Career

Blauer and her husband accepted faculty positions at the newly established

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in late 1966, where she became the founding member of the economics department. They took a leave of absence in 1972 to take positions with

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's New Democratic Party government where Rosalind became the director of economic analysis in the Cabinet Policy Secretariat.Dimand, Dimand & Forget, pp. 51–52

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blauer, Rosalind 1946 births 1973 deaths Canadian women economists Canadian economists University of Rochester alumni Brock University faculty McGill University alumni Academics from Montreal