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Jane Sneddon Little
Vice President and Economist
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Education | Work experience | Publications | Public service
Primary field of research
International
 

Biography
Jane Little is a Vice President in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she leads the macroeconomic applications section.

Little’s research focuses on international macroeconomic issues. She has written or coauthored papers on the evolution of the international monetary system, asset prices and economic stabilization, offshoring, and the practice of inflation targeting overseas. Recent contributions include editing the conference volume Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System and an essay on "Global Imbalances—As Giants Evolve."

In addition to her duties at the Bank, Little has also worked on the Governor’s Council on Economic Growth and Technology and the Task Force on the Health Care Industry. She was also a lecturer for Simmons College.

Little holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and M.A.L.D. and M.A. degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

 

Education

M.A.L.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1966

M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1965

B.A., Wellesley College, Wellesley College Scholar in economics, 1964

Work experience

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Vice President and Economist, 2001-
Assistant Vice President and Economist, 1996-2001
Senior Economist,1993-1996
Economist, 1991-1993
Economist, 1971-1991 (part-time)
Assistant Economist, 1969-1971
Industrial Statistician, 1968-1969
Research Assistant, 1966-1968
 
Simmons College
Lecturer, fall 1989
 
U.S. Information Agency Cultural Operations Division
Intern, summer 1963
Publications

Refereed journal articles

"Multinational Corporations and Foreign Investment: Current Trends and Issues," in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 460:54-63 (March 1982).

Other journal articles

How Humans Behave: Implications for Economics and Economic Policy,” with Richard W. Kopcke and Geoffrey M. B. Tootell. New England Economic Review (2004 Issue).

Perspective: Outsourcing Jobs Overseas: A Cause for Concern.” Regional Review 14(2) (Quarter 2/Quarter 3, 2004).

Central Banking in Other Industrialized Countries: Australia’s Approach to Monetary Policy,” with Richard Kopcke and others. New England Economic Review (Second Quarter 2002).

Central Banking in Other Industrialized Countries: Canada’s Approach to Monetary Policy,” with Richard Kopcke and others. New England Economic Review (Second Quarter 2002).

Central Banking in Other Industrialized Countries: Sweden’s Approach to Monetary Policy,” with Richard Kopcke and others. New England Economic Review (Second Quarter 2002).

The Impact of Demographic Change on U.S. Labor Markets,” with Robert K. Triest. New England Economic Review (First Quarter 2002).

U.S. Monetary Policy in an Integrating World: 1960 to 2000,” with Richard N. Cooper. New England Economic Review (Issue Number 3, 2001).

Competition & Opportunity.” Regional Review 11(3) (Quarter 3, 2001).

Mapping the Economy: A World of Difficult Currency Choices.” Regional Review 10(1) (Quarter 1, 2000).

Recent Developments in U.S. Energy Markets: A Background Note.” New England Economic Review (September/October 2000).

Rethinking the International Monetary System: An Overview,” with Giovanni P. Olivei. New England Economic Review (November/December 1999).

Why the Interest in Reforming the International Monetary System?” with Giovanni P. Olivei. New England Economic Review (September/October 1999).

E Pluribus EMU?Regional Review 8(4) (Quarter 4, 1998).

Inflation, Asset Markets, and Economic Stabilization: Lessons from Asia,” with Lynn Browne and Rebecca Hellerstein. New England Economic Review (September/October 1998).

“Massachusetts: A Neglected Global State. Massachusetts Benchmarks. 1 (Summer 1998).

Why We Need an IMF.” Regional Review 8(2) (Quarter 2, 1998).

Anatomy of a Currency Crisis.” Regional Review 7(4) (Fall 1997).

Issues in Economics: NAFTA: Fast Forward?Regional Review 7(3) (Summer 1997).

Review of “The Sources of Economic Growth” by Richard R. Nelson, National Academy of Sciences. Issues in Science and Technology. (Summer 1997).

Technology and Growth: An Overview,” with Jeffrey C. Fuhrer. New England Economic Review (November/December 1996).

U.S. Regional Trade with Canada during the Transition to Free Trade.” New England Economic Review (January/February 1996).

The Impact of Employer Payments for Health Insurance and Social Security on the Premium for Education and Earnings Inequality.” New England Economic Review (May/June 1995).

Books and book chapters

"Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System," edited. Boston: MA. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. 2007.

"Inflation, Asset Markets, and Economic Stabilization: Lessons from Asia," with Lynn E. Browne and Rebecca Hellerstein in Handbook of Monetary Policy, Jack Rabin and Glenn L. Stevens, eds. CRC Press, 2002. pp. 539-575. Reprinted from New England Economic Review, September-October 1998.

Seismic Shifts: The Economic Impact of Demographic Change, edited with Robert K. Triest. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 46, 2001.

The Impact of Demographic Change on U.S. Labor Markets,” with Robert K. Triest, in Seismic Shifts: The Economic Impact of Demographic Change. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 46, 2001.

Seismic Shifts: The Economic Impact of Demographic Change. An Overview,” with Robert K. Triest, in Seismic Shifts: The Economic Impact of Demographic Change. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 46, 2001.

U.S. Monetary Policy in an Integrating World: 1960 to 2000,” with Richard N. Cooper, in The Evolution of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Over the Past Thirty Years: A Conference in Honor of Frank E. Morris. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 45, 2000.

Rethinking the International Monetary System, edited with Giovanni P. Olivei. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 43, 1999.

Rethinking the International Monetary System: An Overview,” with Giovanni P. Olivei, in Rethinking the International Monetary System. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 43, 1999.

Why The Interest in Reform?” with Giovanni P. Olivei, in Rethinking the International Monetary System. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 43, 1999.

“U.S. Regional Trade with Canada during the Transition to Free Trade,” in Canadian Economic Structural Change in the Age of NAFTA, Papers and Proceedings of Conference 1996, Louis Ducharme and Marc Prud’homme, eds. Ottawa, Statistics Canada, Business and Trade Statistics, January 1998.

Technology and Growth, edited with Jeffrey C. Fuhrer. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 40, 1996.

“Technology and Growth: An Overview,” with Jeffrey C. Fuhrer, in Technology and Growth. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 40, 1996.

“Technology Diffusion in U.S. Manufacturing: The Geographic Dimension,” with Robert K. Triest, in Technology and Growth. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 40, 1996.

Euro-dollars: The Money Market Gypsies. Harper and Row (1975).

Working papers and other unpublished papers

"Understanding the 'Job-Loss Recovery'" with Robert K. Triest, Scott Schuh, et al. Section II: "Outsourcing," with Kristina Johnson. FRB Boston Public Policy Briefs Series, brief no. 04-1 (2004).

"Why State Medicaid Costs Vary: A First Look," FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 91-1 (1991).

Other material

"Rebalancing Act: Global Imbalances in A Changing World," in Global Imbalances: As Giants Evolve Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 2006 Annual Report.

"Reforming the U.S. Health Care System: Where There's A Will, There Could Be A Way," with Theresa Foy Romano, in U.S. Health Care Reform: Difficult Trade-Offs Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 2005 Annual Report.

Review of Options for Health Plan Management in the Federal Reserve System: Summary Analysis,” with Virginia Gibson, Chris Johnson, Kevin Reamy, Peggy Velimesis, and Neil Willardson. May 1997.

Trade and Growth in New England,” in Mapping the Way for Growth Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 1996 Annual Report.

Public service

SRAC Committee on International Economic Analysis, Member

Staff work for Task Force on the Health Care Industry and the Governor’s Council on Economic Growth and Technology

Referee: Journal of Regional Science; Financial Review; and Urban Studies

 

 

 
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