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Marina Adshade Ph.D.

About

Marina Adshade, Ph.D., has spent the last ten years teaching economics and engaging in original economic research. In 2008, she launched an undergraduate course titled Economics of Sex and Love, which invited her students to approach questions of sex and love through an economist’s lens. The class was an immediate hit with students and, by the time the first term started, had generated international media attention. She has a Ph.D. from Queen’s University and currently teaches at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia.

As a writer, Dr. Adshade hit her groove the moment she launched Dollars and Sex on the online knowledge forum Big Think and almost immediately became one of the best-read series on that site, attracting over three quarters of a million unique visitors. Since October 2012 Dollars and Sex has been posted on Dr. Adshade’s personal homepage.

Dr. Adshade writes regularly for the The Globe and Mail newspaper and Canadian Business Magazine and has made numerous TV appearances on CTV and CBC, interviews on CBC Radio and National Public Radio (US), online panel discussions, international and domestic print media (including the Daily Mail, London, and Reuters) and podcasts in Canada and the US.

Dr. Adshade’s first book, Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love, is available now.

Books by Marina Adshade Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Policing Female Sexual Behaviour for the Sake of Marriage
The Austin Institutes video, titled the Economics of Sex, pretends to use market theory to explain why marriage rates have fallen over time. The sweetness of the video nearly disguises the bitter pill hidden in all the sugar—the underlying message is that only when women who engage in premarital sex are punished will relationships return to their previously healthy state
Dear Bachelor Producers, Please Seek Professional Help
Of the 17 completed seasons of The Bachelor, eight relationships ended in a matter of weeks and another five were over before their first anniversary. In the absence of male competition, choosing a woman based on her suitability for a short-term relationship might be the best strategy for a single man, but it makes for lousy television.
Do You Still Love Me Now That We Have Children?
When the calculating costs of having children should we also include the cost of losing the love of our spouse? New research suggests we should; the addition of children to a family reduces the perception of being loved by both women and men. The more children born into the family, the less loved wives, in particular, feel.
Who Will Take Care of You When You Are Old and Grey?

If you are single, with no intention of ever marrying, then what exactly is the long term plan? I don’t just mean in terms of who is going to take care of you when you can no longer take care of yourself, but how are you planning to afford old age?

If you are single, with no intention of ever marrying, then what exactly is the long term plan? I don’t just mean in terms of who is going to take care of you when you can no longer take care of yourself, but how are you planning to afford old age?

Should Men Be Allowed to Opt Out of the Family Plan?

Some argue that giving men the option to deny child support will improve the economic conditions of women and children. That claim might seem counter-intuitive, but the argument is entirely consistent with economic theory. The problem is, the way that people behave “in theory” is often quite different from the way they behave when faced with real life choices.

Some argue that giving men the option to deny child support will improve the economic conditions of women and children. That claim might seem counter-intuitive, but the argument is entirely consistent with economic theory. The problem is, the way that people behave “in theory” is often quite different from the way they behave when faced with real life choices.

Homosexuality Is More Prevalent Than We Might Have Thought

We rely on surveys that ask people to describe their behavior and beliefs, but evidence suggests that even when surveys are conducted anonymously and privately, participants bias their answers towards prevailing social norms.

We rely on surveys that ask people to describe their behavior and beliefs, but evidence suggests that even when surveys are conducted anonymously and privately, participants bias their answers towards prevailing social norms.

Singles Love Savers

You know that moment in a relationship when you realize that it probably isn’t going to last? I had such a moment many years ago when the man I was dating revealed something to me that I knew would eventually be the death of us. He told me that despite having owned his own home for fourteen years he had opted to never pay down a single cent of his mortgage.

You know that moment in a relationship when you realize that it probably isn’t going to last? I had such a moment many years ago when the man I was dating revealed something to me that I knew would eventually be the death of us. He told me that despite having owned his own home for fourteen years he had opted to never pay down a single cent of his mortgage.

Rape Victims and the Marriage Market

Do we measure the harm inflicted on a rape victim as, in part, a function of her value on the marriage market at time of the rape? It’s an important question, since when we measure harm this way we treat women who have been raped as “damaged goods” – and assume that men see them as having a lower value on the market for marriage.

Do we measure the harm inflicted on a rape victim as, in part, a function of her value on the marriage market at time of the rape? It’s an important question, since when we measure harm this way we treat women who have been raped as “damaged goods” – and assume that men see them as having a lower value on the market for marriage.

Greek Economic Problem is Stickier than we Believed

“If basic needs are not satisfied, human beings cannot function”, according to economist Nick Drydakis in a working paper that tests his hypothesis that workers who have sex more frequently are better workers and, as a result, are rewarded with higher wages.

“If basic needs are not satisfied, human beings cannot function”, according to economist Nick Drydakis in a working paper that tests his hypothesis that workers who have sex more frequently are better workers and, as a result, are rewarded with higher wages.