A joint initiative

of the Department of Economics and the Institute for Policy Analysis


 

Highlights:

 

The research of Phil Oreopoulos on low-income students is featured in Inside Higher Ed, February 20, 2007. 

 

Johannes Van Biesebroeck’s work on the Canadian automotive industry has recently been featured on CBC news, Global news, 740am news radio, The National Post, and many other media outlets.  You can find his paper here.

 

The work of Michael Baker, Jonathan Gruber, and Kevin Milligan on Quebec child-care is featured in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Montreal Gazette, and La Presse, on February 2, 2006.  Their paper can be found here.

 

The work of Philip Oreopoulos on raising the high-school dropout age is featured in The Globe and Mail, December 9, 2005.

An additional article about his work on the benefits of staying longer in school can be found here.

 

Regional Grants as Pork Barrel Politics, by Michael Smart and Kevin Milligan, is featured by Bill Watson in the Financial Post.

 

View papers published by CEPA Faculty Members:

Baker, Michael, and Kevin Milligan. “Maternal Employment, Breastfeeding, and Health: Evidence From Maternity Leave Mandates” Working Paper, April 2007.

 

Gruber, Jon, Anindya Sen and Mark Stabile. "Estimate Price Elasticities When There is Smuggling: The Sensitivity of Smoking to Price in Canada," Journal of Health Economics 22(5), 2003, pp. 821-842.

Currie, Janet and Mark Stabile. "Socioeconomic Status and Health: Why is the Relationship Stronger for Older Children?" 2003, NBER Working Paper #9098, American Economic Review, 93(5), 2003, 1813-1823.

Stabile, Mark. "Payroll Taxes and the Self-Employed," International Tax and Public Finance, 11(1) 2004, pp.31-53.

 

 


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