Earlier this month, Institute writer Lisa Camner McKay sat down with Teegawende Zeida, Assistant Professor of Economics, to discuss how discrimination impacts entrepreneurship, tax policy in countries with high inequality, and the value of understanding GDP.
Read the full article here.
This is our last presentation of the Fall term.
Walter Steingress from the Bank of Canada will be presenting his work, “The fiscal impact of immigration in the United States: Evidence at the local level” (joint with Anna Maria Mayda and Mine Z. Senses). Contact Prof. Lamarche at jfl@brocku.ca if you want the Zoom link.
Ida Ferrara, York University, will present the paper “Does Waste Management Policy Crowd out Social and Moral Motives for Recycling?” Monday November 28 at 1:00pm in WH 303. Please join us.
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Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto, will present the paper “Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution” Thursday November 10 at 1:30pm in WH 203. Please join us.
Mengxiao Liu (Lehigh University) will present the paper “Quality Innovation, Cost Innovation, Exporting, and Firm Productivity Evolution: Evidence from the Chinese Electronics Industry” today at 1pm in WH 303. Please join us.
Siha Lee (McMaster) will present the paper “Universal Childcare, Fertility, and Parental Time Investments” on Thursday October 27 at 1pm in WH 327. Please join.
Artem Prokhorov (Sydney) will present the paper “Dependence Modelling in Stochastic Frontier Models” on Monday October 24 at 1pm in WH 327. Please join.
Looking for a course to take in the Winter Term (D3)? Check these out:
Analyzing and providing solutions to current social and economic problems using statistical and data analysis techniques such as regression, quasi-experimental methods, and machine learning. Topics include income and social mobility, equality of opportunity, education, innovation and entrepreneurship, health care, judicial decisions, and climate change.
Duration: Jan. 09, 2023 to Apr. 07, 2023
Format: Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Instructor: Tomson Ogwang
Labour unions in the marketplace. How unions affect, and are affected by, the labour and product markets. Topics include the effects of unions on wages, fringe benefits, turnover, inequality, productivity and the profitability of firms; union behaviour; who belongs to unions and why; collective bargaining; strikes; interest arbitration; public-sector unionism.
Duration: Jan. 09, 2023 to Apr. 07, 2023
Format: Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite(s): ECON 1P91 and 1P92.
Cross-listing: also offered as LABR 2P15
Instructor: Harvey Stevens
Current understanding of the economics of pandemics including COVID-19. Introduction to key economic and health facts about pandemics. Examination of theoretical models to explain those facts, as well as empirical evidence regarding the success of specific policies such as lock-downs.
Duration: Jan. 09, 2023 to Apr. 07, 2023
Format: Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite(s): ECON 1P91 and 1P92
Instructor: Taylor Wright
Economic development of the People’s Republic of China, emphasizing the recent reform period (1980s to the present). Topics may include China’s economic structure, institutions, standards of living, income distribution, foreign trade and investment, state versus private ownership, urban and rural reforms, and population policies.
Duration: Jan. 09, 2023 to Apr. 07, 2023
Format: Lectures, 3 hours per week
Prerequisites: Prerequisite(s): ECON 1P91 and 1P92.
Instructor: Qian Liu
Full list of available D3 courses available here
Dr. Hyun will present his paper on October 3 at 13:30.
Please contact kim.hill@brocku.ca to obtain an invite to the in-person event.
