This is very cool! @blakeshaffer.bsky.social (@ucalgary.bsky.social) is giving the Robertson Lecture at the @usask.ca JSGS Policy School. www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/news-events/...

Hey junior scholars in Canada (or Canadians abroad) doing labour econ research, submit your paper for the @cleforum.bsky.social Best Young Researcher Paper Prize. Deadline is Jan 15, 2026: Details, including submission portal: clef.uwaterloo.ca/prize/

Do you want some good news about social programs? Steven Ryan found out that extended EI benefits help people find better jobs. newsletter.economics.utoronto.ca/how-to-best-... #EconJobMarket #EconSky

The Bookers are my Super Bowl. Extremely stoked to see Flashlight and Audition on this list. Flashlight tops my list. Audition is still messing with my head. I need to catch up with the other shortlisted books. Sad that Misinterpretation got cut. I’m planning my trip to Albania already.

This looks like an oh so relevant and informative discussion Canada-U.S. Tariffs hosted by @mcgraw-hill.bsky.social, featuring @tammyschirle.bsky.social and @trevortombe.bsky.social Sign up here: info.mheducation.com/EV_TrevorTom...

The @cleforum.bsky.social webinar series looks fantastic again this year. First up is Jason Hicks from @uvic.ca on October 3. The full list can be found on CLEF's website: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/ Email [email protected] w/ “CLEF webinar” in the subject line to receive reminders and invites.

I have a new headshot coming soon, and I just want to declare that I have this **bruise** on my face during said headshot:

The Pogues with Joe Strummer at the Brixton Academy, 1991

🚨 New NBER working paper: "The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children" This paper estimates the effects of receiving a $1,000/month guaranteed income for 3 years, compared to a control group receiving $50/month, on children and parents in the US. 1/

Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques, June 2025 is now available, with open access Check it out👇🧵 utppublishing.com/toc/cpp/51/2

Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Métis:

🧵 from @maggieecjones.bsky.social about our joint work (with Donn. Feir) evaluating active labour market programs for Indigenous populations, now available at @j-humanresources.bsky.social

Donn. Feir, ‪‪‪@kellyfoley.bsky.social and @maggieecjones.bsky.social study Canada’s ASETS and find large benefits for Métis & non-Status First Nations, but the effects for Status First Nations participants depend on whether they work on or off reserve. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

I mean, a sycophant is to Trump, what a gun is to Chekhov.

It was wonderful seeing @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social today at @cdnwomenecon.bsky.social luncheon. This lecture is so worth your time 👇

Helping students navigate complex educational decisions may yield higher college enrollment and better long-term returns than covering tuition costs, says Laetitia Renee of @umontreal.ca. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

In Saskatoon-University the Liberals are running an expert in sustainable resource development. A potential western cabinet minister. Instead, we'll be getting the Conservative plastic straw apologist, thanks to vote splitting. Sigh.

A few comments on the @mark-carney.bsky.social platform released today. You can find it here: liberal.ca/cstrong/. I provided some 'sounding board' advice here and there to those working on the platform. As always: I disclose, but you can decide what weight to put on that. Thread below...

Voted! It never gets old 🥹

Registration for the @cleforum.bsky.social conference (April 25 & 26 in Toronto, in partnership with @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social ) open until April 15. Join us for a keynote lecture by @imarinescu.bsky.social and papers on wide variety of labour topics: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...

I bumped in to Greg Poelzer, a professor in geography at USASK, on my way home from work as he was door knocking as the @liberalca.bsky.social candidate for my riding. It really hit home for me how much all of our candidates do for us. The time and energy and sacrifice is tremendous. 🙏

The Stone Centre is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming @cleforum.bsky.social conference, featuring presentations from @imarinescu.bsky.social, Stone Centre Director, Thomas Lemieux, and many others. Registration is now open: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

So great to see @usask.bsky.social #USask colleagues in my fav. @uoftpress.bsky.social journal, Canadian Public Policy. "Understanding Opportunities for Meaningful Engagement in Water Power Licensing" by Robb, Fitzpatrick, Diduck, Noble, & Poelzer. Open access now: utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

Early bird registration for @cleforum.bsky.social conference ends today at 4 PDT. Join us in Toronto April 25/26 for this incredible program, sponsored by @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social, including a keynote from @imarinescu.bsky.social Register here: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

The story of my life….

Some projects, rather than using up time, feed your energy; working w/ @cortesecon.bsky.social & @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social & all at @cleforum.bsky.social to organize the 1st annual CLEF conference is giving me that buzz. Join us April 25/26! register here stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

The conference will feature a great lineup of speakers and discussants, including a keynote presentation by @imarinescu.bsky.social. Preliminary program and registration info here: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

Congratulations Xiner Xu (@econuoft.bsky.social), Mahmut Ablay (@mcgill.ca) and Pascuel Plotkin (@ubcvse.bsky.social) on winning the @cleforum.bsky.social Best Paper Prize! The grand prize winner will be announced at the CLEF Conference in April

Looking forward to seeing you all in Toronto at the Conference of the Camadian Labour Economics #EconSky👇

The First Annual Conference of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum in Toronto, April 25-26 Keynote speaker: Ioana Marinescu (University of Pennsylvania) @imarinescu.bsky.social The early bird registration deadline is at 7pm EST (4pm PST) on Monday March 17. stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/.

#EconSky Are you a PhD student working on topics related to Gender Economics AND you speak French? Make sure to submit your paper to our event "Women in Econ." on April 11th 2025. More info here:

Thrilled to share that Mike and I will be making our way home to 🇨🇦 later this year where I’ll be joining the economics department at McGill University as associate professor. Looking forward to joining their vibrant research community!

CWEC/CFÉC brown bag, Monday, January 27, 1 p.m. EDT. Diana Zhou presents “M&As and labour markets in Canada.” Sara Enns presents “Economic impacts of new all season road development in Arctic Canada: A synthetic control analysis of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway.”

This week in the CLEF webinar series: Catherine Michaud-Leclerc @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social (Laval) is presenting “The Long-Term Effects of School Quality in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From 15 Years of Data” Friday Jan 24, 1-2pm. For more info & to register: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/2024...

Today is the day!! Submit to @cleforum.bsky.social CLEF: details below

Le prix CLEF du meilleur article reconnaît les meilleurs articles en économie du travail rédigés par des personnes étudiantes ou récemment diplômées. La date limite de soumission pour la première conférence annuelle du CLEF est le 15 janvier 2025

Consider submitting your papers to this conference, #EconSky! I will be there as the keynote speaker and am looking forward to it! 👇

Submit your papers on any labor topic to the Canadian Labour Economics Forum conference by January 15. Our keynote is @imarinescu.bsky.social Young scholars can also apply for the best paper prize, which includes prize money and travel support for the winners: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

With the second wave of PIAAC (adult skills) survey data being released tomorrow, Creig Lamb and I put together a short primer on what it is and why thinking about it matters for Canada’s economy and society. We’ll share 4 more blog posts and a report in the coming weeks. fsc-ccf.ca/what-is-piaac/

Is this a typo or is Toronto actually trolling the rest of Canada? (except the lower mainland where I accept that 5 cm is genuinely a problem)

While everyone is submitting their papers to SOLE/EALE, why not also submit to @cleforum.bsky.social (the Canadian cousin of SOLE/EALE): Submit here: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/ We are thrilled that @imarinescu.bsky.social will be giving the keynote address.

Join us this Friday for a presentation by Jean-William Laliberté on "Parental Income in the Labor Market" 👇

We had a snow day today on the Prairies; I did my lectures remotely. And ooof, I forgot how much extra work it is to lecture remotely and the lecture is still not as good!!

Submit your paper for the first CLEF conference in Toronto (Labor Econ.)! And (recent) grad. students in Canada/or Canadian students abroad, make sure to submit your paper for the Best Researcher Paper Prize.

Oh, hey, every one is over here now! Hi! Like so many people I permanently signed out of the other place on November 5...but I hadn't been checking out this corner very much lately, and how nice to see you all. (Might take me a minute to follow back)

New Canadian Labour Economics Forum paper exploits rich Canadian administrative data linkages to study how reduced welfare caseloads in 1990s and 2000s affected families' incomes, health expenditures and care, and teenagers' educational and criminal activities. 🇨🇦📈📉 clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/u...

Very exciting to see the launch of @ifs.bsky.social Deaton Country Studies Project. I had the pleasure of working on the Canada report lead by UBC VSE’s David Green and Craig Riddell. Teams from 17 countries worked together to document the evolution of inequalities along several dimensions:

Up next, Fri. Oct 20 1-2pm ET in the CLEF seminar series is Safoura Moeeni (sites.google.com/site/safoura...) presenting “The Labor Market Returns to Unobserved Skills: Evidence from a Gender Quota” To register, email [email protected] with "CLEF Webinar" in the subject line.