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*NEW* Former Canadian Economics Association Pres Pierre Fortin finds "the common-sense belief that more immigration contributes to reducing economy-wide labour scarcity is wrong and constitutes a dangerous fallacy of composition." ENGLISH👉clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl… FRENCH 👉clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl…

Canadian Labour Economics Forum panel with the amazing KOFFI MARLÈNE, Dwayne Benjamin and Sermin Gungor on how the profession envisions inclusivity happening!

Working papers of three winners of our 2024 Best Young Researcher Paper Competition are now available. 1) Worker sorting and inequality: clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl… 2) Workplace training: clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl… 3) Childcare policy: clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl… Take some time to read!

Research by Christopher Worswick and coauthors mentioned in today's Bloomberg piece below was published by Canadian Journal of Economics and initially released here 👉 clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl…. If only more policymakers read Canadian Labour Economics Forum research! bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/…

Register for the 2024-2025 CLEF Webinar Series! Season opener on September 20 at 1-2pm ET. Full schedule: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/. To register, send an email to [email protected] with "CLEF Webinar" in the subject line.

Great line up for this year's CLEF Webinar Series!! Sign up to attend! In Jan. 2025, I'll be presenting new work co-authored with Virginie Martin at Département d'économique - Université Laval. Can't wait!!

Super-excited to see Lazaridis School of Business & Economics 's @antomancino as the season opener for the Canadian Labour Economics Forum webinar series for 2024-25, please drop by! She'll be presenting work based on an LCERPA Economics working paper, which you can check out here: lcerpa.org/files/LCERPA_2…

New CLEF working paper by @siha_lee_eco and Sitian Liu finds that Quebec's 1997 Family Policy introducing universal childcare reduced overall fertility, but had different effects of women depending on their age when the policy was introduced. 👉clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl…

@tammyschirle (Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Canadian Labour Economics Forum) has a new paper just out C.D. Howe Institute that takes a deep dive into remote work in Canada. Trends are discussed, cross-regional differences are explored, and policy suggestions given!

A new CLEF Working Paper from finds that the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) serves to increase employment rates of single low-income Canadians but lowers the working hours of those with jobs. Read the full study. 👉clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl…

New CLEF research finds Quebec's 2006 Paternity Leave Policy significantly increased fathers' uptake of parental leave but had no effect on the earnings and employment activity of fathers or mothers 10 years following childbirth. Read the full study. 👉clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl…

Why do union workers earn more? Are they more productive? Are they better able to capture business profits? What’s the hard evidence say? Find out today @ 1-2pm ET. Raffaele Saggio (UBC), "Why Do Union Jobs Pay More?” To get the Zoom link send an email to @[email protected].

Join us in Toronto on April 25-26, 2025 for the First Annual Conference of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF). Our keynote speaker is Ioana Marinescu. Paper submission deadline is January 15. For more information visit: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/.

Looking forward to my keynote at the Canadian Labour Economics Forum! And to seeing you all in Toronto! Submit your papers now, #EconTwitter!

Join us this Friday at 1-2pm ET for our next CLEF webinar. Jean-William Laliberté (University of Calgary) will present "Parental Income in the Labour Market." Full schedule and registration instructions here: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/.

Join us this FRIDAY at 1-2pm EST for our next webinar. Fernando Saltiel will present "The Impact of Government Grants in College Savings Accounts: Evidence from the Canada Learning Bond." Don't miss it! Registration instructions here: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/.

Paper submissions deadline for CLEF's First Annual Conference is next Wednesday (January 15). Don't miss your opportunity to part of this historic event! Submission portal is here: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/.

For those interested in Canadian immigration policy, Wilfrid Laurier University is hosting an event on February 12 at 2:30-4:00pm EST. Registration details at: eventbrite.ca/e/economic-out….

Join us Friday at 1-2pm EST for our first webinar of 2025. Catherine Michaud-Leclerc (Laval University) will present “Long-Term Effects of School Quality in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From 15 Years of Data.” Registration instructions are here: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/.

Early bird registration deadline for our April 25-26 conference in Toronto is TODAY at 7:00pm EST. Check out our conference website! You don't want to miss being part of this historic event in the annals of Canadian labour economics. 👉stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/