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A comprehensive high school support program for disadvantaged youth living in the largest public housing project in Torontoleads to substantial reductions in criminal activity, from Adam Lavecchia, @poreopoulos, and Noah Spencer nber.org/papers/w32045

Pleased to circulate a new paper (w/ Philip Oreopoulos & Noah Spencer) on the impacts of a comprehensive support program for high school students on crime.

New CLEF research finds that eligibility for a program that provides disadvantaged Toronto high school students with tutoring and coaching support reduces the likelihood of a student being charged with a crime by 32%. Complete paper here. 👉 clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl…

This Friday! Open to econ grad students and faculty! Check the link in our bio for info about the seminar and Katarzyna's many accomplishments!

This was a fun paper to write. Glad to finally see it in print!

TODAY! An analysis of the effects on crime of Toronto's Pathways to Education Program targeting disadvantaged youth with educational supports. Working paper here: clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/upl… Send an email to [email protected] to register and receive a Zoom link.

Join us this Friday for Stefan Staubli's seminar, travelling from U Calgary! Stefan explores labour and public economics in his research, with a focus on the impacts of social insurance! Check the link in our bio for all details!

Not my area of expertise but I think plotting the evolution of real per-capita GDP by province over time (say the last 20-25 years) would be helpful for policy discussions in Canada. Here's the link to the Stats Canada page: www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.… #cdnecon

ICYMI: Adam Lavecchia, Philip Oreopoulos, and Noah Spencer: Too good to be true? How an education program is transforming the lives of at-risk youth thehub.ca/2024-04-12/ada…

Nice piece from Mark Rendell on the economics & politics of cap. gains taxes in Canada. The short- & long-run responses to the 1994 cancellation of the $100K lifetime cap. gains exemption that Alisa Tazhitdinova & I document in our forthcoming The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) paper are mentioned

McMaster Economics is hosting the annual conference of Canadian Public Economics Group (CPEG) (CPEG) on November 1-2, 2024 in Hamilton. Please consider submitting your research by the deadline on Friday, June 21, 2024. Details are in the link below: cpeg.ca/conferences/20…

The deadline to submit to the @CPEG_2024 conference has been extended to Friday, June 28! Please email your research to the scientific committee: [email protected] cpeg.ca/conferences/20…

Just Accepted new paper, “Permanent and Transitory Responses to Capital Gains Taxes: Evidence from a Lifetime Exemption in Canada” by Adam M. Lavecchia and Alisa Tazhitdinova zurl.co/KHF3

[1/2] Pleased to announce that registration for the 2024 Canadian Public Economics Group (CPEG) conference is now open! Please join us from November 1-2 in Hamilton, ON for a great program with 2 outstanding keynote speakers (Julie Berry Cullen & Jon Eguia) & 15 plenary sessions. For details about how...

From the CCB , reducing rates at the second FTB to 20.5%, a new top FTB, CPP/QPP enhancements and targeting income splitting to carbon tax carve outs and a seasonal reduction in GST for prepared meals, toys and Christmas trees. A history of this fed gov't through its tax policy