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2013-1 Central Bank Laws And Monetary Policy Outcomes: A Three Decade Perspective, Michael Parkin Jan 2013

2013-1 Central Bank Laws And Monetary Policy Outcomes: A Three Decade Perspective, Michael Parkin

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2013-2 Correlated Equilibria And Communication Equilibria In All-Pay Auctions, Gregory Pavlov Jan 2013

2013-2 Correlated Equilibria And Communication Equilibria In All-Pay Auctions, Gregory Pavlov

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.


2013-1 Health Insurance, Annuities, And Public Policy, Kai Zhao Jan 2013

2013-1 Health Insurance, Annuities, And Public Policy, Kai Zhao

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.


Blood, Organs And Other Tissues For Sale: Diamela Eltit's Impuesto A La Carne And The Afterwards Of The Neoliberal Development In Latin America., Wanda I. Ocasio- Rivera Oct 2012

Blood, Organs And Other Tissues For Sale: Diamela Eltit's Impuesto A La Carne And The Afterwards Of The Neoliberal Development In Latin America., Wanda I. Ocasio- Rivera

Hispanic Studies Publications

Abstract

Blood, organs and other tissues for sale: Diamela Eltit's Impuesto a la carne and the afterwards of the neoliberal development in Latin America.

As Marx elaborated in Capital: Volume I at the moment human labour is sold, the subject participates in an ominous plot where she/he becomes a commodity. In a capitalist mode of production, the subject’s alienation from his/her humanity occurs because the individuals can only express labor through a privately-owned system of production in which he/she is an instrument, an object. This dehumanization process submits the subject under the exchange transactions of the market, where labor value …


2012-5 Early And Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, And The Family, Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Lance J. Lochner Jan 2012

2012-5 Early And Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, And The Family, Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Lance J. Lochner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-4 Heterogeneity And Long-Run Changes In U.S. Hours And The Labor Wedge, Simona E. Cociuba, Alexander Ueberfeldt Jan 2012

2012-4 Heterogeneity And Long-Run Changes In U.S. Hours And The Labor Wedge, Simona E. Cociuba, Alexander Ueberfeldt

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-3 Competition In Public School Districts: Charter School Entry, Student Sorting, And School Input Determination, Nirav Mehta Jan 2012

2012-3 Competition In Public School Districts: Charter School Entry, Student Sorting, And School Input Determination, Nirav Mehta

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-2 The Contributions Of Search And Human Capital To Earnings Growth Over The Life Cycle, Audra J. Bowlus, Huju Liu Jan 2012

2012-2 The Contributions Of Search And Human Capital To Earnings Growth Over The Life Cycle, Audra J. Bowlus, Huju Liu

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-1 Credit Constraints In Education, Lance J. Lochner, Alexander Monge-Naranjo Jan 2012

2012-1 Credit Constraints In Education, Lance J. Lochner, Alexander Monge-Naranjo

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-7 The Possibilities For Global Inequality And Poverty Reduction Using Revenues From Global Carbon Pricing, James B. Davies, Xiaojun Shi, John Whalley Jan 2012

2012-7 The Possibilities For Global Inequality And Poverty Reduction Using Revenues From Global Carbon Pricing, James B. Davies, Xiaojun Shi, John Whalley

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-6 Today's Standards And Yesterday's Economics - Two Short Occasional Essays: Eliminating History From Economic Thought And Mark Blaug On The Quantity Theory, David Laidler Jan 2012

2012-6 Today's Standards And Yesterday's Economics - Two Short Occasional Essays: Eliminating History From Economic Thought And Mark Blaug On The Quantity Theory, David Laidler

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-5 Re-Examining The Role Of Sticky Wages In The U.S. Great Contraction: A Multi-Sector Approach, Pedro S. Amaral, James C. Macgee Jan 2012

2012-5 Re-Examining The Role Of Sticky Wages In The U.S. Great Contraction: A Multi-Sector Approach, Pedro S. Amaral, James C. Macgee

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-4 Two Crises, Two Ideas And One Question, David Laidler Jan 2012

2012-4 Two Crises, Two Ideas And One Question, David Laidler

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-3 The Role Of Production Sharing And Trade In The Transmission Of The Great Recession, Jacob Wibe Jan 2012

2012-3 The Role Of Production Sharing And Trade In The Transmission Of The Great Recession, Jacob Wibe

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-2 Milton Friedman's Contributions To Macroeconomics And Their Influence, David Laidler Jan 2012

2012-2 Milton Friedman's Contributions To Macroeconomics And Their Influence, David Laidler

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2012-1 Collateralized Borrowing And Risk Taking At Low Interest Rates, Simona E. Cociuba, Malik Shukayev, Alexander Ueberfeldt Jan 2012

2012-1 Collateralized Borrowing And Risk Taking At Low Interest Rates, Simona E. Cociuba, Malik Shukayev, Alexander Ueberfeldt

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Open Textbooks And Provincial Government Policy: A Look At The Issues, Lisa Di Valentino Jan 2012

Open Textbooks And Provincial Government Policy: A Look At The Issues, Lisa Di Valentino

FIMS Publications

In 2012, the British Columbia government announced a plan to fund a program that will result in the creation of open access textbooks for 40 lower-year university courses — the first such program in any of the provinces. This paper will argue that Ontario should follow British Columbia’s lead and invest in the development of a project to create and promote the use of open textbooks. The introduction will discuss the concept of open textbooks and the various initiatives and legislation that have been introduced in the United States, and British Columbia’s plan will be described in more detail. The …


2012-3 Additive Plausibility Characterizes The Supports Of Consistent Assessments, Peter A. Streufert Jan 2012

2012-3 Additive Plausibility Characterizes The Supports Of Consistent Assessments, Peter A. Streufert

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.


2012-2 Specifying Nodes As Sets Of Actions, Peter A. Streufert Jan 2012

2012-2 Specifying Nodes As Sets Of Actions, Peter A. Streufert

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.


2012-1 Communication In Cournot Oligopoly, Maria Goltsman, Gregory Pavlov Jan 2012

2012-1 Communication In Cournot Oligopoly, Maria Goltsman, Gregory Pavlov

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.


Immigrant Economic Experiences: A Canada-Us Comparison, Lucia Lo Sep 2011

Immigrant Economic Experiences: A Canada-Us Comparison, Lucia Lo

Migration and Ethnic Relations Colloquium Series

No abstract provided.


Economic Outcomes And Economic Impacts Of Immigrants To Canada, Charles Beach Apr 2011

Economic Outcomes And Economic Impacts Of Immigrants To Canada, Charles Beach

Western Migration Conference Series

Bio:

Charles Beach is a Professor of Economics at Queen's University where he has taught since 1972. He was an Editor of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques (1995-02) and Director of the John Deutsch Institute (2001-09). He was a co-founder of the Canadian Econometric Study Group, Canadian Employment Research Forum, and Chair of the Data Liberation Initiative at Statistics Canada. He has published 15 books and a large number of research and policy papers. His current research interests are on Canadian immigration policy and experience, and on labour market and retirement policy.


The Labor Market Effects Of U.S. Immigration: What Is The Latest Evidence?, Orn Bodvarsson Apr 2011

The Labor Market Effects Of U.S. Immigration: What Is The Latest Evidence?, Orn Bodvarsson

Western Migration Conference Series

Bio:

Örn Bodvarsson is Professor of Economics, Chair of the Department of Management, and Interim Chair of the Department of Social Work at St. Cloud State University. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany. A labor economist, Bodvarsson has been working in the immigration field since 2001, focusing on host country distributional effects of immigration, determinants of migration, internal migration in China, and wage discrimination against the foreign-born. In 2009 Springer published his co-authored book, The Economics of Immigration: Theory and Policy, recently reviewed in Journal of Economic …


Recruitment And Retention Of Immigrants In A Global Labour Market: Implications For Policy, Christopher Robinson Apr 2011

Recruitment And Retention Of Immigrants In A Global Labour Market: Implications For Policy, Christopher Robinson

Western Migration Conference Series

Bio:

Chris Robinson studied economics at the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago, and has been a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario since 1977. His research has focused on human capital and wage issues including human capital specificity, labour supply, migration, and unions and he has published a wide range of articles on these topics in scholarly journals. From 1993 to 2003 he served as associate editor of the Journal of
Labor Economics
. From 2001 to 2010 he held the CIBC Chair in Human Capital and
Productivity at the University of Western Ontario …


Immigration And The Population Of Canada: The 2000-2010 Decade In Historical Context, Roderic Beaujot, Muhammed Raza Apr 2011

Immigration And The Population Of Canada: The 2000-2010 Decade In Historical Context, Roderic Beaujot, Muhammed Raza

Western Migration Conference Series

The paper elaborates the role of immigration and immigration policy in Canada. Certain phases of immigration are identified in historical and policy contexts. The consequences of immigration in terms of population growth, age structure and geographical distribution are highlighted. The paper concludes with the social, economic and cultural impact of immigration.


2011-11 Changes In Consumption Inequality In China, Jing Liu, Shi Li Jan 2011

2011-11 Changes In Consumption Inequality In China, Jing Liu, Shi Li

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2011-10 Overview: Income Inequality And Poverty In China, 2002-2007, Shi Li, Chuliang Luo, Terry Sicular Jan 2011

2011-10 Overview: Income Inequality And Poverty In China, 2002-2007, Shi Li, Chuliang Luo, Terry Sicular

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2011-09 On The Identification Of Production Functions: How Heterogeneous Is Productivity?, Amit Gandhi, Salvador Navarro, David A. Rivers Jan 2011

2011-09 On The Identification Of Production Functions: How Heterogeneous Is Productivity?, Amit Gandhi, Salvador Navarro, David A. Rivers

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2011-08 Using Observed Choices To Infer Agent's Information: Reconsidering The Importance Of Borrowing Constraints, Uncertainty And Preferences In College Attendance, Salvador Navarro Jan 2011

2011-08 Using Observed Choices To Infer Agent's Information: Reconsidering The Importance Of Borrowing Constraints, Uncertainty And Preferences In College Attendance, Salvador Navarro

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2011-07 How The Timing Of Grade Retention Affects Outcomes: Identification And Estimation Of Time-Varying Treatment Effects, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Salvador Navarro, Yuya Takahaski Jan 2011

2011-07 How The Timing Of Grade Retention Affects Outcomes: Identification And Estimation Of Time-Varying Treatment Effects, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Salvador Navarro, Yuya Takahaski

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.