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Faculty and students of the Vancouver School of Economics are making the news across the globe for their expert commentary, research findings, and professional and scholastic achievements. Scroll down to News Stories or Editorials and click on a month to read their stories. To contact our Faculty Experts, click here.

News Stories

2014

August 5th, 2014
"New York’s Dour State of Mind"
Slate, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 30th, 2014
"How do dictators stay in power?" (go to Hour 4, 11 minute mark in podcast)
CKNW's "The World Today Show", Feat. Patrick Francois, Francesco Trebbi

July 30th, 2014
"The appeal of unhappy cities"
Washington Post, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 28th, 2014
"The happiest and unhappiest cities"
CBS News, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

A similar story appeared in The Boston Globe, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Buzzfeed and Weather.com

July 25th, 2014
"Why regulators should go to work on Wall Street"
PBS, Feat. Francesco Trebbi

July 25th, 2014
"America’s most miserable cities, ranked"
Salon, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

A similar story appeared on NBC News online.

July 24th, 2014
"New York is named as the most miserable city in America"
UK Daily Telegraph, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

A similar story appeared in New York  Daily News.

July 22nd, 2014
"Technology, aided by recession, is polarizing the work world"
New York Times, Feat. Henry Siu

July 22nd, 2014
"New York, America's unhappiest city"
New York Post, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

A similar story appeared in New York Magazine, International Business Times and CBS.

July 21st, 2014
"Lafayette, Baton Rouge among the top 5 happiest places in the U.S., report says"
Times-Picayune, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 20th, 2014
"How to get ahead in a dictatorship"
The Economist, Feat. Patrick Francois & Francesco Trebbi

July 18th, 2014
"Why do people move to 'unhappy' cities?"
MarketWatch - Wall Street Journal, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 16th, 2014
"Why do people move to 'unhappy' cities?"
Wall Street Journal, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 15th, 2014
"What makes people move to 'unhappy' cities? It's the cost of living"
Cleveland Business News, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 14th, 2014
"In the papers: prison, prostitution and unhappy cities"
fivethirtyeight (ESPN online network), Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 14th, 2014
"Why do people move to 'unhappy' places"
CityLab (from The Atlantic), Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

July 11th, 2014
"Six questions Ontario must answer before it starts a pension plan"
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Kevin Milligan

July 8th, 2014
"Mansion business booming"
CTV Vancouver, Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

June 15th, 2014
"Boys falling behind"
The Province, Feat. Nicole Fortin

June 10th, 2014
"The downward ramp"
New York Times, Feat. Paul Beaudry, David Green, Benjamin Sand (alumnus)

May 29th, 2014
"Britain sexes up the dismal science"
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Marina Adshade

May 29th, 2014
"Academics reveal extent of hollowing out of middle class"
The Georgia Straight, Feat. David Green and Benjamin Sand (alumnus)

May 24th, 2014
"Did bad politics do UPA in or bad economics? Or both?"
First Post India, Feat. Amartya Lahiri

May 20th, 2014
"Imagine a day filled with surprises"
Vancouver Sun, Feat. John Helliwell

May 19th, 2014
"The value of living at 888 Oak Street"
Harvard Business Review, Feat. Nicole Fortin

May 16th, 2014
"Let's get justice for all the world's girls"
Vancouver Sun, Feat. Siwan Anderson

May 16th, 2014
"Reactions on India's election"
CBC TV's The National, Feat. Amartya Lahiri

May 13th, 2014
"The politics of income inequality"
New York Times, Feat. Francesco Trebbi

May 11th, 2014
"Declining birth rates and the economy"
CKNW/AM980 Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

May 10th, 2014
"Possible path to closing pay gap"
The New York Times Feat. Nicole Fortin

May 9th, 2014
"Rice or wheat? How grains define cultural identity"
Agence France Presse, Feat. Joseph Henrich. A similar story appeared in NPR, Yahoo, New Scientist.

May 6th, 2014
"Foreign worker program needs overhaul"
Business in Vancouver, Feat. David Green

May 5th, 2014
"Can more government control reduce in-group favouritism in science?"
Science 2.0, Feat. Joseph Henrich. Story also covered by Psych.

May 2nd, 2014
"Ontario's tax-the-rich effectiveness"
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Kevin Milligan

May 2nd, 2014
"The Ontario Liberals have invented a crisis with proposed pension plan rollout"
National Post, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Apr. 23rd, 2014
"Critics want program replaced with incentives"
Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Feat. David Green

Apr. 22nd, 2014
"A new high for middle incomes"
Globe and Mail, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Apr. 22nd, 2014
"Does living in a city make you unhappy?"
Dallas Morning News, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Apr. 22nd, 2014
"Bernanke's regret: exile from Main Street"
National Post, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Apr. 15th, 2014
"Tech leaps, job losses and rising inequality"
New York Times, Feat. Paul Beaudry & David Green

Apr. 10th, 2014
"How the financial crisis defined Jim Flaherty’s legacy"
Maclean's, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Apr. 6th, 2014
"Searching for heroes in a world of economic villains"
Globe and Mail, Feat. Thomas Lemieux

Apr. 2nd, 2014
"NDA's performance in overall economic parameters worse than UPA's"
DNA India, Feat. Ashok Kotwal

Mar. 27th, 2014
"Educated women are less vulnerable, right?"
Wall Street Journal, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Mar. 26th, 2014
"College grads may be stuck in low-skill jobs"
Wall Street Journal, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Mar. 24th, 2014
"Superstitions can mean profit or loss in house sales"
Canada.com, Feat. Nicole Fortin. Story also covered by GlobalTV.

Mar. 21st, 2014
"Jim Flaherty may be gone, but his TFSAs will live on"
Financial Post, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Mar. 21st, 2014
"Ontario has room to raise taxes"
Toronto Star, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Mar. 13th, 2014
"The benefits of a lower minimum wage"
Ottawa Business Journal, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Mar. 12th, 2014
"Low-wage jobs unexpectedly a way of life for many"
The Washington Post, Feat. Henry Siu. Story also appeared in The Financial Post, and 100+ other media via Associated Press.

Mar. 11th, 2014
"Why the doomsayers are wrong about Canada's housing market"
Globe and Mail, Feat. Erwin Diewert

Mar. 6th, 2014
"College grads in low-wage jobs displace less educated"
San Francisco Gate, Feat. Paul Beaudry. Story also appeared in Bloomberg

Mar. 5th, 2014
"William Watson: Canada’s 1% already well occupied"
Financial Post, Feat. Thomas Lemieux, Craig Riddell, and Kevin Milligan

Mar. 5th, 2014
"Simple CPP reform would help retirees most, study finds"
Globe and Mail, Feat. Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle (UBC Alumni, PhD Economics)

Mar. 5th, 2014
"This chart pretty much says it all about Canada's income inequality"
The Huffington Post, Feat. Thomas Lemieux and Craig Riddell

Mar. 3rd, 2014
"A king's ransom"
UBC News, Feat. Mauricio Drelichman

Mar. 2nd, 2014
"Where have all the raises gone?"
The New York Times, Feat. Paul Beaudry and David Green

Mar. 1st, 2014
"Happy returns: why you should look forward to tax time"
The Walrus, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Feb. 28th, 2014
"Canada’s political battle over the middle class: Walkom"
The Star, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Feb. 27th, 2014
“Returns from university degree unequal, study finds”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Feb. 27th, 2014
"Work In Progress: Studying the one per cent leads to more questions than answers"
Calgary Herald, Feat. Thomas Lemieux, Craig Riddell, and David Green

Feb. 27th, 2014
“Why college supply matters”
New York Times, Feat. Nicole Fortin, Thomas Lemieux

Feb. 26th, 2014
"Wealth ups ante in marital market: study"
The Calgary Herald, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 25th, 2014
"Canada’s wealthiest an easy but not particularly rewarding target, economists say"
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Feb. 24th, 2014
"Trends in income inequality"
IRPP Conference, Feat. Craig Riddell

Feb. 24th, 2014
"Trends in income inequality"
IRPP Conference, Feat. Nicole Fortin and Thomas Lemieux

Feb. 24th, 2014
"Top incomes and inequality"
IRPP Conference, Feat. Thomas Lemieux and Craig Riddell

Feb. 24th, 2014
"The role of taxes and transfers"
IRPP Conference, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Feb. 24th, 2014
"Driving forces, outcomes and policy"
IRPP Conference, Feat. David Green

Feb. 24th, 2014
"Resource boom ‘lifts all boats,’ UBC economists say"
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Nicole Fortin, David Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell

Feb. 22nd, 2014
"Iconic UBC building sale marks shift in theological, economics education"
Canadian Christianity

Feb. 17th, 2014
“Labour markets: A theory of troubles”
The Economist, Feat. Henry Siu

Feb. 15th, 2014
Conservatives have plenty of alternatives to income splitting, experts say
CTV News, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Feb. 14th, 2014
“Who’s happier, the poor or the rich?”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. John Helliwell

Feb. 13th, 2014
“On Valentines Day, forget the roses and read the signals”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 13th, 2014
“Income splitting has been studied and the verdict is in”
Ottawa Citizen, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Feb. 4th, 2014
“Competitive forces help inflation rates stay low”
Globe Advisor, Feat. Erwin Diewert

Feb. 3rd, 2014
“Labour markets: Trimming the fat”
The Economist, Feat. Henry Siu

Feb. 3rd, 2014
“Don Cayo: When boomers don’t retire, do young workers win or lose?”
Vancouver Sun, Feat. Craig Riddell, David Green

Feb. 1st, 2014
"Medicare, the gorilla in the room, weighs in at more than 800 pounds"
Managed Care Magazine,  Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Jan. 29th, 2014
“Borrower From Hell”
CITR "Arts on Air" podcast, Feat. Mauricio Drelichman

Jan. 22nd, 2014
“Only Hong Kong tops Vancouver as least affordable city”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Jan. 15th, 2014
“For Recent Grads, Good Jobs Really Are Hard to Find”
Wall Street Journal, Feat. Paul Beaudry, David Green

Jan. 12th, 2014
“Vancouver School of Theology building to be bought by UBC”
The Ubyssey, Feat. Michael Devereux

Jan. 11th, 2014
“Vancouver School of Theology sells Iona building to University of British Columbia”
India Education Diary

Jan. 8th, 2014
“What Liberals Don’t Get About Single Payer”
Bloomberg, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Jan. 7th, 2014
“Vancouver theology building converts from spirituality to economics”
The Vancouver Sun

Jan. 2nd, 2014
"Medicare huge influence in healthcare spending rates"
Fierce Health Finance, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Jan. 2nd, 2014
“City approves pre-paid parking meters"
Vancouver Courier, Feat. Leighton Hay and Curtis Kuznecov (UBC students)

2013

Dec. 31st, 2013
“Medicare pricing drives high health-care costs”
The Washingon Post, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Dec. 12th, 2013
"A cost shifting update."
Academy Health Blog, Joshua Gottlieb

Dec. 11th, 2013
“City to vote on prepaid parking plan”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Leighton Hay and Curtis Kuznecov (UBC students)

Dec. 9th, 2013
“Ranking Canada's economics departments”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Thomas Lemieux, Michael Devereux and Erwin Diewert

Nov. 22nd, 2013
“How should Canada solve income inequality?”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Nov. 15th, 2013
“Failing marks given to Ottawa’s proposed tax policies”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Nov. 14th, 2013
“How globalization has left the 1 per cent even further ahead”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Thomas Lemieux

Nov. 12th, 2013
“Rethinking the rise of inequality”
The New York Times, Feat. Thomas Lemieux

Nov. 7th, 2013
“How dollars and sex intertwine”
CBC,  Feat. Marina Adshade

Nov. 6th, 2013
“Ottawa, provinces work to resolve training spat”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Thomas Lemieux

Nov. 4th, 2013
“UBC students urge city to allow pre-paid next-day parking for drinking drivers”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Leighton Hay and Curtis Kuznecov (UBC students)

Nov. 1st, 2013
“Only 16% of Canadians engaged in their jobs”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green, Craig Riddell

Oct. 25th, 2013
"The Costly Effects of Medicare"
NCPA, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb

Oct. 17th, 2013
“How Medicare influences private payment systems (model this)”
Marginal Revolution, Feat. Joshua Gottlieb, story also appeared in AEI Ideas

Oct. 10th, 2013
“What The World's Happiest Countries Can Teach Us About Money”
Forbes, Feat. John Helliwell

Oct. 6th, 2013
“Robots: Job Terminators”
Maclean’s, Feat. Henry Siu

Oct. 4th, 2013
“Canadian income data ‘is garbage’ without census, experts say”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Thomas Lemieux

Sep. 25th, 2013
“Few girls see themselves as full-time homemakers"
University Affairs, Feat. Nicole Fortin. Also featured on CKNW Newstalk 980.

Sep. 20th, 2013
“College-educated workers are taking jobs that don’t require degrees”
Los Angeles Times, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Sept. 12th, 2013
“Why Quebecers are feeling so happy”
Maclean’s, Feat. John Helliwell

Sept. 11th, 2013
“Economy is still bruised five years after the crisis”
USA Today, Feat. Henry Siu

Sept. 4th, 2013
“C-section boom: all about the $?”
Parents Magazine, Feat. Marit Rehavi

Sept. 2th, 2013
“Doctors often push C-sections for extra income”
The Korea Times, Feat. Marit Rehavi

Sept. 1st, 2013
“A homegrown homelessness solution”
UBC Annual Report, Feat. VSE Students

Aug. 30th, 2013
“Money may be motivating doctors to do more C-sections”
National Public Radio, Feat. Marit Rehavi

Aug. 29th, 2013
“UBC aims to create global leaders with new undergraduate program”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Ashok Kotwal & several BIE students

Aug. 28th, 2013
“Column: Five years after recession, we still can’t agree on what causes joblessness”
Reuters, Feat. Henry Siu

Aug. 22nd, 2013
“How your doctor is driving up health care costs”
US News, Feat. Marit Rehavi

Jul. 23rd, 2013
“The real marriage revolution”
The Boston Globe, Feat. Joe Henrich

Jul. 22nd, 2013
“Course cursor, Global economy”
The Times of India, Feat. Ashok Kotwal & BIE program

Jun. 25th, 2013
“Why are so many College Graduates Driving Taxis”
Bloomberg View, Feat. Paul Beaudry, David Green

Jun. 13th, 2013
“Idling older workers to help the young-or not?”
The Wall Street Journal, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Jun. 13th, 2013
“Marina Adshade, author of Dollars and Sex, speaks at Ideacity”
The Star, Feat. Marina Adshade

Jun. 11th, 2013
“The economics of relationships”
The Independent, Feat. Marina Adshade

Jun. 7th, 2013
“Canada’s productivity measurement deserves a serious second look”
Maclean's, Feat. Erwin Diewert

Jun. 3rd, 2013
“The continuing decline of the ‘middle-skill’ worker”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green, Henry Siu

May 14th, 2013
“No pension savings crisis: Canadians have $7.1-trillion in net worth savings”
Financial Post, Feat. Kevin Milligan

May 9th, 2013
“What Happened to Work?: Bloomberg Businessweek Opening Remarks”
Bloomberg News, Feat. Paul Beaudry, David Green

May 8th, 2013
“Are we happy?”
Ottawa Citizen, Feat. John Helliwell

Apr. 30th, 2013
“The Auditor General Cometh... with reports on search and rescue operations, anti-terror expenses”
CBC News, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Apr. 12th, 2013
“Unions threaten to pull pension money from RBC over foreign workers issue”
Vancouver Sun, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Apr. 9th, 2013
“Fries with that BA? The declining value of a degree”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Apr. 8th, 2013
“Foreign workers program seen growing too big, too fast”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Apr. 1st, 2013
“Factors in formula of happiness”
The National, Feat. John Helliwell

Mar. 26th, 2013
“Budget was clear on research spending. Will universities get the message?”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Mar. 26th, 2013
“Young College Grads Could Be Stuck With Their Dead-End Jobs or Worse: Study”
The Huffington Post, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Mar. 23rd, 2013
“First in a series: Reconsidering the meaning of ‘the good life’ (with video)”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. John Helliwell

Mar. 21st, 2013
“Indien ermodet seine frauen”
Die Ziet, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Mar. 19th, 2013
“Technology transforms the future of health care, redefines the workplace”
Vancouver Sun, Feat. Craig Riddell

Mar. 14, 2013
"Pink power: Teaching India's women how to fight back"
Haaretz, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Mar. 9th, 2013
“Love in life boils down to financial forces”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Marina Adshade

Mar. 8th, 2013
“Dollars and sex, the surprising economics of love and romance”
CTV News, Feat. Marina Adshade

Mar. 3rd, 2013
“Economist fascinated by naughty behavior”
The Province, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 28th, 2013
“What do the numbers say? A cost-benefit analysis of love and sex”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 25th, 2013
“Mining the ‘big data’ of sex”
Canadian Business, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 19th, 2013
“Why shorter men have younger wives”
Maclean’s, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 16th, 2013
“In the Quest for Love, Costs vs. Benefits”
The New York Times, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 12th, 2013
“Problems of discrimination against women in India requires 
complex social and political decisions”
Penza News, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Feb. 8th, 2013
“Sexonomics: In love and sex, it’s economics — not romance — at the root of major relationship decisions”
National Post, Feat. Marina Adshade

Feb. 5th, 2013
“The Employment Insurance Whack-a-Mole game”
Maclean’s, Feat. David Green, Craig Riddell

Jan. 30th, 2013
“Online dating and the search for true love — or loves”
Maclean’s, Feat. Marina Adshade

Jan. 29th, 2013
“What if there were no 1%-ers?”
Financial Post, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Jan. 26th, 2013
“There’s a certain logic to sex and economics”
Winnipeg Free Press, Feat. Marina Adshade

Jan. 23th, 2013
“Recession, technology killing middle-class jobs: AP”
CTV News, Feat. Henry Siu

Jan. 12th, 2013
“India’s new focus on rape shows only the surface of women’s perils”
The New York Times, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Jan. 11th, 2013
“Oil sands boom bypasses Ontario: 15 factory jobs lost for every one created in resources”
Financial Post, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Jan. 8th, 2013
“Canada Oilsands Boom Bypassing Factory Workers: Economy”
Bloomberg News, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Jan. 6th, 2013
“Second class citizens”
Gulf Daily News, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Jan. 4th, 2013
“The tragedies that generate change”
The National Business Review, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Jan. 3th, 2013
"What Happened to India's Two Million Missing Women?"
Link TV, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Jan. 1st, 2013
“Gang rape shame could drag India into 21st Century”
The Australian, Feat. Siwan Anderson

2012

Dec. 29th, 2012
“How India treats its women”
BBC, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Dec. 19th, 2012
“We may not be so lazy after all”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Erwin Diewert

Dec. 18th, 2012
“Is a decline in midlevel jobs hurting the U.S. recovery?”
Reuters, Feat. Henry Siu

Dec. 6th, 2012
“UBC sets sights on training the next ... Mark Carney?”
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Michael Devereux & BIE program

Dec. 6th, 2012
“UBC School of Economics adding new international degree program”
Business in Vancouver, Feat. Michael Devereux & BIE program

Dec. 5th, 2012
“UBC’s new Vancouver School of Economics to educate global economic policy leaders”
UBC News, UBC Public Affairs

Dec. 5th, 2012
“UBC announces creation of Vancouver School of Economics”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Michael Devereux

Nov. 26th, 2012
“Who will be the next Bank of Canada governor?”
Maclean’s, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Nov. 11th, 2012
“The Culture War and the Jobs Crisis”
New York Times, Feat. Henry Siu

Nov. 7th, 2012
“Economics students push to lower athletics fees”
The Ubyssey, Feat. students Will Tanner, Kuzi Mutonga, Yash Khatwani and Andrew Jenkins

Nov. 4th, 2012
"Energy prices may decrease in Sandy’s wake: economist"
CTV News, Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

Oct. 31st, 2012
“Economics Journal: What price for women’s rights?”
Wall Street Journal, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Oct. 24th, 2012
“It’s official: Recession lasted seven months in Canada”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Oct. 23rd, 2012
“Study says women’s property rights have led to more suicides”
Times of India, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Oct. 16th, 2012
“The middle class isn’t losing more jobs than usual. But it is losing more money”
Washington Post, Feat. Henry Siu

Oct. 15th, 2012
“Our New Speaker Marina Adshade, on Love and Sex (and Economics Too)”
Lavin, Feat. Marina Adshade

Aug. 31st, 2012
“Where’s our life of leisure?”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Aug. 30th, 2012
“Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages, Study Finds”
New York Times, Feat. Henry Siu

Aug. 15th, 2012
“UBC to consider new Vancouver School of Economics”
Vancity Buzz

Jul. 2nd, 2012
“Students feel the heat of a tough summer job market”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Henry Siu

Jun. 6th, 2012
“Americans Cling to Jobs as U.S. Workforce Dynamism Fades”
Bloomberg News, Feat. Henry Siu

Jun. 6th, 2012
“Oilpatch workers five times more likely to be a one percenter, survey reveals”
Global News, Feat. Nicole Fortin, David Green, Craig Riddell, Kevin Milligan, Thomas Lemieux

Jun. 5th, 2012
“Canada’s 1 per cent: How to know if you’re one of them”
Toronto Star, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Jun. 5th, 2012
“Who are the richest 1 per cent in Canada? They’re not just CEOs”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Nicole Fortin, David Green, Craig Riddell, Thomas Lemieux, Kevin Milligan

June 2012
“Equilibrium Effects of Education Policies: A Quantitative Evaluation”
Lecture Podcast, HCEO (University of Chicago), Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

May 30th, 2012
“Income Inequality Study Shatters Some Stereotypes Of The One Per Cent”
The Huffington Post, Feat. Craig Riddell

May 21th, 2012
“Structural unemployment: Jobs for the long run”
The Economist, Feat. Henry Siu

May 15th, 2012
“Privacy, quality of StatsCan information could be compromised: report”
Global News, Feat. Craig Riddell

Apr. 30th, 2012
“Obama Fails to Stem Middle-Class Slide He Blamed on Bush”
Bloomberg News, Feat. Henry Siu

Apr. 18th, 2012
“Is the federal immigration system a failure?”
Maclean’s, Feat. David Green

Apr. 13th, 2012
“Why Romney And Obama Can’t Fix The Unemployment Problem”
Forbes, Feat. Henry Siu

Apr. 12th, 2012
“Jobless Recovery Leaves Middle Class Behind”
New York Times, Feat. Henry Siu

Apr. 12th, 2012
“Economic recovery leaving middle class behind”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Henry Siu

Apr. 11th, 2012
“Middle class getting burned in U.S. jobs recovery”
Financial Post, Feat. Henry Siu

Apr. 11th, 2012
“Mid-Incomers Suffer in Polarized U.S. Job Market: Economy”
Bloomberg News, Feat. Henry Siu

Apr. 10th, 2012
“The Fed Needs a New, Simpler Mandate”
Bloomberg News, Feat. Henry Siu

Mar. 28th, 2012
“How Ontario’s budget hurts its poorest citizens”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Feb. 13th, 2012
“The flaws of a voluntary National Household Survey”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Feb. 12th, 2012
"Don't Blame Judges for Racial Disparity"
Huffington Post, Feat. Marit Rehavi

Jan. 5, 2012
"Equilibrium Effects of Education Policies: A Quantitative Evaluation"
HCEO, Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

2011

Dec. 16th, 2011
“Mood swings and business cycles”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Paul Beaudry

Dec. 7th, 2011
"More education a better crime-fighter than tougher sentences: UBC study"
Vancouver Sun, Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

Dec. 1st, 2011
"Prevention Trumps Punishment"
UBC Public Affairs, Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

Nov. 20th, 2011
“Girding for ‘a lost decade’ of joblessness"
Globe and Mail, Feat. Craig Riddell

Aug. 17th, 2011
“Corruption in India”
CBC News, Feat Ashok Kotwal

Jul. 25th, 2011
“Cows-for-bride inflation spurs cattle theft among Mundari in 
South Sudan”
Bloomberg Press, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Jul. 13th, 2011
“Census decision in a slow-motion train wreck”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green, Kevin Milligan

Jun. 20th, 2011
“New Statscan survey aims to pinpoint where the jobs are”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Craig Riddell

Jun. 19th, 2011
“Gaping holes in our knowledge of the labour market”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Craig Riddell

May 22nd, 2011
“It’s bloomtime now”
Hindustan Times, Feat. Siwan Anderson

Mar. 5th, 2011
“Why feminism still matters”
The Vancouver Sun, Feat. Siwan Anderson

2010

Nov. 29th, 2010
“Job retraining: No ‘magic bullet’”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Craig Riddell

Nov. 26th, 2010
“ ‘Lucky’ numbers drive home sales”
CTV News, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Nov. 5th, 2010
“Lucky number eight”
Maclean’s, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Nov. 3rd, 2010
“Debating Temporary Foreign Workers in B.C.”
BC Business, Feat. David Green

Nov. 2nd, 2010
“Long-term joblessness on the rise”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Craig Riddell

Sep. 17th, 2010
“Jobs bounce clouds worrying trends”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Sep. 9th, 2010
“Government panel pushes for maximum increase in EI premiums”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Aug. 16th, 2010
“Why Girly Jobs Don’t Pay Well”
New York Times, Feat. Nicole Fortin

Jul. 23rd, 2010
“Liberals, Tories made Statscan what it isn’t”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Jul. 23rd, 2010
“An independent mind has always characterized Sheikh”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Jul. 22nd, 2010
“The inconvenient truth in Mr. Sheikh’s resignation”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Jul. 22nd, 2010
“Calls grow for an arm’s-length Statscan”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green

Apr. 9th, 2010
“When reality bites”
Maclean’s, Feat. Paul Beaudry, David Green

March 19th, 2010
“Humans learned fairness at farmer’s markets, study suggests”
CBC news, Feat. Joe Henrich

Mar. 15th, 2010
“Head of the household”
Maclean’s, Feat. Nicole Fortin

February 3, 2010
“2010 Games: Dreams of Gold”
BC Business, Feat. David Green

2009

Dec. 28th, 2009
"Couples are better able to cope with health shocks than singles: UBC study"
E! Science News, Feat. Giovanni Gallipoli

Sep. 14th, 2009
“Harper introduces legislation to extend EI”
CTV News. Feat. Craig Riddell

Apr. 30th, 2009
“Welfare cuts drive up food bank use, study confirms”
Toronto Star, Feat. David Green

2008

Sep. 3rd, 2008
“All things being equal”
BC Business, Feat. Craig Riddell

Jan. 11th, 2008
“Provincial trade barriers? What provincial trade barriers?”
Globe and Mail, Feat. Brian Copeland

2007

 

Editorials

2014

July 30th, 2014
"Education and crime over the life cycle"
Oxford Press, Feat. Giovanni Gallippoli

July 9th, 2014
"Want to have a successful family? Learn from same-sex parents"
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Marina Adshade

June 23rd, 2014
"Why is David Dodge arguing for deficit spending?"
Maclean's, Feat. Kevin Milligan

June 16th, 2014
"How rainbow flags on Vancouver schools would boost real estate"
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Marina Adshade

June 6th, 2014
"A chance to lead the world, Canada drops the ball on sex laws"
The Globe and Mail, Feat. Marina Adshade

June 2th, 2014
"Does the Ontario NDP job plan add up?"
Macleans, Feat. Kevin Milligan

May 28th, 2014
"The Ontario Liberals’ pension proposal needs work"
Maclean's, Feat. Kevin Milligan

May 21th, 2014
"Why child benefits matter—and why they need reform"
Maclean's, Feat. Kevin Milligan

May 1st, 2014
“Allowing foreign workers promotes low-pay jobs”
The Province, by David Green

May 1st, 2014
"Ontario’s tax the rich policy: big on populism, but it won’t raise much"
Maclean's, Feat. Kevin Milligan

Apr. 15th, 2014
"Winnowing fact from rhetoric: a look at what figures tell of UPA's regime"
The Economic Times, co-author  Ashok Kotwal

Feb. 12th, 2014
“Jim Flaherty wants more analysis of income splitting”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Feb. 4th, 2014
“The toughest course at university: Caring for aging parents”
The Globe and Mail, by Marina Adshade

Jan. 31st, 2014
“What’s the right policy tool to fight poverty?”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

2013

Dec. 20th, 2013
“Three reasons why the government should care about undersavers”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Dec. 22nd, 2013
“Economist: ‘Tis the season to break up”
Time: Ideas, by Marina Adshade

Dec. 13th, 2013
“Statscan’s cuts have forced us to see Canada through a U.S. lens”
The Globe and Mail, by Marina Adshade

Nov. 25th, 2013
“Stay-at-home moms: Stop pretending you’re better. Signed, working moms”
The Globe and Mail, by Marina Adshade

Nov. 10th, 2013
“Want to smoke less? Get married”
The Globe and Mail, by Marina Adshade

Oct. 22nd, 2013
“If you want CPP to rescue the middle class, the PEI plan is worth a look”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Oct. 21st, 2013
“We want children, but can’t afford daycare”
The Globe and Mail, by Marina Adshade

Sept. 18th, 2013
“Dear Linda McQuaig, here are 3 smart ways to get more money from the rich”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Aug. 15th, 2013
“Middle-class incomes are stuck: Why it matters and how to fix it”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Jul. 31st, 2013
“Banks should learn from Habsburg Spain”
Financial Times, by Mauricio Drelichman

Jun. 10th, 2013
“What the data shows about female breadwinners in Canada”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

May 29th, 2013
“Interest rates: What will the new normal look like?”
Financial Post, by Paul Beaudry

May 16th, 2013
“The fiscal outlook for B.C.’s re-elected Liberals”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Apr. 29th, 2013
“Manitoba’s Choice”
Maclean’s, by Kevin Milligan

Apr. 14th, 2013
“Why settle for a Princeton Man?”
The Wall Street Journal, by Marina Adshade

Mar. 20th, 2013
“Take action in honour of the first Day of Happiness”
The Vancouver Sun, by John Helliwell

2012

Dec 18th, 2012
“CPP reform: Who wins, who loses”
The Globe and Mail, by Kevin Milligan

Nov. 18th, 2012
“Is Rush Limbaugh’s Country Gone?”
New York Times, Feat. Henry Siu

May 1st, 2012
“Foreign workers: Filling job vacancies with care”
Globe and Mail, Feat. David Green