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Working Papers

2012

1. How Targeted is Targeted Tax Relief? Evidence from the Unemployment Insurance Youth Hires Program
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics
2. The International Migration of Health Professionals
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
3. The Structure of Canada`s Immigration System and Canadian Labour Market Outcomes
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics

2011

4. Canadian Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes: Why the Differences in Outcomes between Sweden and Canada?
   IZA Policy Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (3)
5. The Impact of Placing Adolescent Males into Foster Care on their Education, Income Assistance and Incarcerations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (1)
6. The Portability of New Immigrants' Human Capital: Language, Education and Occupational Matching
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2011) View citations (4)

2009

7. Temporary Foreign Workers and Former International Students as a Source of Permanent Immigration
   CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations (1)
8. The Economic Return on New Immigrants' Human Capital: the Impact of Occupational Matching
   CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics

2006

9. First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (8)

2005

10. Degradation du bien-etre economique des immigrants et causes possibles: mise a jour 2005
    Direction des etudes analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des etudes analytiques View citations (1)
11. Qui poursuit des etudes superieures? L'incidence directe et indirecte des antecedents familiaux sur l'acces aux etudes postsecondaires
    Direction des etudes analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des etudes analytiques View citations (1)
12. The Deteriorating Economic Welfare of Immigrants and Possible Causes: Update 2005
    Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch View citations (17)
13. Who Goes? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Family Background on Access to Post-secondary Education
    Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch View citations (9)

2004

14. Domaines d'etudes postsecondaires et resultats sur le marche du travail canadien des immigrants et des non-immigrants
    Direction des etudes analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des etudes analytiques
15. Immigrant Source Country Educational Quality and Canadian Labour Market Outcomes
    Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch View citations (16)
16. Postsecondary Field of Study and the Canadian Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Non-immigrants
    Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch
17. Qualite de l'education des immigrants dans leur pays d'origine et resultats sur le marche du travail canadien
    Direction des etudes analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des etudes analytiques View citations (1)

2001

18. Higher Tier Agency Problems in Financial Intermediation: Theory and Evidence from the Irish Loan Funds
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Calgary

2000

19. Human Capital Formation in a Period of Rapid Change
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1997

20. Complementarity, Competition and Institutional Development: The Irish Loan Funds through Three Centuries
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations (2)
21. Microcredit in Pre-Famine Ireland
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (1998)

1996

22. The Evolution of A Microcredit Institution: The Irish Loan Funds, 1720 - 1920
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics

Undated

23. Assimilation and Economic Success in an Aboriginal Population: Evidence from Canada
    Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers, McMaster University
24. Vulnerable Seniors: Unions, Tenure and Wages Following Permanent Job Loss
    Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers, McMaster University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1999)

Journal Articles

2013

1. Canada's Immigration Selection System and Labour Market Outcomes
   Canadian Public Policy, 2013, 39, (s1), 141-160

2007

2. The Role of Local Depositors in Controlling Expenses in Small-Scale Financial Intermediation: An Empirical Analysis
   Economica, 2007, 74, (296), 713-735 View citations (2)

2005

3. Introduction: Mental Health Reform for the 21st Century
   Canadian Public Policy, 2005, 31, (s1), 1-4

2004

4. Microfinance and Famine: The Irish Loan Funds during the Great Famine
   World Development, 2004, 32, (9), 1509-1523 View citations (2)

2003

5. Poverty dynamics: empirical evidence for Canada
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2003, 36, (2), 291-325 View citations (22)

2002

6. Aboriginals as unwilling immigrants: Contact, assimilation and labour market outcomes
   Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15, (2), 331-355 View citations (1)
7. Procyclical Skill Retooling and Equilibrium Search
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (3), 704-717 View citations (4)

2001

8. Immigrant earnings: age at immigration matters
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (4), 1066-1099 View citations (60)
9. The life-cycle of a microfinance institution: the Irish loan funds
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 46, (3), 291-311

1999

10. Education and Ethnicity in Canada: An Intergenerational Perspective
    Journal of Human Resources, 1999, 34, (4), 668-696 View citations (22)
11. Vulnerable Seniors: Unions, Tenure, and Wages Following Permanent Job Loss
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, (4), 671-93 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper

1998

12. Microcredit in Prefamine Ireland
    Explorations in Economic History, 1998, 35, (4), 347-380 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
13. Microcredit: What can we learn from the past?
    World Development, 1998, 26, (10), 1875-1891 View citations (10)
14. Unemployment Insurance and Quits in Canada
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1998, 31, (3), 549-572 View citations (6)
15. Wage loss following displacement: The role of union coverage
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1998, 51, (3), 384-400 View citations (7)

Chapters

2002

1. Working Smarter: Education and Productivity
   A chapter in The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2002: Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity, 2002, vol. 2 View citations (2)