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Working Papers

2025

1. Unpacking the Countercyclicality of Post-Secondary Enrollment in the United States
   CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague

2024

2. Education and inequality: an international perspective
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Education and inequality: an international perspective, Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2022

3. Heterogeneous Returns to Active Labour Market Programs for Indigenous Populations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022)

2017

4. The gender gap in university participation: What role do skills and parents play?
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo

2016

5. Field of study and the decision to delay university
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo

2010

6. Ability, Parental Valuation of Education and the High School Dropout Decision
   CLSSRN working papers, Vancouver School of Economics View citations (4)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2009) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Ability, Parental Valuation of Education, and the High School Dropout Decision, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2014) View citations (21) (2014)

2007

7. Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2008) View citations (9) (2008)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Canadian inequality over the last 40 years: common and contrary variations on universal themes
   Fiscal Studies, 2024, 45, (2), 119-130
2. Education and inequality: an international perspective
   Fiscal Studies, 2024, 45, (3), 429-454 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Education and inequality: an international perspective, IFS Working Papers (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2021

3. Admissions Constraints and the Decision to Delay University
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021, 123, (2), 478-507
4. The Distributional Impacts of Active Labor Market Programs for Indigenous Populations
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 216-20 View citations (2)

2019

5. The gender gap in university enrolment: Do parents play a role beyond investing in skills?
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2019, 52, (2), 441-489
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2019, 52, (2), 441-489 (2019)

2014

6. Ability, Parental Valuation of Education, and the High School Dropout Decision
   Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49, (4), 906-944 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Ability, Parental Valuation of Education and the High School Dropout Decision, CLSSRN working papers (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

2012

7. Can neighbourhoods change the decisions of youth on the margins of university participation?
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45, (1), 167-188 View citations (2)
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2012, 45, (1), 167-188 (2012) View citations (1)

2008

8. Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients
   ILR Review, 2008, 61, (3), 410-423 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients, Working Papers (2007) View citations (6) (2007)