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Working Papers

2024

1. Give & Take? Child Benefits & Prices in Northern Canada
   Working Papers, Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2022

2. Dreaming of a Brighter Future? The Impact of Economic Vulnerability on University Aspirations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Dreaming of a Brighter Future? The Impact of Economic Circumstances on University Aspirations
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2025, 180, (1), 383-410
2. Give and take? Child benefits and prices in Northern Canada
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2025, 58, (3), 831-859
3. The impact of capitation on health insurance membership and the provision of care in Ghana
   South African Journal of Economics, 2025, 93, (2), 146-170

2024

4. A Decomposition of Economic Vulnerability Among Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Adults in Canada
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2024, 70, (3), 785-819
5. An examination of health care efficiency in Canada: a two-stage semi-parametric approach
   Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2024, 19, (4), 409-428
6. From the Food Mail Program to Nutrition North Canada: The impact on food insecurity among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous families with children
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2024, 57, (1), 27-54
7. Publicly subsidized housing and physical health: a literature review
   Housing Studies, 2024, 39, (8), 2117-2142

2022

8. Are Populists Insecure About Themselves or About Their Country? Political Attitudes and Economic Perceptions
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2022, 159, (2), 667-705 View citations (2)

2021

9. A breath of fresh air: The effect of public smoking bans on Indigenous youth
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (6), 1517-1539 View citations (2)
10. Parental economic insecurity and child health
    Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43, (C) View citations (1)

2020

11. Blown off-course? Weight gain among the economically insecure during the great recession
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020, 80, (C) View citations (5)

2019

12. Can positive income anticipations reverse the mental health impacts of negative income anxieties?
    Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 35, (C), 107-122 View citations (9)

2018

13. Does Economic Insecurity Cause Weight Gain Among Canadian Labor Force Participants?
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64, (2), 406-427 View citations (15)
14. Job insecurity and mental health in Canada
    Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (38), 4137-4152 View citations (13)

2017

15. Healing and/or breaking? The mental health implications of repeated economic insecurity
    Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 188, (C), 119-127 View citations (11)

2016

16. Economic Insecurity and the Weight Gain of Canadian Adults: A Natural Experiment Approach
    Canadian Public Policy, 2016, 42, (2), 115-131 View citations (11)

Chapters

2022

1. Empirical Methods for Modelling Economic Insecurity
   Springer View citations (1)