Canadian Public Policy

1975 - 2025

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Volume 46, issue S3, 2020

Estimates of COVID-19 Cases across Four Canadian Provinces pp. S203-S216

David Benatia, Raphaël Godefroy and Joshua Lewis

Early Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Finances in Quebec pp. S217-S235

Bertrand Achou, David Boisclair, Philippe d’Astous, Raquel Fonseca, Franca Glenzer and Pierre-Carl Michaud

Canadian Financial Stress and Macroeconomic Condition pp. S236-S260

Thibaut Duprey

Differential Impacts during COVID-19 in Canada: A Look at Diverse Individuals and Their Businesses pp. S261-S271

Guangying Mo, Wendy Cukier, Akalya Atputharajah, Miki Itano Boase and Henrique Hon

Reconceptualizing Parental Leave Benefits in COVID-19 Canada: From Employment Policy to Care and Social Protection Policy pp. S272-S286

Andrea Doucet, Sophie Mathieu and Lindsey Mckay

Community Engagement in a Time of Confinement pp. S287-S299

Alana Cattapan, Julianne M. Acker-Verney, Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Tammy Findlay and April Mandrona

COVID-19 Blunts Alberta Challenge to Federal–Provincial Income Tax pp. S300-S306

Adil Sayeed

COVID-19’s Limited Impact on Drug Shortages in Canada pp. S307-S312

Étienne Gaudette

Volume 46, issue S2, 2020

COVID-19 and the Gender Employment Gap among Parents of Young Children pp. S89-S101

Yue Qian and Sylvia Fuller

Waiting for Recovery: The Canadian Labour Market in June 2020 pp. S102-S118

Stephen R.G. Jones, Fabian Lange, W. Craig Riddell and Casey Warman

Public Responses to Policy Reversals: The Case of Mask Usage in Canada during COVID-19 pp. S119-S126

Anwar Sheluchin, Regan M. Johnston and Clifton van der Linden

Do COVID-19 Policies Affect Mobility Behaviour? Evidence from 75 Canadian and American Cities pp. S127-S144

David Armstrong, Matthew J. Lebo and Jack Lucas

Canadian Electricity Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Initial Assessment pp. S145-S159

Andrew Leach, Nicholas Rivers and Blake Shaffer

Homeless Shelter Flows in Calgary and the Potential Impact of COVID-19 pp. S160-S165

Ali Jadidzadeh and Ronald Kneebone

La pandémie immunise-t-elle les Québécois contre l’impôt ? pp. S166-S181

Luc Godbout, Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Jean-Herman Guay and Anthony Pham

Playbook for Labour Policies for Novel Shocks Such as COVID-19 pp. S182-S191

Morley Gunderson

Automation and Reallocation: Will COVID-19 Usher in the Future of Work? pp. S192-S202

Joel Blit

Volume 46, issue S1, 2020

Radical Incrementalism and Trust in the Citizen: Income Security in Canada in the Time of COVID-19 pp. S1-S18

Jennifer Robson

The Geography of Social Distancing in Canada: Evidence from Facebook pp. S19-S28

Jeff Chan

The Effect of Differences in Treatment of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit across Provincial and Territorial Income Assistance Programs pp. S29-S43

Gillian Petit and Lindsay Tedds

Remote Work and Employment Dynamics under COVID-19: Evidence from Canada pp. S44-S54

Guillermo Gallacher and Iqbal Hossain

Initial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Canadian Labour Market pp. S55-S65

Thomas Lemieux, Kevin Milligan, Tammy Schirle and Mikal Skuterud

Short-Term Effect of COVID-19 on Self-Employed Workers in Canada pp. S66-S81

Louis-Philippe Beland, Oluwatobi Fakorede and Derek Mikola

Pandemic School Closures May Increase Inequality in Test Scores pp. S82-S87

Catherine Haeck and Pierre Lefebvre

Volume 46, issue 2, 2020

Reforming Canada's Disaster Assistance Programs pp. 187-197

James Davies

The Role of Central Banks pp. 198-213

Stephen Williamson

Improvements in Electronic Job Alerts and the Labour Market Experience of Unemployed Workers: Evidence from the Connecting Canadians with Available Jobs Initiative pp. 214-235

Vera Brencic, Julie Dubois and Lucie Morin

Trends in Parental Time Allocated to Child Care: Evidence from Canada, 1986-2010 pp. 236-252

Lan Wei

After-Hours Incentives and Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from Ontario pp. 253-263

Rose Anne Devlin, Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse, Lihua Li, Nirav Mehta and Sisira Sarma

Short-Term Effects of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement on Municipal Procurement in Canada pp. 264-278

Dmitry Lysenko, Elizabeth Schwartz and Saul Schwartz

Do Subnational Agreements Induce Interprovincial Migration? Empirical Evidence from Canada's Aggregate Migration Patterns pp. 279-289

Mustafa Rafat Zaman

The Leadership Legacy of Commission Chairs: Building on and Extending a Comparative Study of Ten Canadian Commissions of Inquiry pp. 290-303

Joe Wallis and Tor Brodtkorb

Volume 46, issue 1, 2020

Reconnecting the Housing Market to the Labour Market: Foreign Ownership and Housing Affordability in Urban Canada pp. 1-22

Joshua C. Gordon

Cost Savings of Housing First in a Non-Experimental Setting pp. 23-36

Ali Jadidzadeh, Nick Falvo and Daniel J. Dutton

A First Look at Ontario's Electric Vehicle Incentive Program: Who Are Ontario's Green Drivers? pp. 37-44

Can Erutku

Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness Pressures: The Case of Cement Trade pp. 45-58

Vincent Thivierge

Environmental Impact of Public Transit: Evidence from a Long Strike in Ottawa pp. 59-72

Vincent Chandler and Nikolas Shymko

Frontier Technologies in Non-Core Automotive Regions: Autonomous Vehicle R&D in Canada pp. 73-93

Greig Mordue and Danish Karmally

A Policy Framework for E-Money pp. 94-106

S. Mohammad R. Davoodalhosseini and Francisco Rivadeneyra

Want to Improve Math Scores? An Empirical Assessment of Recent Policy Interventions in Canada pp. 107-124

Haizhen Mou and Michael M. Atkinson

Relative Academic Achievement of International Students: Evidence from an Ontario University pp. 125-144

Zong Jia Chen and Mikal Skuterud

Parental Employment Effects of Switching from Half-Day to Full-Day Kindergarten: Evidence from Ontario's French Schools pp. 145-174

Elizabeth Dhuey, Jean Eid and Christine Neill

Are Pre-Election Polls More Helpful than Harmful? Evidence from the Canadian Case pp. 175-186

Jean-François Daoust, Claire Durand and André Blais

Volume 45, issue 3, 2019

Expanding the Canada Workers Benefit to Design a Guaranteed Basic Income pp. 283-309

Kourtney Koebel and Dionne Pohler

Policy Options for Retargeting the Canada Child Benefit pp. 310-328

Jonathan Rhys Kesselman

Employment Insurance: Interregional Redistribution versus Protection against Changing Labour Market Conditions pp. 329-341

Andreas Pollak

Tariffs and the Composition of Employment: Evidence from the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement pp. 342-365

Jeff Chan

Two Types of (Slight) Flexibility in Bank of Canada Projections, 2003–2019 pp. 366-376

Gregor Smith

Analysis of Carbon Tax Treatment in Canada's Equalization Program pp. 377-392

Tracy Snoddon and Trevor Tombe

Volume 44, issue S1, 2018

Is There Evidence of an Information and Communication Technology Labour Shortage in the Canadian Labour Force Survey? pp. S1-S12

Alexander Thomson, Michael Veall and Arthur Sweetman

Earnings of University Bachelor’s Degree Graduates in Information and Communication Technology Programs: A Tax Data Analysis pp. S13-S29

Ross Finnie, Dejan Pavlic and Stephen Childs

Post-Secondary Student Choices and the Labour Shortage in Canada’s Information and Communication Technology Sector pp. S30-S42

Weili Ding and Steven Lehrer

Who Goes into STEM Disciplines? Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey pp. S43-S55

Ross Finnie and Stephen Childs

Enhancing Development of Competencies by Means of Continuous Improvement Processes pp. S56-S72

Brian Frank, Natalie Simper, Bei Cai, Deena Salem, Jake Kaupp and Max Lindley-Peart

Underrepresentation of Women in Canada‘s Information and Communication Technology Sector: What Can We Learn from a Canadian Survey of Adult Skills? pp. S73-S90

Richard Mueller, Khuong Truong and Wynonna Smoke

Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-Immigrants pp. S91-S112

Khuong Truong and Arthur Sweetman

Basic Immigrant STEM Workers in the Canadian Economy: Skill Utilization and Earnings pp. S113-S124

Garnett Picot and Feng Hou

An Analysis of the Patenting Rates of Canada’s Ethnic Populations pp. S125-S145

Joel Blit, Mikal Skuterud and Jue Zhang

Basic Internet Communications Technology Skills and Systems of Engagement pp. S146-S152

Trevor Deley and Marcellus Mindel

All Companies Are Technology Companies: Preparing Canadians with the Skills for a Digital Future pp. S153-S158

Valerie Walker, Gail Bowkett and Isabelle Duchaine

The Alacrity Program: Identifying, Training, and Growing the Talent Required to Build Profitable New Information and Communication Technology Companies in Canada and Internationally pp. S159-S166

Michael A. Turner

Paving the Way for the Future of Work pp. S167-S176

Namir Anani

Information and Communication Technology Talent: The Skills We Need—Framing the Issues pp. Siii-Six

Ross Finnie, Richard Mueller and Arthur Sweetman

Volume 44, issue 4, 2018

Do Evaluators Prefer Candidates of Their Own Gender? pp. 289-302

Vincent Chandler

Gender-Based Analysis Plus in Canada: Problems and Possibilities of Integrating Intersectionality pp. 303-316

Olena Hankivsky and Linda Mussell

Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment Dynamics and Prices in the Restaurant Sector: Canada, 1983–2016 pp. 317-341

Michele Campolieti

Patterns and Intensity of Use of Homeless Shelters in Toronto pp. 342-355

Ali Jadidzadeh and Ronald Kneebone

In the Footsteps of Mackintosh and Innis: Tracking Canada's Economic Centre of Gravity since the Great Depression pp. 356-367

Sébastien Breau, Brian Toy, Mark Brown, Ryan Macdonald and Oliver T. Coomes

Transition Experiments: Opening Up Low-Carbon Transition Pathways for Canada through Innovation and Learning pp. 368-383

Daniel Rosenbloom, James Meadowcroft, Stephen Sheppard, Sarah Burch and Stephen Williams

Estimating Under-Claiming of Compensable Workplace Injuries in Alberta, Canada pp. 400-410

Bob Barnetson, Jason Foster and Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull

Competitive Market Value of Copyright in Music: A Digital Gordian Knot pp. 411-422

Marcel Boyer

Can "Self-Financing" Redeem the Basic Income Guarantee? Disincentives, Efficiency Cost, Tax Burdens, and Attitudes pp. 423-437

Jonathan Rhys Kesselman

Can Self-Financing Redeem the Basic Income Guarantee? Disincentives, Efficiency Costs, Tax Burdens, and Attitudes: A Rejoinder pp. 447-457

Robin Boadway, Katherine Cuff and Kourtney Koebel

Volume 44, issue 3, 2018

Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the National Graduates Survey pp. 207-225

Zong Jia Chen and Mikal Skuterud

Education and the Sustainability of Immigrant Health: Canadian Evidence pp. 226-240

Murshed Chowdhury and John Serieux

Dynamics of Permanent Exit from Welfare in Ontario, Canada: Duration Dependence and Heterogeneity pp. 241-258

Kumiko Shibuya

Prospects for Second-Generation Ethanol in Canada: An Analysis of Economy-Wide Impacts pp. 259-271

Hawley Campbell, James Rude, Martin Luckert and Farzad Taheripour

Milked and Feathered: The Regressive Welfare Effects of Canada's Supply Management Regime: A Comment pp. 272-277

Maurice Doyon, Stéphane Bergeron and Lota Tamini

Milked and Feathered: The Regressive Welfare Effects of Canada's Supply Management Regime: Reply pp. 278-288

Ryan Cardwell, Chad Lawley and Di Xiang

Volume 44, issue 2, 2018

The Global Financial Cycle, Monetary Policies, and Macroprudential Regulations in Small, Open Economies pp. 81-99

Gregory Bauer, Gurnain Pasricha, Rodrigo Sekkel and Yaz Terajima

Impact of Bankruptcy Reform on Consumer Insolvency Choice pp. 100-111

Jason Allen and Kiana Basiri

Managing Drought Risk in the Okanagan: A Role for Dry-Year Option Contracts? pp. 112-125

John Janmaat and Nargiz Rahimova

Carbon Tax at the Pump in British Columbia and Quebec pp. 126-133

Can Erutku and Vincent Hildebrand

Individual Financial Returns from Quebec Pension Plan Reform Options: Analyzing Proposals to Renew a Second-Pillar Retirement Income Program pp. 134-158

David Boisclair, Guy Lacroix, Steeve Marchand and Pierre-Carl Michaud

Health and Capacity to Work of Older Canadians: Gender and Regional Dimensions pp. 159-172

Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle

How Do Older Laid-Off Workers Get By: Reemployment, Early Retirement, or Social Insurance Benefits? pp. 173-189

Ross Finnie and David Gray

Preferences for the Distribution of Incomes in Modern Societies: The Enduring Influence of Social Class and Economic Context pp. 190-205

Robert Andersen and Meir Yaish

Volume 44, issue 1, 2018

Do Large Employers Treat Racial Minorities More Fairly? An Analysis of Canadian Field Experiment Data pp. 1-12

Rupa Banerjee, Jeffrey G. Reitz and Philip Oreopoulos

Would Better Access to Preventive Care Reduce Use of Acute Care? Evidence from a Large-Scale Not-for-Profit Intervention in Alberta pp. 13-24

John Emery and Xiaoli Zheng

Are Canadian Provincial Tax Systems Becoming More Regressive? If So, in What Respects and Why? pp. 25-40

Rodney Haddow

Invisible Young Women and Public Policy in Ontario pp. 41-53

Leah Levac and Sara Worts

Toward a Regulatory Framework for the Legalization of Cannabis: How Do We Get to There from Here? pp. 54-76

Philippe Cyrenne and Marian Shanahan

Comment on "Costs and Benefits of Quebec's Drive Electric Program" pp. 77-79

Philippe Barla