Thursday, October 27

1:15 pm

Long Time Out: Unemployment and Joblessness in Canada and the United States

Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER
Fabian Lange, McGill University and NBER
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER
Matthew Tudball, University of Toronto

1:16 pm

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labour Force Participation in Canada and the United States

Stephen Jones, McMaster University
Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia

1:17 pm

Local Labor Markets in Canada and the United States

David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Chandler Lutz, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Casey Warman, Dalhousie University and NBER

3:30 pm

Small Differences that Matter: Differences in the Social Safety Net and the Implications for Women and Children

Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Mark Stabile, INSEAD

3:31 pm

Old Age Security and Pensions

Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER

Friday, October 28

9:00 am

Community College and Vocational Education

Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER

9:01 am

Comparing the Heterogeneous Effects of Skills on Post-Secondary School Choice and Early Labour Market Outcomes between Canada and the United States

Steven F. Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER

9:02 am

Inequality in Mortality Over the Life Course: A Comparison of the U.S. and Canada

Michael Baker, University of Toronto and NBER
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

11:00 am

Canada and High Skill Immigration in the U.S.: Way Station or Farm System?

Ana Damas De Matos, HEC Montreal
Daniel Parent, HEC Montreal

11:01 am

A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Market Performance of University-Educated Immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States: Does Policy Matter?

Andrew J. Clarke, University of Melbourne
Ana Ferrer, University of Waterloo
Mikal Skuterud, University of Waterloo

1:30 pm

Technology and Inequality

David A. Green, University of British Columbia

1:31 pm

Different Paths? Human Capital Prices, Wages and Inequality in Canada and the U.S.

Audra Bowlus, University of Western Ontario
Haoming Liu, National University of Singapore
Chris Robinson, University of Western Ontario

1:32 pm

Intergenerational Income Mobility in Canada and the United States

Marie Connolly, Université du Québec à Montréal
Miles Corak, City University of New York
Catherine Haeck, Université du Québec à Montréal