Public Policies in Canada and the United States

Philip Oreopoulos and David Card, Organizers

October 27-28, 2016

Palais des congrès de Gatineau

Thursday, October 27
1:15 pm	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 Long Time Out: Unemployment and Joblessness in Canada and the United States
1:16 pm	Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labour Force Participation in Canada and the United States
1:17 pm	David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER Chandler Lutz, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Casey Warman, Dalhousie University and NBER Local Labor Markets in Canada and the United States
3:30 pm	Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Mark Stabile, INSEAD Small Differences that Matter: Differences in the Social Safety Net and the Implications for Women and Children
3:31 pm	Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER Old Age Security and Pensions
Friday, October 28
9:00 am	Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER Community College and Vocational Education
9:01 am	Steven F. Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER Comparing the Heterogeneous Effects of Skills on Post-Secondary School Choice and Early Labour Market Outcomes between Canada and the United States
9:02 am	Michael Baker, University of Toronto and NBER Janet Currie, Yale University and NBER Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER Inequality in Mortality Over the Life Course: A Comparison of the U.S. and Canada
11:00 am	Ana Damas De Matos, HEC Montreal Daniel Parent, HEC Montreal Canada and High Skill Immigration in the U.S.: Way Station or Farm System?
11:01 am	Andrew J. Clarke, University of Melbourne Ana Ferrer, University of Waterloo Mikal Skuterud, University of Waterloo A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Market Performance of University-Educated Immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States: Does Policy Matter?
1:30 pm	David A. Green, University of British Columbia Technology and Inequality
1:31 pm	Audra Bowlus, Western University Haoming Liu, National University of Singapore Chris Robinson, Western University Different Paths? Human Capital Prices, Wages and Inequality in Canada and the U.S.
1:32 pm	Marie Connolly, Université du Québec à Montréal Miles Corak, City University of New York Catherine Haeck, Université du Québec à Montréal Intergenerational Income Mobility in Canada and the United States