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, Securities and Exchange Commission 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, Princeton 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, University of Western Ontario Haoming Liu, National University of Singapore Chris Robinson, University of Western Ontario 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