Research interests: Macroeconomics, Economics of Education
Publications
"Minimum wage effects on human capital accumulation: Evidence from Canadian data" with Joniada Milla, 2024, Journal of Human Capital, vol. 18(2), 346-376. Featured in Brookings, IZA Newsroom
"The intergenerational effects of recessions" with Bharat Diwakar, 2023, Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 69(4), 1060-1087.
"Gender wage gap in small islands: Effect of a policy framework in Mauritius" with Roshini Brizmohun and Valentina Hartarska, 2021, Review of Development Economics, vol. 25(4), 2207-2229.
"Progressive taxation and economic stability", 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 123, 422-452.
"Is post-secondary education a safe port and for whom? Evidence from Canadian data", 2018, Economics of Education Review, vol. 67, 1-13. (Online appendix)
"The business cycle human capital accumulation nexus and its effect on hours worked volatility" with Stephen Kosempel and Thanasis Stengos, 2015, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 51, 356-377. Other version: University of Guelph Discussion Paper 2014-07
Working papers / work in progress:
"School choice and higher education attainment" with Joniada Milla, IZA Discussion Paper No. 15330
"Earnings inequality, the business cycle, and the life cycle" with Stephen Kosempel, Alessandra Pelloni and Thanasis Stengos
“Macroeconomic conditions and the teaching profession: Evidence from Chilean data” with Joniada Milla
"On the stabilizing power of refundable tax credits"
"On the cyclicality of wage inequality in the US" with Barbara Sadaba