See the media relations original article titled, "New model assesses the economic damage of climate change on the Great Lakes" on Waterloo Stories.
Professor Ana Ferrer published an article in the IZA World of Labour. Check out the post titled, "Are married immigrant women secondary workers?" at this website.
Economics Alumna Jue Zhang (PhD '17) has co-authored a COVID paper titled, "Transitions into and out of employment by immigrants during the COVID-19 lockdown and recovery" that was posted by Stats Canada today. The paper examines how immigrants vs Canadian born workers have been affected by the labour market changes. It is a great accomplishment to be featured on such a high profile platform. Congratulations, Jue!
Mikal Skuterud, who researches immigration economics, chatted with Media Relations at UW on the topic of temporary foreign worker programs. You can find the full article, Q and A with the experts: the future of temporary foreign worker programs, on the Waterloo Stories page.
The Economics department celebrated the accomplishments of its’ graduate students at a virtual celebration on Zoom held on Friday, June 26, 2020.
Read his co-authored op-ed piece with Stanford professor Jay Bhattacharya in the Financial Post.
With the pandemic going on, there is lots of talk about CERB, the benefit that was created as an emergency response. Professor Stephanie Lluis wrote a memo for the C.D. Howe Institute titled, "Lessons from Employment Insurance for the CERB" where she discusses how employment insurance can provide guidance for the CERB.
The CRDCN (Canadian Research Data Centre Network) hosted a series of webinars on a variety of topics featuring panelists who are experts in those areas. In a webinar titled, "Income and Employment", Professor Mikal Skuterud was one of the panelists.
Several panel members presenting for an event hosted by Waterloo’s Gateway for Enterprises to Discover Innovation (GEDI) about "Rebooting the Economy". Economics professor Joel Blit was one of the panel members. He talked about the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian Economy, saying it will likely be a long recovery that will not affect all Canadians equally.
Professor Mikko Packalen and Stanford professor Jayanta Bhattacharya dicuss how policies that depress the world economy put millions at risk in The Spectator.