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Monday, August 19, 2024
Department Chair Christopher Worswick was interviewed last week by CBC News in a video titled Is our 'addiction' to cheap foreign labour hurting young people? You can watch the interview... More
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Department Chair Christopher Worswick was quoted in a Bloomberg story titled Cheap Foreign Labor Soars in Canada as Young Workers Are Left Jobless. Professor Worswick was quoted from his co-written peer-reviewed work showing firms prefer temporary foreign workers due to their higher efforts for the same wage. Here are the quotes from the article:... More
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Gaëlle Simard-Duplain and Tímea Laura Molnár (co-investigator) have been awarded $25,000 to support their research project “Mothers’ return to work after childbirth, and the role of spousal involvement in shaping parents’ mental health and children’s development.” They will draw upon... More
Friday, May 3, 2024
Associate Professor Louis-Philippe Beland has been cited in the Toronto Star for his research on smartphone usage in classrooms earlier this week. The article delves into Ontario's decision to prohibit mobile devices in classrooms. Here is the direct section from the article citing Beland's results: One of the most influential academic... More
Monday, April 15, 2024
Meet Cassandra Blackwell. Cassandra recently graduated with a dual Master of Arts Economics with Concentration in Financial Economics - Master of Business Administration with Concentration in Finance and Economics. She currently works as an Economist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. We had the chance to discuss her dual Masters... More
Friday, April 5, 2024
Tuesday April 9th, 2024, from 3:30m to 5:30pm Associate Professor Vivek Dehejia will be testifying again before the Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Commons, relating to Bill C-59, to implement the fall economic statement and the budget. See full details or watch live... More
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
The Governor's Challenge is an annual competition for undergraduate university students to analyze and forecast economic developments for the monetary policy decision-making process. The competition takes place in Ottawa at the Bank of Canada's head office. November 27th, 2023, Carleton's team advanced to the final round of the competition. The... More
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
As seen on Carleton University's social media platforms, Economics Associate Professor Vivek Dehejia the Truth About Inflation.... More
Monday, March 11, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the loss of Anand Acharya (BA R.M.C., MA & PhD Carleton) on March 3rd, 2024. Survived by his loving wife, Kusum, and his two daughters, Nina and Jasmine, his sister, Anjali, his parents, Padma and Jana, as well as numerous friends, and colleagues. Anand's enthusiasm, kindness,... More
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Associate Professor Vivek Dehejia was quoted on iPolitics regarding the latest inflation numbers from StatsCan. Here is a quote from the article: “If you’re a Liberal supporter that’s what you’re hoping for,” said Vivek Dehejia, an economics professor at Carleton University. “[But] it’s too early to pop the champagne corks.”... More
Friday, January 12, 2024
It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Charles Jasper Saunders (MA Carleton, 2011 and PhD Carleton, 2015) on December 21st, 2023. He is survived by his loving wife Mary (née Camelon) and his two sons, Charles and William, numerous family, friends, and colleagues. We in the Department of... More
Friday, December 22, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Professor Maya Papineau (Principal Investigator) and Professor Matt Webb (Co-Principal Investigator) have received a National Research Council Canada’s Contract for research for $91,638 titled “Identifying heat pumps and other major electricity-using durables adoption to support net-zero targets in Canada.”... More
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