Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Ph.D. Graduate Mamoon Kader receives Senate Medal for Thesis

We are pleased to announce that recent Ph.D. Graduate Mamoon Kader has received a senate medal for his thesis "Essays in Macroeconomics". Join us in extending congratulations to Mamoon on this great achievement!  ... More

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

“A New Monetary Policy Tool: The Real Neutral Rate Yield Curve for Canada” by Dr. Jeremy Kronick (CD Howe Institute), Professor Hashmat Khan (Carleton), and Ph.D. Candidate Matt Soosalu

Please see the C.D. Howe Institute Commentary provided by Professor Hashmat Khan, Dr. Jeremy Kronick and Ph.D. candidate Matt Soosalu. It is titled, "A New Monetary Policy Tool: The Real Neutral Rate Yield Curve for Canada". It can be read on the C.D. Howe Institute website... More

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Interviewed by CTV News and Publishes Opinion Piece in The Globe and Mail

Department Chair Chris Worswick was interviewed by CTV News last week in regards to Canadian immigration. The video is called "Canada cutting immigration levels" and you can watch it here. Furthermore, Professor Worswick published an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail called "As Canada cuts immigration numbers, we must also better select... More

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Ph.D. Candidate Jean-Philippe Tardif receives SSHRC scholarship

We are pleased to announce that our Ph.D. Candidate Philip Tardif has received a SSHRC scholarship of $80,000. Join us in extending congratulations to Philip on this great achievement!... More

Monday, October 7, 2024

Eleventh Annual Economics Reception 2024

Eleventh Annual Economics Alumni Reception on October 3, 2024 featuring Guest of Honour, Keynote Speaker and Carleton Alumna Jenna Sudds PC MP, Minister of Families, Children and Social... More

Friday, September 27, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Interviewed by CBC News: The National and CBC Newsworld

Department Chair Chris Worswick was interviewed this week on the CBC News: The National website and on the CBC Newsworld broadcast in a video titled "Businesses in Canada Face New Limits on Temporary Foreign Workers." You can watch part of the interview on the CBC News: The National YouTube channel... More

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Professor Vivek Dehejia Speaks to Reuters about Canadian’s Economic Pain

Professor Vivek Dehejia speaks to Reuters about the economic pain that Canadians still feel even as rates are starting to come down. Here is a quote from the article: Vivek Dehejia, an associate professor of economics at Carleton University, said renters, a category that comprises two out of every five Canadians, were also feeling the... More

Friday, September 6, 2024

Professor Louis-Philippe Beland Quoted in Scientific American & The Globe and Mail this Week

Professor Louis-Phillippe Beland has been quoted in multiple articles this week regarding his research on phones in schools: The Scientific American article titled Do Phone Bans Help Students Perform Better in School? and the Globe and Mail article titled On the first day of school, Canada’s new student cellphone bans will face a crucial test.... More

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Professor Vivek Dehejia Cited in Yahoo Finance Article this Week

Professor Vivek Dehejia has been cited in a Yahoo Finance article this week titled Liberals' productivity 'working group' shows why Canada isn't producing, written by Matthew Lau. Here is a quote from the article: The article, which cites Carleton University economics professor Vivek Dehejia, suggests Canada’s crisis-level productivity is rooted... More

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Quoted by the Globe and Mail

Department Chair Chris Worswick has been quoted by the Globe and Mail in an article titled Liberal immigration pivot sparks debate on government’s role in addressing labour shortages. Here are some of the quotes: "When governments and employer groups talk about shortages, it’s really not clear what they mean. Does it mean that we... More

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Interviewed by CBC News

Department Chair Chris Worswick was interviewed by CBC News Network's Power and Politics show this week. The interview can be watched here. It begins at the 18:50 mark and continues to the 26:27... More

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Provided Commentary in The Globe and Mail

Department Chair Christopher Worswick  provided commentary that was published in the Globe and Mail article titled Ottawa needs to abolish the temporary foreign worker program. Here are some quotes from the article: "The two main pathways by which people are admitted to Canada to work are as economic immigrants (who can stay permanently) and... More

Monday, August 19, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Interviewed by CBC News

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 Chris Worswick Quoted in Bloomberg Story this Week

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

Assistant Professor Gaëlle Simard-Duplain Awarded Secondary Data Analysis Grant

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 Research on Smartphone Bans in Ontario Classes Discussed in the Toronto Star and Radio-Canada

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

Dual Masters: Completing a Master of Arts Economics and MBA with Cassandra Blackwell

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

Professor Vivek Dehejia Testifying Before the House of Commons

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

Carleton Economics Team Participates in The Governor’s Challenge

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

Professor Vivek Dehejia Tells the Truth About Inflation in Less Than a Minute

As seen on Carleton University's social media platforms, Economics Associate Professor Vivek Dehejia the Truth About Inflation.... More

Monday, March 11, 2024

In Memoriam – Anand Acharya

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

Professor Vivek Dehejia Quoted on Recent Inflation Numbers from StatsCan

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

In Memoriam – Charles Jasper Saunders

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

Professors Maya Papineau and Matt Webb Receive NRCC Research Contract

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

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Professor Maya Papineau Interviewed by The Narwhal

Associate Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed by The Narwhal as an economic expert in their recent article on carbon prices. Professor Papineau had this to say: The carbon price is the most efficient way to meet our climate change targets — at least if you’re concerned about affordability for households. There’s a lot of... More

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Professor Vivek Dehejia Quoted in the Ottawa Citizen Today

Associate Professor Vivek Dehejia was quoted in the Ottawa Citizen today regarding his expertise on monetary issues and government fiscal policy. Here is a quote from the article: Vivek Dehejia, an economics professor at Carleton University, said he was “surprised and disappointed” to see the findings of the PBO’s latest report.... More

Friday, November 10, 2023

Professor Maya Papineau Interviewed by CBC

Associate Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed by the CBC's Robyn Miller yesterday for the CBC Ottawa News, regarding the recent carbon tax exemption passed in Parliament. Professor Papineau spoke about the recent passage of a heating oil exemption to the carbon tax, and the potential implications for Canada’s carbon tax in other sectors.... More

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Professor Maya Papineau Receives NSERC Alliance Grant

Associate Professor Maya Papineau has received an NSERC Alliance Grant as Co-PI totaling close to $1.1 million over 5 years, along with 2 colleagues in engineering and 1 in public policy. This grant will provide approximately $90,000 support for 1 Econ PhD student and a few MA students. Congratulations, Professor Papineau! It is great... More

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Professor Minjoon Lee Has a Paper Accepted for Publication in the Journal of Empirical Finance

Associate Professor Minjoon Lee has had his paper titled "Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle with Multiple Late-in-Life Saving Motives" accepted for publication in the Journal of Empirical Finance - a leading journal publishing empirical work in financial economics and financial econometrics. Congratulations to Professor Lee on this... More

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Associate Professor Louis-Philippe Beland Quoted in Article from The Conversation about Smartphone Use in Classrooms

Associate Professor Louis-Philippe Beland is one of four scholars who were asked by publication The Conversation whether or not smartphones should be allowed in classrooms. Here is his response: Louis-Philippe Beland: Bans help low-achieving students the most Numerous studies indicate that low-achieving students stand to benefit the most from the... More

Friday, August 18, 2023

Professor Minjoon Lee’s Research Cited in the New York Times

Professor Minjoon Lee from the Department of Economics has been cited in the New York Times for his research on cognitive decline in an article titled A Retirement Puzzle: Turning Over Control of Your Money. Congratulations, Professor Lee! It’s wonderful to see this recognition and dissemination of your research in high-profile international... More

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Full Professor Christopher Worswick Appears on The Mike Smyth Show to Discuss Immigration

Full Professor Christopher Worswick was invited by radio station 980-CKNW in Vancouver to appear on The Mike Smyth Show, hosted by Jody Vance, to discuss the new special draws of immigrants with experience on the skilled trades. Professor Worswick pointed out that this would be fine so long as the immigrants elected are highly... More

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Professor Maya Papineau Interviewed About Her Research on CBC’s The World This Weekend

This past weekend Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed by the CBC on their show "The World This Weekend" (click the link to hear the interview). Professor Papineau discussed her research on climate change and building retrofits for a segment on green buildings. Professor Papineau was also interviewed last month for a CBC article titled... More

Monday, July 31, 2023

Professor Simon Power Celebrates 35 Years as a Faculty Member in the Department of Economics

Congratulations to Professor Simon Power who is celebrating his 35th anniversary of working at Carleton University as a faculty member in the Department of Economics. Professor Power has been a significant part of our department and the Carleton community for his entire career here. He has received 22 teaching awards, and spent many years... More

Thursday, July 27, 2023

MA Economics Alumnus Jenna Sudds Appointed as Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development

Congratulations to Jenna Sudds on being appointed to cabinet as Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development! Jenna graduated from the MA Economics program at Carleton University in 2003, and has had a long career since in both the federal government and tech sector. In 2015 she was named one of “Forty Under 40”... More

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