Friday, May 16, 2025

Dr. Collins Ayoo’s Credited as Academic Editor on ‘Unemployment – Nature, Challenges and Policy Responses’

Dr. Collins Ayoo, Contract Instructor in the Department of Economics and Research Economist at Natural Resources Canada, has been credited as an academic editor for the book Unemployment – Nature, Challenges and Policy Responses. The book is published by IntechOpen, the world's leading publisher of open access books, built by scientists. Here is... More

Friday, May 2, 2025

Fourth-Year B.Econ and PSCI Student Tayssir Benchoubane’s Honours Capstone Project Ranked Among Top 10 Submissions to the Canadian Economics Association Conference

Congratulations to Tayssir Benchoubane, a fourth year B-ECON and Political Science student, whose Honours Capstone essay "Shopping for Answers: The Impact of Geographic Grocery-Retailer Concentration on Canada's Municipal Food Prices" has ranked among top 10 submissions to the Canadian Economics Association Conference and the Bank of Canada. His... More

Friday, May 2, 2025

Fourth-Year B.Econ Student Abigail Meloche’s Senior Thesis Ranked Among Top 10 Submissions to the Canadian Economics Association Conference

Congratulations to our 4th year B.ECON student Abigail Meloche, whose senior thesis titled "Housing, Inequality and Monetary Policy" has made the top 10 in undergraduate submissions to the Canadian Economics Association Conference. She will present at the conference. Abigail has also received a 2024-2025 Bank of Canada scholarship. She had... More

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Department Chair Chris Worswick Publishes Commentary Piece in the Toronto Star

Department Chair Chris Worswick publishes commentary piece in the Toronto Star titled "Conservative economic plan most likely to lead to progress". Here is a quote from the piece: "Both the Liberal and Conservative plans see Canada becoming an energy superpower, but the Liberal path to achieving this is less clear. Given the Liberal plan... More

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Ph.D. Graduate Haizhen Mou and Michael M. Atkinson Shortlisted for Donner Book Prize

We are pleased to announce that Haizhen Mou (Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan) who graduated from our Ph.D. program in 2009 has been shortlisted for the prestigious Donner Book Prize. Haizhen and Michael M. Atkinson (co-author, Professor Emeritus in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of... More

Friday, April 11, 2025

Professor Vivek Dehejia Speaks to BBC News about the Impacts of the Trump Tariffs on India

Professor Vivek Dehejia was interviewed by BBC News regarding the impacts of President Trump's tariffs on India, in an article titled “Will trade-shy India gain edge in tariff-driven slowdown?” Here is a quote: “Many post-colonial states like India harbour a deep-rooted suspicion that international commerce and trade are simply new forms of... More

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Professor Maya Papineau Interviewed by CBC News

Professor Maya Papineau was interviewed on CBC News on green retrofits. The article is titled, "What did homeowners do with green rebates, and did they make a difference?" Here is a quote: Getting a heat pump wasn't an option during the ecoENERGY program, but it's something that has a significant impact on a home's... More

Friday, April 4, 2025

Fourth Year B.ECON and PSCI Student Tayssir Benchoubane Announced as Successful Candidate of CUROP 2025

The Department of Economics is proud to announce that Tayssir Benchoubane, a fourth year Bachelor of Economics and Political Science student, has been announced as a successful candidate of CUROP 2025. The Carleton University Research Opportunity Program (CUROP) holds a competition each year for undergraduate research internships. Candidates... More

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Professor Vivek Dehejia Quoted in the Economist

Professor Vivek Dehejia is quoted in The Economist, speaking on India's likely response to Trump's tariffs. The title of the article is called "India sees opportunity, as well as risk, in Trump’s trade war". Here is the quote: "Mr. Modi would not be the first leader to use trade deals as cover for market-opening... More

Friday, March 14, 2025

Department Chair Chris Worswick Publishes Opinion Piece in the Globe and Mail

Department Chair Chris Worswick published an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail titled "If the trade war hobbles Canada’s auto sector, let’s just phase it out." Here is an excerpt: "As with any industry, phasing out the auto sector will have a short-term effect on other sectors that rely on it. But in the... More

Monday, March 10, 2025

Professor Vivek Dehejia Recently Appeared on Al -Jazeera English to Discuss the Canadian Impacts of the Tariff War in the US

Professor Vivek Dehejia recently appeared on Al Jazeera English to discuss the Canadian impacts of the tariff war in the US. The video is titled, "Canadian general election: Liberal party garners support after Trump threats." You can watch the video on Al Jazeera English's YouTube channel... More

Friday, February 28, 2025

Professor Raúl Razo-Garcia Quoted in the Globe and Mail

Professor Raúl Razo-Garcia was quoted in the Globe and Mail's piece titled "Do trade deficits matter? How economists think about Trump's obsession." Professor Razo-Garcia provides examples of countries with trade deficits and trade surpluses. Here is the quote: “You have an economy like China with a trade surplus because in the Chinese economy... More

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Department Chair Chris Worswick Publishes Opinion Piece in the Globe and Mail

Department Chair Chris Worswick published an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail titled "In this economy? It’s time to welcome foreign students again". Here is an excerpt from the piece: "Each temporary foreign worker’s impact on housing and health care is similar to that of an international university student. Replacing temporary foreign... More

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Professor Maya Papineau-Koritar’s Forthcoming Research on Energy Economics Featured in Piece in The Conversation

Professors Maya Papineau-Koritar, Nicholas Rivers (University of Ottawa and Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy), and Kareman Yassin (Hitotsubashi University) have written a piece in The Conversation based on their forthcoming research in Energy Economics. It can be found on The Conversation's website here.... More

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Professor Frances Woolley’s Research on Canadian Fertility Rates Featured in the Globe and Mail

Professor Frances Woolley’s research on fertility rates in Canada has been recently featured in the Globe and Mail. In the section “Baby bust? Meh”, Professor Woolley details the long term decline in Canada’s fertility. Here is an excerpt of the piece: “Perhaps it is time to accept that many people today are childless by... More

Monday, January 27, 2025

CUROP Information Session- This Wednesday (January 29th)!

Are you interested in, or looking to get involved with, economic research? Each summer, the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs hosts undergraduate research internships as part of the Carleton University Research Opportunity Program (CUROP). Under the supervision of a faculty member, each student participant will design their own research... More

Monday, January 27, 2025

Department Chair Chris Worswick Publishes Opinion Piece in the Globe and Mail

Department Chair Chris Worswick published an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail titled "If Ottawa botches the economy now, Canada might break apart." Here is a quote: All of this points to a bitter truth: Our national unity crisis has cultural factors, but at the source of it are deep-seated economic issues –... More

Thursday, December 12, 2024

“It’s not just a policy rate anymore. It’s a policy curve.” Op-Ed by Dr. Jeremy Kronick (CD Howe Institute), Professor Hashmat Khan (Carleton), and Ph.D. Candidate Matt Soosalu

Please see the op-ed piece, "It’s not just a policy rate anymore. It’s a policy curve." by Professor Hashmat Khan, Dr. Jeremy Kronick (C.D. Howe)  and Ph.D. candidate Matt Soosalu. It can be read on the Financial Post's website... More

Thursday, December 5, 2024

In Memoriam: Dr. Carl McMillan

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Dr. Carl McMillan, professor in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. He was instrumental in the creation of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies (now known as European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies) and served as its Director from 1975... More

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Department Chair Chris Worswick Publishes Opinion Piece in the Globe and Mail

Department Chair Chris Worswick published an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail titled "51st state’? No. But what about a common North American labour market?". Here is a quote: "What would be the advantages of a common labour market between Canada and the U.S.? Canadians would have the opportunity to gain work experience... More

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

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