We use longitudinal data from the income tax system to study the impacts of firms' employment and wage-setting policies on the level and change in immigrant-native wage differences in Canada. We focus on immigrants who arrived in the early 2000s, distinguishing between those with and without a...

Using data from the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database between 2001 and 2015, we examine the impact of firms' hiring and pay-setting policies on the gender earnings gap in Canada. Consistent with the existing literature and following Card, Cardoso, and Kline (2016), we find that...

In 2021, the Illinois General Assembly commissioned the Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to conduct a “Water Rate Setting Study.” This report is the first project deliverable and focuses on the Lake Michigan Service Area (LMSA). Throughout...