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We use a detailed micro dataset on product availability to construct a direct high-frequency measure of consumer product shortages during the 2020-2021 pandemic. We document a widespread multi-fold rise in shortages in nearly all sectors early in the pandemic. Over time, the composition of...
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Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is highly differentiated, with a variety of options that differ by credential (associates degree, bachelor's degree,...
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Price surges often generate social disapproval and requests for regulation and price controls, but these interventions may cause inefficiencies and shortages. To study how individuals perceive and reason about sudden price increases for different products under different policy regimes, we...
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and income histories from the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP), income tax filings, and post-secondary schooling …
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choice of immigrant founders, by leveraging the introduction of Canada's Start-up Visa Program in 2013. We demonstrate that … this immigration policy increased the likelihood that U.S.-based immigrants have a start-up in Canada by 69%. Our results … show that Asian immigrants (who have a higher representation in Canada than in the U.S.) are disproportionately more likely …
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and acquisitions (M&As). Using firm balance sheet data linked to individual earnings data in Canada and a matched …
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financial, organizational, and physical structures of the long-term care system. Unlike other OECD countries, Canada's system is … and regulating long-term care. We provide institutional and empirical details on the evolution and future of Canada's long …
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In this paper we revisit the Canadian experience with floating exchange rates since 1950. Canada was a pioneer in … monetary policy achieved low and stable inflation once it adopted inflation targeting as a nominal anchor. Also, as Friedman … argued, Canada's floating exchange rate provided it with a modicum of insulation from external shocks, especially commodity …
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For nearly three centuries, Indigenous peoples within the borders of present-day Canada engaged in treaty-making with …
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This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces employment and earnings of mothers and employment of grandmothers. Studying a...
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