I analyze the effect of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) on the composition ofemployment at the local labour market level in Canada. I construct local labour market-level changes in tariffs for both exports and imports, exploiting regional differences in pre-CUSFTA industrial...

This paper analyzes which characteristics are correlated with mobility reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic, using Census Division level mobility data for Canada from Facebook. I find that there is significant variation in the extent to which social distancing was applied in April, relative...

This paper analyzes the extent to which mobility in Canada declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, using publicly released mobility data from Google. I first report that visits to non-residential locations sharply dropped across provinces after states of emergency were put into effect, with a...

High-frequency economic data for small areas is often difficult to obtain in Canada and other countries. This paper overcomes this limitation by using monthly data derived from satellite night light images as a proxy for economic activity in Canadian Census Divisions. This proxy is used in...