We analyze 40 years' worth of natural disaster shocks in Canada, using a local projection framework to assess their impact on provincial labour markets. We find that disasters decrease hours worked within a week and lower wage growth in the medium run. The impact is driven by periods of...

We analyze 40 years' worth of natural disaster shocks in Canada, using a local projection framework to assess their impact on provincial labour markets. We find that disasters decrease hours worked within a week and lower wage growth in the medium run. The impact is driven by periods of...

How to conceive industrial policies as development instruments distinct from trade or fiscal-deduction interventions? How can we model and study the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as agents of industrial policy? How can we model their main attributes and architectures? Drawing on the...