Economics for public policy
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This blog is about economics that matters:
for public policy; for Canadians; and for others.My name is Miles Corak. I am a professor at the University of Ottawa trained in labour economics, and working on child rights, poverty, immigration, social and economic mobility, unemployment, and social policy.
My blog is intended for an audience of engaged citizens who have a curiosity about economics and how it can inform public policy.
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- RT @LuciaCorak: The Italian delegate at the Dachshund UN conference happening in Montreal right now. Ghana takes a nap. @MilesCorak http://… 22 hours ago
- Knowing when freedom threatens social stability leads @sullydish to temper his libertarianism and value #equality bit.ly/171Bjcw 1 day ago
- RT @JordanTimm: You have 2.5 hours left to apply for the Citizen's year-long paid reporting internships. linkd.in/14ZuoMi 1 day ago
My research
- Discussion papers
- Economic mobility in the US and Canada
- Income mobility in North America and Europe
- Immigration in the long run
- Intergenerational transmission of employers
- Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting
- From Parents to Children
- Age at immigration & child migrants to the US
- Young immigrant children in Australia, Canada, the UK & the US
- How to Slide down the Great Gatsby Curve
- Unemployment Insurance
My teaching
Blogroll
- Animals Explain Economics
- Brookings Institution
- Center for Poverty and Inequality
- Consider the Evidence
- Conversable Economist
- Economist's View
- Economy Lab
- Inequalities
- Kai L. Chan
- MacroMania
- Mostly Economics
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Social Policy in Ontario
- Tim Harford
- Why Nations Fail
- Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
