The effect of the 2013 selective two-child policy on female employment in China Abby Bu
Previous research has shown particularly high life-time childrearing costs for professional women. These costs are a particular problem in developing countries where offsetting government subsidies and regulations are not yet in place. In 2013, China amended its family planning policy to allow some couples to have a second child. I use this natural experiment […]
Who pays for funding cuts? The effect of provincial funding on tuition fees Lindsay Wang
There is a trend of declining real provincial appropriation income and increasing tuition revenues in Canadian post-secondary institutions. This research asks: How does a real funding cut influence the tuition fees paid by different types of students? It also takes the domestic tuition freeze policy effect into consideration. I divide all Canadian higher education institutions […]
Does membership come with privileges? The effect of ETFs on firm value Raphaël Grach
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are in line to become the next big hit on financial markets. ETFs are a specific category of financial instruments that aim at replicating the performance of an underlying basket of securities. Since they are relatively new, ETFs are met with growing enthusiasm in both academia and in the financial world […]
Does more generous income assistance discourage work? Evidence from Canada Yutong Lu
Policy makers often fear high social assistance benefit levels will have negative employment and labor force participation effects. However, do these negative effects actually exist, and if so, how big are they? My thesis uses new detailed data on social assistance benefit rules and changes across Canada to estimate the effects of social assistance […]