Each year, honours students present their capstone research projects to faculty, staff, alumni, and fellow students. Each project makes use of the empirical, data science and analytical tools our students have developed over their studies.
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2023
Protest and Prejudice: The Impact of Black Lives Matter Protests on Police Behaviour Colby Chambers
This paper assesses the impact of Black Lives Matter Protests…
2023
The Maternal Health Consequences of Reduced Access to AbortionTali Yaffe
Unencumbered access to abortion allows women to avoid mistimed pregnancies…
2023
The Robbers Cave: Intergroup Contact and Conflict in AfricaChris Lam
When members of different ethnic groups share a superordinate goal…
2023
Monetary policy and its distributive implications on wealth inequality in Canada Chanya Chawla
The aim of this paper is to investigate the distributive…
2023
Locking down ExportsJonah Heyl
Canadian exports dropped by nearly 30 % in March of…
2022
The Impact of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protests on the 2020 US Presidential Election Joyce Law
Can protests lead to political change by influencing voting behaviour…
2022
The Long-Run Impacts of Hurricanes on Educational Attainment in Puerto Rico Felipe Grosso
Are there long-term negative educational effects that stem from hurricanes?…
2022
Sanctuary Policy and Higher Education: Evidence from the United States Jin Wang
Can sanctuary policy shield Hispanic residents from education interruptions amid…
2022
Gender Inequality in Working from Home during the COVID-19 pandemic Jessica Zhong
One of the most obvious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…
2022
Internet Access, Campaign Spending, and Election Outcomes: Evidence from Peruvian Municipal Elections Bruno Belevan
Since 2007, Peru has experienced an exponential and unequal increase…
2020
Does Artificial Night Light Deter Crime as Well as Natural Daylight? A Test Using Daylight Saving Time (DST) Caroline Luo
Criminals prefer to do their work when it is dark.…
2020
The effect of strengthening common law marriage in British ColumbiaYongli Shi
In 2013 B.C. moved the property rights of common law…
2020
The Politics of Disaster Relief Jaycee Tolentino
Do political considerations influence federal assistance in emergencies? In…
2020
Does enhanced illegal immigration enforcement affect the employment of legal migrant workers? Sari Wang
My thesis examines how enhancing enforcement against unauthorized immigration…
2020
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…
2020
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…
2020
Does membership come with privileges? The effect of ETFs on firm value Raphaël Grach
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are in line to become the…
2020
Does more generous income assistance discourage work? Evidence from Canada Yutong Lu
Policy makers often fear high social assistance benefit levels…