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Education

1999 Ph.D., Economics, University of Toronto (1994- )
 

	Dissertation:	“Employment and Wage Dynamics: Estimating the Impact of Labour Market Institutions”
	Supervisors:	Michael Baker, Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt

1994 M.A., Economics, University of Toronto (1993-1994)

1993 B.A., Economics, University of Western Ontario (1989-1993)

Awards

University of Toronto Open Fellowship, 1993-1999
Canadian International Labour Network Research Assistantship, summer 1997
University of Toronto International Student Fee Waiver Scholarship, 1993-1995
University of Western Ontario In-course Scholarship, 1990-1993
University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Social Science, Dean’s Honor List, 1989-1993

“Administrative Credit Allocation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises” (in progress with Dwayne Benjamin and Loren Brandt)

“Organizational Effectiveness in Transitional Market: Job Recruitment in Chinese Private Enterprises”  (in progress with Eric Fong)

“Wage and Employment Determination in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises 1980-1994”, presented at the Canadian Economics Association Meeting, May 1999, and the International Conference on Labour Market and Unemployment Policy in Transitional China held in Chengdu, China, July 1999 [Abstract/Paper]

“The Effect of Minimum Wages on Youth Employment in Canada: A Panel Study”,
submitted to Journal of Human Resources in May 1998 [Abstract/Paper]

Professional Experience
 

1993-1999: Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto

• Labour Economics for third year undergraduates
• Microeconomics for second year undergraduates
• Introductory Economics for first year undergraduates
• Conducted tutorials and graded problems and examinations

 Summer 1999: Research Assistant to Michael Baker, University of Toronto

• "Public Assistance, Private Pensions, and Retirement in Canada:  An Evaluation Using Micro-Data"

Summer 1996: Research Assistant to Michael Baker and Dwayne Benjamin, University of Toronto

• “Early Retirement Provisions and the Labour Force Behaviour of Older Men: Evidence from Canada”