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Research Papers in Economics

Since April 1999, the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University began hosting an archive in support of the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) initiative. The archive contains an up-to-date listing of working papers in electronic format that may be downloaded either through the central RePEc archive or as provided below. 

2009 working papers

Author: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Lars Osberg
Title: Canada's Declining Social Safety Net: EI Reform and the 2009 Budget

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Author:  Talan Iscan
Author's e-mail:  Talan Iscan
Title: Productivity Growth and the Future of the U.S. Saving Rate

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Author:  Talan Iscan
Author's e-mail:  Talan Iscan
Title:  Engel and Baumol: How much can they explain the rise of service employment in the United States?

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2008 working papers

Author: Sripad Motiram
Author: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Sripad Motiram
Author's e-mail:
Lars Osberg
Title: Tasks and Opportunities within Indian Families 

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Author: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Lars Osberg
Title: Have Most North Americans Already Met Their Kyoto Obligations? Trends in the CO2 Content of Consumption and The Role of Income Inequality

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Author: Peter Burton
Author: Shelley Phipps
Author's e-mail: Peter Burton
Author's e-mail: Shelley Phipps
Title: The Prince and the Pauper: Movement of Children Up and Down the Canadian Income Distribution, 1994-2004

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Author: Peter Burton
Author: Shelley Phipps
Author's e-mail: Peter Burton
Author's e-mail: Shelley Phipps
Title: From a Young Teen's Perspective: Income and the Happiness of Canadian 12- to 15-year olds

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Author: Sripad Motiram
Author: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Sripad Motiram
Author's e-mail:
Lars Osberg
Title: Social Capital and Basic Goods: The Cautionary Tale of Drinking Water in India

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Author: Lihui Zhang
Author's e-mail: Lihui Zhang
Title:  Learning Violence Young

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2007 working papers

Author: Sripad Motiram
Author: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Sripad Motiram
Author's e-mail:
Lars Osberg
Title: Social Capital and Basic Goods: The Cautionary Tale of Drinking Water in India

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Author: Lars Osberg
Author: Kuan Xu
Author's e-mail: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Kuan Xu
Title: How Should We Measure Poverty in a Changing World? Methodological Issues and Chinese Case Study

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Author: Kuan Xu
Author: Zhengxi Lin
Author's e-mail: Zhengxi Lin
Author's e-mail: Kuan Xu
Title: Participation in Employer-sponsored Training in Canada: Role of Firm Characteristics and Worker Attributes

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Author: Benjamin N. Dennis
Author: Talan B. Iscan
Author's e-mail: Benjamin Dennis
Author's e-mail: Talan Iscan
Title: Agricultural Distortions, Structural Change, and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

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Author: Benjamin N. Dennis
Author: Talan B. Iscan
Author's e-mail: Benjamin Dennis
Author's e-mail: Talan Iscan
Title: Accounting for Structural Change: Evidence from Two Centuries of U.S. Data

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Author: Michael Bradfield
Author's e-mail: Michael Bradfield
Title: The Kinked Demand Curve with a Conjectural Hitch - A Micro Extension with Macro Implications

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Author: Kuan Xu
Author’s e-mail:
Kuan Xu
Title: U-Statistics and Their Asymptotic Results for Some Inequality and Poverty Measures

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Author: Yun Daisy Li
Author: Talan B. Iscan
Author: Kuan Xu
Author's e-mail: Yun Daisy Li
Author's e-mail: Talan Iscan
Author's e-mail: Kuan Xu
Title: The Impact of Monetary Policy Shocks on Stock Prices: Evidence from Canada and the United States 

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Author:  Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Lars Osberg
Title: A Quarter Century of Economic Inequality in Canada: 1981-2006

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Author: Lars Osberg
Author:  Jiaping Shao
Author: Kuan Xu
Author's e-mail: Lars Osberg
Author's e-mail: Jiaping Shao
Author's e-mail: Kuan Xu
Title: The Growth of Poor Children in China 1991-2000: Why Food Subsidies May Matter

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