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Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis. Director: Dr. Jeff Chan. To donate to support our work, see: https://t.co/bkZiisGPCT
Waterloo, ON
Joined May 2014
In a new paper, Anto Mancino, Ceci Diaz Campo, and Salvador Navarro develop and estimate a dynamic factor model to analyze the distributional consequences of incarceration on mental health among justice-involved youth, uncovering large disparities based on baseline skills
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The next issue of the @LazaridisSchool econ dept's newsletter is out to subscribers so check your inboxes! If you missed out you can still grab the issue here, with links to all the articles: .
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July 2025 Issue
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In her latest WP, @LazaridisSchool prof Antonella Mancino with co-author Cecilia Diaz-Campo use data to document patterns of opioid use in the US, focusing on wave zero of the epidemic, and establish a link between health insurance plan generosity and opioid abuse.
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To check out what Nik is up to these days, visit his site and get his latest working papers and publications! .
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I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. I use experiments and empirical data to address questions in environmental...
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Congrats to @LazaridisSchool prof and @LCERPA_EconWLU member Nik Cook on winning the Polanyi Prize! This achievement establishes Nik as one of Ontario's very best young economists and highlights the impact of his work in both environmental economics and research transparency.
Dr. Nikolai Cook at @Laurier is advancing research transparency & tackling environmental issues affecting the global economy by addressing false positives in published #research & exploring the environment’s impact on economic outcomes & workers.
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If you're attending the 2025 @CanEconomics Meeting this weekend in Montreal, keep an eye out for one of the 13 @LazaridisSchool econ faculty that'll be there!.
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Also worth noting is that the initiative is open to all students currently based in the US, not just US citizens.
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The @LazaridisSchool is re-opening admissions for select grad programs (including our MA in biz econ), for US-based students, in Sept 2025. If you or someone you know might fall into this group, we have a super-supportive research environment so check us out!.
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The first issue of the @LazaridisSchool econ dept's newsletter has landed in inboxes everywhere! Our inaugural issue features a recap of Economic Outlook 2025 from the LCERPA director's perspective. To make sure you don't miss out, subscribe here!
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RT @utpjournals: What happens when passenger rail service is cut? Jeff Chan examines the 1990 @VIA_Rail cuts and finds minimal socio-econom….
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In our first LCERPA working paper of 2025, @LazaridisSchool prof Umaima Imran shows in a theoretical framework that foreign aid can hinder growth in countries with poor institutions.
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Madison Aquino looked at the role of financial literacy for household finances, finding that homeowners who were more financial literate had a lower risk of mortgage delinquency!
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Our @bankofcanada competition team (Kyle Arndt, Lana El-Masry, Cheryl Li, Miraide Palmer, Gabor Cseke) showed us some of the forecasts that they produced with their macro modelling methods for the competition, which they presented at the Bank for the finals!
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