Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

 

The Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP), formerly the CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity, has a broad mandate to study and provide policy advice on issues related to human capital and productivity. In addition to publishing a working paper series, the CHCP sponsors conferences, seminars, and workshops on human capital and productivity. Papers issued before 2016 were published as "CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity Working Papers."

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Submissions from 2012

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2012-3 Competition in Public School Districts: Charter School Entry, Student Sorting, and School Input Determination, Nirav Mehta

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2012-4 Heterogeneity and Long-Run Changes in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge, Simona E. Cociuba and Alexander Ueberfeldt

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2012-5 Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family, Elizabeth M. Caucutt and Lance J. Lochner

Submissions from 2011

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2011-01 Math or Science? Using Longitudinal Expectations Data to Examine the Process of Choosing a College Major, Todd R. Stinebrickner and Ralph Stinebrickner

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2011-02 Estimating and Testing Non-Linear Models Using Instrumental Variables, Lance J. Lochner and Enrico Moretti

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2011-03 The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit, Gordon B. Dahl and Lance J. Lochner

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2011-04 Effective Tax and Subsidy Rates on Human Capital in Canada, John B. Burbidge, Kirk A. Collins, James B. Davies, and Lonnie Magee

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2011-05 Occupational Mobility, Occupation Distance and Specific Human Capital, Chris Robinson

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2011-06 An International Comparison of Lifetime Inequality: How Continental Europe Resembles North America, Audra J. Bowlus and Jean-Marc Robin

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2011-07 How the Timing of Grade Retention Affects Outcomes: Identification and Estimation of Time-Varying Treatment Effects, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Salvador Navarro, and Yuya Takahaski

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2011-08 Using Observed Choices to Infer Agent's Information: Reconsidering the Importance of Borrowing Constraints, Uncertainty and Preferences in College Attendance, Salvador Navarro

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2011-09 On the Identification of Production Functions: How Heterogeneous is Productivity?, Amit Gandhi, Salvador Navarro, and David A. Rivers

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2011-10 Overview: Income Inequality and Poverty in China, 2002-2007, Shi Li, Chuliang Luo, and Terry Sicular

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2011-11 Changes in Consumption Inequality in China, Jing Liu and Shi Li

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2011-12 Housing Ownership, Incomes, and Inequality in China, 2002-2007, Hiroshi Sato, Terry Sicular, and Ximing Yue

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2011-13 Educational Inequality in China: The Intergenerational Dimension, John Knight, Terry Sicular, and Ximing Yue

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2011-14 Inequality and Poverty in Rural China, Chuliang Luo and Terry Sicular

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2011-15 The Evolution of the Migrant Labor Market in China, 2002-2007, John Knight, Quheng Deng, and Shi Li

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2011-16 A New Episode of Increased Urban Income Inequality in China, Quheng Deng and Björn Gustafsson

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2011-17 Unemployment and the Rising Number of Non-Workers in Urban China: Causes and Distributional Consequences, Björn Gustafsson and Sai Ding

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2011-18 Do Employees in the Public Sector Still Enjoy Earnings Advantages?, Juan Yang, Sylvie Démurger, and Shi Li

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2011-19 Redistributive Impacts of Personal Income Tax in Urban China, Jing Xu and Ximing Yue

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2011-20 Changes in the Gender Wage Gap in Urban China, 1995-2007, Shi Li and Jin Song

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2011-21 Inter-temporal Changes in Ethnic Urban Earnings Disparities in China, Sai Ding, Shi Li, and Samuel L. Myers

Submissions from 2010

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2010-1 The Nature of Credit Constraints and Human Capital, Lance J. Lochner and Alexander Monge-Naranjo