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."
Submissions from 2023
2023-01 The Insurance Implications of Government Student Loan Repayment Schemes, Martin Gervais, Qian Liu, and Lance Lochner
2023-02 Adverse Selection Among Early Adopters and Unraveling Innovation, Rory McGee
Submissions from 2022
2022-1 The Role of Non-Pecuniary Considerations: Location Decisions of College Graduates from Low Income Backgrounds, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner, and Yuxi Yao
2022-2 A Task-Based Theory of Occupations with Multidimensional Heterogeneity, Sergio Ocampo
Submissions from 2021
2021-1 Four Decades of Canadian Earnings Inequality and Dynamics across Workers and Firms, Audra Bowlus, Emilien Gouin-Bonenfant, Huju Liu, Lance Lochner, and Youngmin Park
2021-2 Why Do Couples and Singles Save During Retirement?, Mariacristina De Nardi, Eric French, John Bailey Jones, and Rory McGee
2021-3 Wages, Skills, and Skill-Biased Technical Change: The Canonical Model Revisited, Audra J. Bowlus, Lance Lochner, Chris Robinson, and Eda Suleymanoglu
2021-4 Innis Lecture: Return on Student Loans in Canada, Lance Lochner, Qian Liu, and Martin Gervais
Submissions from 2020
2020-1 The Millennials' Transition from School-to-Work, Audra J. Bowlus and Yuet-Yee Linda wong
2020-2 Prices, Profits, Proxies, and Production, Victor H. Aguiar, Roy Allen, and Nail Kashaev
2020-3 Optimal Contracting with Altruistic Agents: A Structural Model of Medicare Payments for Dialysis Drugs, Martin Gaynor, Nirav Mehta, and Seth Richards-Shubik
2020-4 Child Skill Production: Accounting for Parental and Market-Based Time and Goods Investments, Elizabeth Caucutt, Lance Lochner, Joseph Mullins, and Youngmin Park
2020-5 Returns to Skill and the Evolution of Skills for Older Men, Qian Liu, Lance Lochner, Youngmin Park, and Youngki Shin
2020-6 The EITC and Maternal Time Use: More Time Working and Less Time with Kids?, Jacob Bastian and Lance Lochner
2020-7 Marriage, Children, and Labor Supply: Beliefs and Outcomes, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph Stinebrickner
2020-8 Perceived and Actual Option Values of College Enrollment, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph Stinebrickner
2020-9 Self-Employment and Development, Juan Herreno and Sergio Ocampo
Submissions from 2018
2018-1 On the Identification of Gross Output Production Functions, Amit Gandhi, Salvador Navarro, and David Rivers
2018-2 Parental Support, Savings and Student Loan Repayment, Lance Lochner, Todd Stinebrickner, and Utku Suleymanoglu
2018-3 Job Tasks and the Gender Wage Gap among College Graduates, Todd Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner, and Paul Sullivan
2018-4 Time-Use and Academic Peer Effects in College, Nirav Mehta, Ralph Stinebrickner, and Todd Stinebrickner
2018-5 Uncertainty about Future Income: Initial Beliefs and Resolution During College, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, and Ralph Stinebrickner
2018-6 Dynamics of Deterrence: A Macroeconomic Perspective on Punitive Justice Policy, Bulent Guler and Amanda Michaud
2018-7 The Disability Option: Labor Market Dynamics with Macroeconomic and Health Risks, Amanda Michaud and David Wiczer
Submissions from 2017
2017-01 Targeting the Wrong Teachers? Linking Measurement with Theory to Evaluate Teacher Incentive Schemes, Nirav Mehta