Publications

This collection highlights publications that advance the study of wealth and income inequality, offering insights into its causes, consequences, and policy implications. Through their work, our faculty affiliates contribute to a deeper understanding of economic disparities and inform discussions on fostering a more equitable society.

Does Administrative Burden Influence Support for a Low-Income Child Care Supplement? Evidence from a Survey Experiment

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | FEBRUARY 2025

AUTHORS:

Yang Yang, Vince Hopkins

Nudging increases take-up of employment services: Evidence from a large field experiment

JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT | SEPTEMBER 2024

AUTHORS:

Vince Hopkins, Jeff Dorion

Impact of Alternative Income Assistance Payment Schedules on Health and Social Service Access in Canada: Evidence from an Experimental Study

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SERVICE RESEARCH | AUGUST 2024

AUTHORS:

Kaye Robinson, Allison Laing, JinCheol Choi, Lindsey Richardson

Kinship Taxation as an Impediment to Growth: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Microenterprises

THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL | AUGUST 2024

AUTHORS:

Munir Squires

Canadian Inequality Over the Last 40 Years: Common and Contrary Variations on Universal Themes

FISCAL STUDIES | JUNE 2024

AUTHORS:

Kelly Foley, David Green, W. Craig Riddell

Changing Labour Market and Income Inequalities in Europe and North America: A Parallel Project to the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities in the 21st Century

FISCAL STUDIES | JUNE 2024

AUTHORS:

James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio, Jonathan Cribb, David Green, James P. Ziliak

An ecological study of the correlation between COVID-19 support payments and overdose events in British Columbia, Canada

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY | APRIL 2024

AUTHORS:

Lindsey Richardson, Cameron Geddes, Heather Palis, Jane Buxton, Amanda Slaunwhite

The Complexity of Female Empowerment in India 

STUDIES IN MICROECONOMICS | APRIL 2024

AUTHORS:

Siwan Anderson

Political Power, Elite Control, and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Brazil

JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION | APRIL 2024

AUTHORS:

Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan, Monica Martinez-Bravo

Patterns of Socioeconomic Marginalization among People Who Use Drugs: A Gender-Stratified Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis

JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH | APRIL 2024

AUTHORS:

Sanjana Mitra, Thomas Kerr, Zishan Cui, Mark Gilbert, Mathew Fleury, Kanna Hayashi, M.-J. Milloy, Lindsey Richardson

Behaviourally informed cash transfers to address homelessness

ROTMAN MAGAZINE BEAR+BI ORG SPECIAL ISSUE | MARCH 2024

AUTHORS:

Kenneth Ong, Daniel Daly-Grafstein, Jiaying Zhao

Effect of modified income assistance payment schedules on substance use service access: Evidence from an experimental study

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY | FEBRUARY 2024

AUTHORS:

Kaye Robinson, Allison Laing, JinCheol Choi, Lindsey Richardson

Fronts and Friends: Social Contingencies in the Management of Drug Debt

THE SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY | JANUARY 2024

AUTHORS:

Allison Laing, Lindsey Richardson