We’re thrilled to feature Nicolas Gendron-Carrier as part of the 2025 Stone Seminar Series. Nicolas, an Assistant Professor of Economics at McGill University, will be presenting his research paper, “Residential Human Capital and Economic Spillovers.”
Abstract
We estimate human capital and economic spillovers between residential neighbours at the postal code level in Canadian cities. Our investigation uses administrative matched employer-employee data with detailed geographic identifiers for place of residence. The dataset includes information on the entire population of workers and firms in the country from 2001 to 2018. Unlike many other matched employer-employee datasets, we observe most individuals who are unemployed or out of the labour force, as they must file a T1 General Tax Form to claim benefits in Canada. This allows us to study outcomes such as earnings, employment, and receipt of governmental transfers and benefits. The longitudinal nature of the data enables us to estimate the dynamic effects of proximity to productive neighbours. We examine heterogeneous responses based on age, gender, family composition, country of origin, estimated worker quality, and spatial distance. Our identification strategy involves comparing the outcomes of incumbent individuals living in postal codes near newly arrived households with variations in human capital, as measured by observables and time-invariant individual-specific components of wages.
Event Details
Date: March 25, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Location: Iona 533, 6000 Iona Dr, Vancouver, BC
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Nicolas Gendron-Carrier is an Assistant Professor of Economics at McGill University. He studies the economics of cities and labour markets. Current projects investigate the microgeography of economic spillovers between firms and workers, career dynamics, and the consequences of transportation infrastructure investments. Nicolas received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2018.