Faculty

Mathieu Marcoux (Université de Montréal), "Identifying Marginal Costs from Discrete Prices and Product Characteristics: An Application to Mobile Plans"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:28:11 +0000

"Identifying Marginal Costs from Discrete Prices and Product Characteristics: An Application to Mobile Plans"

Joshua Lewis (Université de Montréal), "Racial Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure over the 20th Century"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:22:44 +0000

"Racial Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure over the 20th Century" Joshua Lewis (Université de Montréal)
Friday, December 5, 2025

Boragan Aruoba (University of Maryland), Title TBA

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:24:38 +0000

Boragan Aruoba (University of Maryland), Title TBA
Friday, February 13, 2026
10:00-11:30 AM
Leacock 429

Host: Santiago Camara

Victoria Zinde-Walsh (9I��), “'Normalized' Kernel Estimators for Average Derivatives with Singular Regressors"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:54:30 +0000

“'Normalized' Kernel Estimators for Average Derivatives with Singular Regressors" Victoria Zinde-Walsh (9I��)
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Boriana Miloucheva (University of Toronto), "The Opportunity Cost of a PhD: Spending your Twenties"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:30:02 +0000

"The Opportunity Cost of a PhD: Spending your Twenties" Boriana Miloucheva (University of Toronto), Title TBA
Friday, November 7, 2025

Joann Jasiak (York University), "GCov-Based Portmanteau Test"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:44:59 +0000

"GCov-Based Portmanteau Test" Joann Jasiak (York University), Title TBA
Friday, November 21, 2025
10:00-11:30 AM

Shu Chen (9I��), “Paths Out of Agriculture: Structural Change, Self-Employment, and Productivity Growth”

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:25:41 +0000

“Paths Out of Agriculture: Structural Change, Self-Employment, and Productivity Growth” Shu Chen (9I��)
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Jiyoung Kim (9I��), "Firm-Level Workforce Composition and Firm Dynamics"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:04:00 +0000

"Firm-Level Workforce Composition and Firm Dynamics" Jiyoung Kim (9I��)
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 738

Congratulations to Peter Howitt (BA Honours ’68) — 2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:20:14 +0000

The Department of Economics is thrilled to celebrate one of our own. We extend our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to Peter Howitt, 9I�� alumnus (Honours Economics 1968), on being awarded the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his pioneering work on innovation-driven growth through creative destruction.

Professor Jean-Marie Dufour Receives Prestigious Mike McCracken Award

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:19:29 +0000

The Department of Economics is proud to announce that Professor Jean-Marie Dufour has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Mike McCracken Award for econometric statistics from the Canadian Economic Association. This prestigious award recognizes Professor Dufour's groundbreaking contributions to the field of econometrics, particularly his pioneering work in resampling and simulation-based methods, identification-robust methods, and the analysis of causal relationships.

Department Welcomes New Associate Professor Maggie E.C. Jones

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:19:02 +0000

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Maggie E.C. Jones will be joining our faculty as an Associate Professor in August 2025. Professor Jones is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She holds a PhD in Economics from Queen's University (2018) and has established herself as a leading scholar in economic history, labor economics, and the economics of education.

Sonia Laszlo's promotion to Full Professor

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:17:18 +0000

We are happy to announce that Professor Sonia Laszlo has been promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2024. Professor Laszlo has served the Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor of Economics from 2003-2010, and as Associate Professor since 2010. She has served in numerous administrative roles including Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development.

Professor Nicolas Gendron-Carrier Receives Tenure

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:18:22 +0000

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Nicolas Gendron-Carrier has been granted tenure. Professor Gendron-Carrier joined 9I�� in 2018 and has established himself as a leading researcher in urban and labour economics. His work examines interactions between economic agents in cities at localized scale as well as the impacts of transportation infrastructure on urban development. We congratulate Professor Gendron-Carrier on this well-deserved recognition of his contributions to research, teaching, and service.

Francisco Ruge-Murcia awarded the Senior Houblon-Norman Fellowship from the Bank of England for 2025-2026

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:17:54 +0000

This prestigious fellowship is awarded by the Bank of England to a tenured full or chaired professor to promote research into and disseminate knowledge and understanding of the working, interaction and function of financial business institutions in the UK and elsewhere and the economic conditions affecting them. The Houblon-Norman Fellowship was established in 1944 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Bank of England and it is named after the first Governor of the Bank, Sir John Houblon, and the Governor at the time of the anniversary, Montagu Norman.

Welcome to Claire Boone

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:16:45 +0000

Dr. Claire Boone will be joining the Department of Economics and the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy in the School of Population and Global Health at 9I�� as an Assistant Professor in August 2024. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, affiliated with the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence and the Center for Health and The Social Sciences.