February 5th, 2012

News and Events

LCERPA welcomes CPEG to Waterloo this November.

Latest program now available for The Canadian Public Economics Group meetings, to be held at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo on November 4th and 5th, 2011. You can view the programme here.

LCERPA is a proud to be a sponsor of this year's CPEG meetings, which feature invited presentations by

John Duggan
Director, W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy
Professor of Political Science and Economics
University of Rochester

and

John Roemer
The Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout
Professor of Political Science and Economics
Yale University
President of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare

For more information, including registration details, please visit the CPEG website: www.cpeg.ca.

Latest edition of LCERPA's Labour Market News now available! - October 7, 2011

Is the job recovery stalling? Have men been hit harder by the economic downturn than women?
Find out in the latest edition of our quarterly Labour Market News bulletin. Download your free copy here.

ATTENTION

The latest progam for 'Zero Bound on Interest Rates and New Directions in Monetary Policy' is now available here.

International scholars to debate new directions in monetary policy

A preliminary programme has just been released our upcoming conference: 'Zero Bound on Interest Rates and New Directions in Monetary Policy', to be held on October 7th and 8th 2011, at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

This conference, (co-sponsored with the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis in Canada) will explore many of the issues that have arisen following the global financial crisis, economic slowdown and the resulting responses by central banks. Topics to be discussed include:

The effects of large-scale asset purchases by central banks,
The role of monetary and fiscal policy in a liquidity trap,
The lessons learned so far from the practice of quantitative easing.
The conference will also feature plenary talks by Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé (Columbia University) and Gauti Eggertsson (Federal Reserve Bank of New York).

You can download the preliminary conference programme here and the registration form here.

Registration for the conference costs $100 Canadian, which includes lunches, coffee breaks, and one dinner. for more information please contact Leysa Ligaya: lligaya@wlu.ca or call (519) 884-0710 Ext 2720#.

New commentary article highlights challenges and opportunities in the Arctic

A new commentary by Dr. Frank Millerd highlights some of the impending issues related to climate change in the Arctic, focusing on fisheries and the need for international coordination and cooperation. This short article is accessible to non-academics and can be downloaded free here.

July edition of LCERPA's 'Labour Market News' shows Ontario unemployment continuing to decline

The latest edition of our 'Labour Market News' quarterly bulletin shows national and provincial unemployment declining, with job creation across all industries in the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo area. The newsletter, which is published by the Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis (LCERPA), also contains a special feature on the effects of the business cycle on seniors' health, reporting results of a recent study in Canada - results that differ from similar studies in the U.S.

Labour Market News can be downloaded free here.

LCERPA Research Update

LCERPA Research Fellow Randy Wigle and co-author Trien Nguyen have been feathured in the April 18th edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper. The article, entitled "Border Delays Cost Canada up to $30 Billion a Year" (click here to download) highlights research by Nguyen and Wigle, in which they use a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to estimate the total costs of delays as goods such as auto parts criss-cross the Canada-US border. Their work, which has been published in the journal Canadian Public Policy, is related to a research paper and presentation Dr. Wigle made at an LCERPA organized workshop on Transportation 'gateways and corridors' held in Toronto last summer. Dr. Wigle's presentation can be downloaded here.

Latest Issue of LCERPA's quarterly Labour Market Newsletter now available.

The April issues of LCERPA's 'Labour Market News' has been released (free download). In this issue, news about the labour market recovery and growing numbers of full-time jobs along with longer term trends in employment in South-Western Ontario. On our feature page, contributing author Dr. Tammy Schirle explores the policy options related to retirement savings. You can download Labour Market News here.

LCERPA-sponsored conferences

We are pleased to announce two new LCERPA-sponsored conferences this fall. Leading Economists will gather at Wilfrid Laurier University in October for a conference on the topic of 'Zero Bound and New Directions in Monetary Policy'. Go here for more details.

LCERPA is pleased to announce its sponsorship of this years Canadian Public Economics Group (CPEG) Annual Meeting, to be held at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, this November. Go here for more details of this international conference.

January 2011 edition of LCERPA's Labour Market Newsletter now available

The first 2011 edition of LCERPA's quarterly labour market newsletter, released on Friday Jan 8th 2011 reviews the national, provincial and regional labour markets. The issue also contains a special feature by Laurier researcher Dr. Christine Neill on infrastructure spending and its impact on local employment. The labour market newsletter can be downloaded free here.

LCERPA's next 'Economic Outlook' event coming up in November

We look forward to welcoming Craig Alexander (Senior VP and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group) as our keynote speaker for Economic Outlook 2011, which will take place in Kitchener on Tuesday November 16th. Click here for more details.

November edition of LCERPA's Labour Market Newsletter to highlight labour unions in Ontario

The next edition of LCERPA's quarterly labour market newsletter will be issued on Friday October 8th 2010. In the forthcoming edition, along with the latest labour market statistics and analysis, Dr. Susan Johnson writes a special feature on labour unions in Ontario. The labour market newsletter can be downloaded free here.

Labour market news and the HST

The latest (July, 2010) edition of LCERPA's labour market news is now available for free download here.

In this issue:

Full-time job gains for Ontario
Kitchener labour market improving
Health and the recession

On our policy brief page, Professor David Johnson argues the HST debate should be about the rate. Download his commentary here.

Successful transportation workshop held in Toronto

In June, LCERPA hosted international experts in Transportation for a research workshop on the topic of Canada's 'Gateways and Corridors'. The event welcomed acadmic researchers, industry practitioners and government agencies to discuss issues ranging from infrastructure investments and trade flows to environmental impacts and public private partnerships. The programme for this workshop can be viewed and workshop presentations can be download here.

April 2010 issue of Labour Market News now available

The latest edition of LCERPA's quarterly labour market newsletter is now available (free download) here.

In this issue :

Little improvement in Canada's labour market in March
South-West Ontario sees continuing weak recovery
Manufacturing employment still very weak
Special Feature: Student Employment

For more information call (519) 884-0710 x 2147.

LCERPA launches a quarterly labour market bulletin

WATERLOO - The Laurier Centre for Economic Re-search and Policy Analysis (LCERPA) today announced the launch of Labour Market News, a first in a quarterly series of bulletins designed to provide expert economic viewpoints of labour market trends and policy issues.The first issue will focus on retirement trends with subsequent issues covering topics such as summer employment, minimum wages, and possibly changes to unionization rates in Canada.

"We have a very talented pool of economic faculty within LCERPA," said Dr. Bill Morrison, director of the research centre and professor of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. "The newsletter will provide insights into the latest labour market data as well as highlight important issues in a way that is accessible for non-academics"

For more information or for a copy of Labour Market News, please visit the LCERPA website http://www.lcerpa.org/labour-market-news or call (519) 884-0710 x 2147.