Expertise

My main areas of research are Labor Economics, Personnel Economics, and Immigration. I am especially interested in skill accumulation and task usage, and hierarchical mobility, i.e. promotions and demotions. In the immigration literature, my particular area of interest is the importance of language proficiency to immigrant outcomes and the assimilation of immigrants. I am also doing research on occupational licensing, especially as it relates to immigrants and their role as a labor market more »

Communities
Economics
Degrees
PhD, University of Western Ontario, Economics, 2013
MA, University of Western Ontario, Canada, Economics, 2008
BA, University of Guelph, Canada, Economics, 2007