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Assistant Professor Florian Dendorfer won the Best PhD Thesis in Economics Prize from the University of St. Gallen. The university in Switzerland awarded Professor Dendorfer its Doctoral Programme in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (GPEF) Prize for Essays in Industrial Organization during its PhD graduation ceremonies on16 September 2024. [Read more…]
Philip Oreopoulos’ University of Toronto Distinguished Professorship Award has been renewed for a second term. The distinguished professor program recognizes individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments who display exceptional promise, maintain an extraordinary level of activity in their research and scholarly work, and have achieved pre-eminence in their field. His full title, Distinguished Professor in Economics of Education Policy reflects Oreopoulos’ research focus on the use of computer assisted learning and tutoring to enhance the educational experiences of K12 students in local and international settings. His first appointment to the program took effect in July 2020. [Read more…]
Professor Emeritus Gordon Anderson has won the Kendrick Prize. The prize, awarded by the IARIW Council and Editorial Board, recognizes the best paper published in The Review of Income and Wealth the previous calendar year. Professor Anderson’s paper, “Has Canada’s 21st Century Grand Gender Convergence Stalled? Male and Female Income and Human Resource Stock Distributions Viewed Through an Equal Opportunity Lens,” examines appearances of a stall in Canada of what Claudia Goldin called the “Grand Gender Convergence.” [Read more…]
On Sunday, October 6th, members of the Department of Economics will team up to beat breast cancer. The Toronto arm of Race for the Cure will include a team of both faculty and students affiliated with the department. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1 in 8 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives. Every year, 220 men in Canada are diagnosed with breast cancer too. [Read more…]
This October the Department of Economics will present eight new PhDs at Convocation Hall. All members of the cohort of 2024 have landed their first jobs in four countries: Canada, the USA, the UK, and France. [Read more…]