Fall 2016

"How High-Skilled Immigrants Affect Natives' Occupational Choices"

Sept. 21, 12-1 PM Leacock 429

"The future of the global kinship transition"

"Reliable Measurement of Causes of Death in Low and Middle Income Countries"

“The fractured impact of globally promoted road safety policies: the case of child restraint legislation in Brazil, Chile and Israel.”

POSTPONED TO Nov 2nd

Ana Damas De Matos, Applied Economics, HEC Montréal

"Immigrants in the U.S. entering through Canada"

Oct. 19, 12-1 PM Leacock 429

Simona Bignami, Demography, Université de Montréal

"Depression and chronic conditions among Aboriginal Canadian seniors"

Oct. 26, 12-1 PM Leacock 429

Ana Damas De Matos, Applied Economics, HEC Montréal

"Immigrants in the U.S. entering through Canada"

Nov. 2, 12-1 PM Leacock 429

Derek Ruths, School of Computer Science, McGill University

"The promises and pitfalls of demographic inference on social media"

Recording not available. Three papers on topics discussed during talk: Gender inference. Gender inference in non-English contexts.  General discussion of social media data issues.

Raphael Godefroy, Economics, Université de Montréal

"What explains the size of Parliaments?"

"Terrorism and Employment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks"

"The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and Longue Duree"

Nov. 30, 12-1 PM Leacock 429