Join us for the 2025-2026 CLEF Webinar Series!

Season opener on October 3 at 1-2pm ET. Full schedule: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/.

To register, send an email to clef@uwaterloo.ca with "CLEF Webinar" in the subject line. See you soon!

The @cleforum.bsky.social webinar series looks fantastic again this year. First up is Jason Hicks from @uvic.ca on October 3. The full list can be found on CLEF's website:

clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/

Email clef@uwaterloo.ca w/ “CLEF webinar” in the subject line to receive reminders and invites.

SOLE "Oh Canada!" Session, 9:45-11am Friday

"Labor Force Transitions in Canada and the United States"
Presented by @fabolange.bsky.social , @mcgill.ca
submissions.mirasmart.com/SOLE2025/Iti...

The session is Chaired by @tammyschirle.bsky.social @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social

SOLE "Oh Canada!" Session, Friday 9:45-11

"New Evidence on Skill Growth and Wages from the Canadian Longitudinal International Study of Adults (LISA)"
Presented by Audra Bowlus, @westernu.ca

submissions.mirasmart.com/SOLE2025/Iti...

SOLE "Oh Canada!" Session, Friday 9:45-11

"Investing in Mothers? The Long-Run Impact of a Universal Childcare Program on Maternal Work and Income"
Presented by Michael Baker, @econuoft.bsky.social , coauthors J. Gruber and @kevinmilligan.bsky.social

submissions.mirasmart.com/SOLE2025/Iti...

June 27-29 The 6th World Labor Conference (SOLE, @eale-office.bsky.social & @aaslala.bsky.social ) is in Toronto 🇨🇦.
CLEF has organized a session for Friday at 9:45-11, sponsored by the C.D. Howe Institute.

Session: "Oh Canada!"
www.sole-jole.org/upcoming-mee...

There are 3 papers...

Registrants will receive a link to the programme and information to join sessions. Registration information: www.economics.ca/registration

The #ACEA2025 online sessions are this Friday May 23. Check out these CLEF sessions:

2-3:30pm - Children
includes:

👉Strategic Interactions and Peer Learning in Contests: Evidence from a Field Experiment
👉The Quality-Quantity Trade-Off With Son Preference: Brother and Sibling Effects ...

The #ACEA2025 online sessions are this Friday May 23. Check out these CLEF sessions:

2-3:30pm - Children
includes:

👉Effects of Abortion Legalization in Late Adolescence on Work and Earnings
👉Universal Childcare, Gender Norms and Immigrant Women’s Labour Outcomes

The #ACEA2025 online sessions are this Friday May 23. Check out these CLEF sessions:

10:30am-12 - Education
includes:

👉The Effects of Foreign Student Diversity on Local Students’ Educational Attainment:
👉Does Academic Performance Always Contribute to Graduates’ Employability?

The #ACEA2025 online sessions are this Friday May 23. Check out these CLEF sessions:

10:30am-12 - Education
includes:

👉Impact of Canada Summer Job Program on Labour Market Outcomes
👉The Disparate Long-run Impacts of Academic Probation

🔹 Mentoring Breakfast for Economists
📅 May 30 | 8:30–10:00 AM
Fuel up and dive into key topics like preparing for tenure, work-life balance, teaching, or re-entering the job market.
📝 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Come for the coffee ☕️, stay for the career advice!

The First Annual CLEF Conference is tomorrow! April 25-26 in Toronto

KEYNOTE: Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social (University of Pennsylvania) “Monopsony Power in the Labor
Market”

For program and event details, please visit the conference website: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

Registration for the 🇨🇦 CLEF conference is closing soon! 📈📉👇

Today! Join us at 1pm ET 👇

Registration for the CLEF conference (April 25 & 26, Toronto, in partnership with @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social) open until April 15.

Join us for a keynote lecture by @imarinescu.bsky.social
and papers on wide variety of labour topics: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

Learn more about Kourtney Koebel's work here: kourtneykoebel.ca

This week in the CLEF webinar series: Our last webinar of the season! Friday Apr. 11, 1-2pm ET

“Daddy Issues: The Differential Impact of Childbirth on the Well-Being of Mothers and Fathers in the UK.” with Kourtney Koebel (UofT)

For more info & to register: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/

Learn more about Kourtney Koebel's work here: kourtneykoebel.ca

The Stone Centre is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming @cleforum.bsky.social conference, featuring presentations from @imarinescu.bsky.social, Stone Centre Director, Thomas Lemieux, and many others. Registration is now open: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

Early bird registration ends today, March 17, at 7pm ET, 4pm PT.

Four more hours for early bird registration!

Early bird registration until 4pm, March 17!

This week in the CLEF webinar series:

Justin Wiltshire @jcwetcoast.bsky.social (University of Victoria) is presenting ”The Impact of Walmart’s Growth on the U.S. Social Safety Net”

Friday, March 14, 1pm (EDT)

For more information, and to register:
clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/2024...

Find out more about Justin Wiltshire's research here:
justinwiltshire.com/research

This week in the CLEF webinar series:

Justin Wiltshire @jcwetcoast.bsky.social (University of Victoria) is presenting ”The Impact of Walmart’s Growth on the U.S. Social Safety Net”

Friday, March 14, 1pm (EDT)

For more information, and to register:
clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/2024...

Looking forward to seeing you all in Toronto at the Conference of the Camadian Labour Economics #EconSky👇

The 1st Annual CLEF Conference program is now available: 12 paper presentations and a dedicated session for the three winners of this year’s CLEF Best Paper Prize.

Congratulations to Xiner Xu (U Toronto), Mahmut Ablay (McGill U) and Pascuel Plotkin (UBC)
stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

The First Annual Conference of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum in Toronto, April 25-26

Keynote speaker: Ioana Marinescu (University of Pennsylvania) @imarinescu.bsky.social

The early bird registration deadline is at 7pm EST (4pm PST) on Monday March 17.
stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/.

Two academic experts will take part in a moderated panel:

- Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada

- Jennifer Hunt, Professor of Economics, Rutgers University and former Chief Economist, U.S. Secretary of Labor