I’m presenting on Wednesday morning at the University of Toronto. The conference is organized by the School of Public Policy and Governance, under the theme “Social Policy for the Next Generations: Designing Resilient Pension Policy for a Changing Social and Economic Landscape.” I’m presenting at 9:15am. The title of my presentation is “Employment and Mortality of Older […]
The group UBCC350 has initiated a ‘Divest UBC’ campaign to promote the idea that the UBC endowment should divest from investments in fossil fuels. UBC Professors will be voting on this matter between January 26th and February 6th. I have read their proposal. I don’t find it convincing. I will vote ‘no’ in the referendum. […]
In 2013, I wrote some personal ‘rules for Twitter’ and posted them on an obscure part of my website. I’ve had a few requests for that hard-to-find link, so I thought I would re-publish them here. At the time I wrote these rules, I received some push-back from other academics particularly on the parts about […]
Speaking notes Kevin Milligan Talk with data librarians: ACCOLEDS Vancouver BC November 27, 2014 “The future of data in the social sciences” Slides here —- Introduction Two news stories this week perfectly capture the tension I want to emphasize in my time with you here this morning. Economist Ross Finnie and his team at University […]
On November 25th at about 8pm Eastern Standard Time, I will be giving the annual Benefactors’ Lecture, sponsored by the C.D. Howe Institute and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. The full lecture document will be released by the C.D. Howe Institute on Wednesday the 26th. I will post a link when that is available. Below […]
Here are some links and notes I’ve made as I prepare for today’s Cross-Country Checkup on Canada’s federal budget situation: Show details here. Department of Finance 2014 Budget here. Fall 2014 Fiscal Update here. Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer 2014 Fiscal Sustainability Report. Compares future spending and tax trends at the federal and provincial levels. […]
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Here are some notes from my presentation at the Financial Markets Regulation Roundtable sponsored by the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. The Roundtable was held on June 25th in Toronto. PDF of the presentation is here. The presentation is based on my joint work with Tammy Schirle of Wilfrid Laurier University […]
Background Notes for Cross Country Checkup Kevin Milligan UBC Vancouver School of Economics kevin.milligan@ubc.ca March 2, 2014 — I’m scheduled to be a guest on Cross Country Checkup with Rex Murphy at 2:30PST/5:30EST on Sunday March 2, 2014. The topic is “Does the middle-class need a better deal?”. [Update: you can hear me with Rex […]
As announced today, the Vancouver School of Economics will move in 2015 a few hundred metres to the Iona Building. A map is here (look for the red arrow near the top), and Google streetview is here. The Vancouver Sun story about this transaction is here. This is a very exciting development! Below is some […]