JANE FRIESEN
Spring 2010
WORKING
PAPERS______________________________________________________
“Ethnic
identity and discrimination among children” (with Jasmina
Arifovic, Andreas Ludwig and Steve Wright). (2010)
“ Enclaves,
peer effects and student learning outcomes,” (with Brian Krauth), (2008). Revision requested, Labour
Economics.
“Non-standard
English at school: Can targeted funding improve student achievement?” (with Michele Battisti and Brian Krauth), (2009), under review.
“ Does public information about school quality lead to flight from
low-achieving schools?” (with Mohsen
Javdani, Justin Smith and Simon Woodcock),
(2009). Revision requested, Canadian Journal of Economics.
REFEREED
PUBLICATIONS_______________________________________________
“Sorting, peers and academic achievement
of aboriginal students in British Columbia,” (with Brian Krauth). Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
“Disabled peers and academic
achievement” (with Ross Hickey and Brian Krauth),
Education Finance and Policy, forthcoming.
“Sorting and
Inequality in Canadian Schools” (with Brian Krauth), Journal of Public
Economics 91(11-12), (2007): 2185-2212.
“Engendering evidence: Transforming economic evaluations”
(with Olena Hankivsky), in
O. Hankivsky, M. Morrow and C. Varcoe,
eds., Women’s Health in
“Statutory firing costs and lay-offs in Canada,” Labour Economics 12(2) (2005): 147-168.
“Gender, diversity and economic costing in health care” (with Olena Hankivsky, Colleen Varcoe, Fiona MacPhail, Lorraine Greaves and Charmaine Spencer), Canadian Public Policy (2004).
“Unemployment Insurance and weekly hours of work in Canada,” Canadian Journal of Economics 35(2), (2002): 363-84.
“Overtime
pay regulation and weekly hours of work in Canada,” Labour
Economics 8(6), (2001): 691-720.
“The dynamic demand for part-time and full-time labor,” Economica 64(255), (1997): 495-507.
“Mandatory notice and the unemployment durations of displaced workers,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 50(4), (1996): 652-66.
“The impact of protective legislation on wages: evidence from Canada,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 49(2), (1996): 243-255.
“The use of labor market policies to redress the gender gap in compensation,” Georgetown Law Review 82(1), (1993): 31-68.
“Dynamic factor demand equations in U.S. and Canadian agriculture” (with Susan Capalbo and Michael Denny), Agricultural Economics 6, (1992): 251-266.
“Testing dynamic factor demand models for U.S. manufacturing,” Review of Economics and Statistics 74(2), (1991): 240-250.
“Testing short-run factor demand models in Canadian and US agriculture” (with Susan Capalbo and Michael Denny), Canadian Journal of Economics 24(3), (1991): 624-637.
WORK
IN PROGRESS____________________________________________________
“Discrimination
among children: Evidence from the Dictator Game,” (with Jasmina Arifovic, Andreas
Ludwig and Steve Wright).
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS__________________________________________________
“Communities and economic prosperity: Exploring the links,” in Lars Osberg, ed., The Economic Implications of Social
Cohesion, (2003), Toronto:
University of Toronto Press).
The Impact of the Small Weeks Project on EI Program and Labour Market Outcomes, (2000), Evaluation and Monitoring Branch, Human Resource Development Canada.
The Impact of Bill C-12 on the Weekly Hours of Work Distribution, (2000), Evaluation and Monitoring Branch, Human Resource Development Canada.
The Influence of UI Legislative Changes on the Economy, 1971-1994: A Full-system Simulation Study, (1997), (with Dennis Maki and Tom Siedule). Human Resource Development Canada.