Kevin Milligan - Research

Kevin Milligan ~ Vancouver School of Economics ~ University of British Columbia

Research

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CV

April 2013
CV with my own formatting: (PDF)
Official UBC CV: (PDF) (This is excessively detailed; for administrative purposes.)

Active Working Papers

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"An International Comparison of Household Savings Rates from Household Survey Data and National Accounts," with Garry Barrett and Thomas Crossley.
Not yet ready for circulation.

"Incomes and hardship in early transitions to retirement."
First draft is complete; not yet ready for circulation.

" Boy-Girl Differences in Parental Time Investments: Evidence from Three Countries ," with Michael Baker.
NBER Working Paper No. 18893, March 2013. Details

"Health and Work at Older Ages: Using Mortality to Assess Employment Capacity Across Countries," with David A. Wise.
NBER Working Paper No. 18229, July 2012. Details

"How is hardship avoided for those retiring before Social Security entitlement ages?"
NBER Working Paper No. 18051, May 2012. Details

"Maternity Leave and Children's Cognitive and Behavioral Development," with Michael Baker
NBER Working Paper No. 17105, updated April 2012. Details

Journal Articles

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"Son Preference and the Persistence of Culture: Evidence from South and East Asian Immigrants to Canada" with Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund
Population and Development Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 75-95 (2013). Details

"Canadian Inequality: Recent Developments and Policy Options" with Nicole Fortin, David Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell.
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 121-145 (2012). Details

"Policy Forum: Editor's Introduction--Carbon Taxation and Related Policy Options"
Canadian Tax Journal, Vol. 60, No. 4 (2012). (Solicited commentary; not refereed.) Details

"Policy Forum: Editor's Introduction--Financing Higher Education"
Canadian Tax Journal, Vol. 60, No. 3 (2012). (Solicited commentary; not refereed.) Details

"The Tax Free Savings Account: Introduction to the Policy Forum and Simulations of Potential Revenue Costs"
Canadian Tax Journal, Vol. 60, No. 2 (2012). (Solicited commentary; not refereed.) Details

"Policy Forum: Editor's Introduction-Drawing Lessons for Tax Policy from British Columbia's HST Referendum"
Canadian Tax Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1 (2012), pp. 101-102. (Solicited commentary; not refereed.) Details

"The design of tax policy in Canada: thoughts prompted by Richard Blundell's 'Empirical evidence and tax policy design'"
Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 44, No. 4 (November 2011), pp. 1184-1194. (Solicited commentary; not refereed.) Details

"Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Wellbeing of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions," with Mark Stabile.
American Economic Journal--Economic Policy,Vol. 3, No. 3 (August 2011), pp. 175-205. Details

"The importance of the Long Form Census to Canada," with David Green.
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 2010), pp. 383-388. (Solicited commentary; not refereed.) Details

"Evidence from maternity leave expansions of the impact of maternal care on early child development," with Michael Baker,
Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 1-32 (Winter 2010). Details

"The Report of the Expert Panel on Older Workers: How should public pensions be improved?" with Michael Baker.
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 35, No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 493-498. Details

"Taxes, Transfers, and Canadian Income Inequality" with Marc Frenette and David Green.
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 35, No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 389-411. Details

"How household portfolios evolve after retirement: The effect of aging and health shocks" with Courtney Coile,
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 55, No. 2 (June 2009). (Winner, 2009 Kendrick Prize Award.) Details

"Child benefits, maternal employment, and children's health: Evidence from Canadian child benefit expansions," with Mark Stabile.
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Vol. 99, No. 2 (May 2009), pp. 128-132. (Conference proceedings; not refereed.) Details

"The evolution of elderly poverty in Canada,"
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 34, No. 4 (November 2008). Details

"Campaign Spending Limits, Incumbent Spending, and Election Outcomes," with Marie Rekkas,
Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, No. 4, (November, 2008). (Winner, 2008 Harry Johnson Prize.) Details

"How does job-protected maternity leave affect mothers' employment?" with Michael Baker
Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 26, No. 4 (October 2008). Details

"Improving the Labour Market Incentives of Canada's Public Pensions," with Tammy Schirle,
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 34, No. 3 (September 2008). Details

"Universal childcare, maternal labor supply, and family well-being" with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 116, No. 4, (August 2008), pp. 709-745. (Winner, 2009 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize.) Details

"Maternal Employment, Breastfeeding, and Health, " with Michael Baker,
Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 27, No. 4, (July 2008), pp. 871-887. Details

"Incentive effects of social assistance: A regression discontinuity approach," with Thomas Lemieux,
Journal of Econometrics , Vol. 142, No. 2 (February 2008), pp. 807-828. Details

"The tale of the tails: Canadian Income Inequality in the 1980s and 1990s" with Marc Frenette and David Green.
Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 40, No. 3 (August 2007), pp. 734-764. Details

"The integration of child tax credits and welfare: Evidence from the Canadian National Child Benefit program" with Mark Stabile,
Journal of Public Economics , Vol. 91, No. 1-2 (February, 2007), pp. 305-326. Details

"Lifecycle Asset Accumulation and Allocation in Canada,"
Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 38, No. 3 (August, 2005), pp. 1057-1106. Details

"Subsidizing the Stork: New Evidence on Tax Incentives and Fertility"
Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 87, No. 3 (August, 2005), pp. 539-555. Details

"Does Education Improve Citizenship? Evidence from the U.S. and the U.K." with Enrico Moretti and Philip Oreopoulos,
Journal of Public Economics Vol. 88, No. 9-10 (August, 2004), pp. 1667-1695. Details

"The Retirement Incentive Effects of Canada's Income Security Programs" with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber,
Canadian Journal of Economics , Vol. 36, No. 2 (May, 2003), pp. 261-290. Details

"How Do Contribution Limits Affect Contributions to Tax-Preferred Savings Accounts?"
Journal of Public Economics Vol. 87, No. 2 (February 2003), pp. 253-281. Details

"Some Considerations for Empirical Research on Tax Preferred Savings Accounts"
National Tax Association Proceedings, 95th Annual Conference 2002, (2003), pp. 278-282. (Conference proceedings; not refereed.) Details

"Tax-preferred Savings Accounts and Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence on RRSP Participation,"
Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 35 (August, 2002), pp. 436-456. Details

"What's the cost of the foreign property limit in Canada's pension rules?" with Michael Smart,
Policy Options Vol. 21 (March, 2000), pp. 36-40. (Non-refereed.) Details

Book Chapters

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"A comparison of micro and macro expenditure measures across countries using differing survey methods" with Garry Barrett and Peter Levell,
in Christopher Carroll Thomas Crossley, and John Sabelhaus (eds.) Improving the measurement of expenditure measures. forthcoming NBER-CRIW conference volume. Details

"Introduction" with David A. Wise,
in David A. Wise (ed.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Historial Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Details

"Disability Insurance Programs in Canada" with Michael Baker,
in David A. Wise (ed.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Historial Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Details

"The Long-Run Growth of Disability Insurance in the United States"
in David A. Wise (ed.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Historial Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Details

"Introduction and Summary" with Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise,
in Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise (eds.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Details

"The interaction of youth and elderly labor markets in Canada" with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber,
in Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise (eds.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Details

"Do Elderly Workers Substitute for Younger Workers in the United States?" with Jonathan Gruber,
in Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise (eds.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Details

"What have four Conservative budgets done to personal income taxes?"
in Charles M. Beach, Bev Dahlby, and Paul A. R. Hobson (eds.) The 2009 Federal Budget. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. Details

"Working while receiving a pension: Will double dipping change the elderly labour market?" with Tammy Schirle,
in Michael G. Abbott, Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway, and James G. MacKinnon (eds.) Retirement Policy Issues in Canada. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009. Details

"Simulating the Response to Reform of Canada's Income Security System," with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber,
in David A. Wise and Jonathan Gruber (eds.) Social Security and Retirement Around the World: Fiscal Implications. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Details

"Of Beer and Popcorn: Federal Policy on Childcare and Child Benefits,"
in Charles M. Beach, Michael Smart, and Thomas A. Wilson (eds.) The 2006 Federal Budget: Rethinking Fiscal Priorities. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. Details

"Who Uses RESPs and Why,"
in Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway and R. Marvin McInnis (eds.) Higher Education in Canada, pp. 467-494. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. Details

"Income Security Programs and Retirement in Canada," with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber,
in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise (eds.) Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Details

Other Publications

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"How are Changes to Canada Pension Plan Adjustment Factors Affecting Retirement Incentives?" with Alexandre Laurin and Tammy Schirle.
C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 352. May 2012. Details

"Comment"
Discussion of Crossley, Thomas F., Carl Emmerson, and Andrew Leicester (2012) Raising Household Savings. London: The British Academy Details

"Government and Retirement Incomes in Canada," with Michael Baker,
Prepared for the Council of Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Finance Ministers. November 2009. Details

"Time for a Tune up: Personal Income Taxation in Western Canada",
Canada West Foundation, March 2009. Details

"Canada's Rich and Poor: Moving in Opposite Directions" with David Green,
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, February 2007. Details

"What Happens to Household Portfolios After Retirement?" with Courtney Coile,
Center for Retirement Research Issue Brief No. 56, November, 2006. Details

"Public Pensions and Retirement: International Evidence in the Canadian Context," with Tammy Schirle,
Skills Research Initiative Working Paper No. 2006-A13, 2006. Details

"What can we learn from Quebec's universal childcare program?" with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber,
C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 25, February, 2006. Details

"Making it pay to work: Improving the incentives in Canada's Public Pension system",
Commentary 218, C.D. Howe Institute. October, 2005. Details

"Tax Preferences for Education Savings: Are RESPs Effective?"
Commentary 174, C.D. Howe Institute. November, 2002. Details

"Quebec's Baby Bonus: Can Public Policy Raise Fertility?"
Backgrounder, C.D. Howe Institute. January, 2002. Details

Retired Working Papers

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These papers are not under review at any journal and I have no plans to revise them further.

"Retirement Income Security and Wellbeing in Canada" with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber
NBER Working Paper No. 14667, January, 2009. Details

"Regional Grants as Pork-Barrel Politics," with Michael Smart,
CES-ifo Working Paper No. 1453, March 2005. Details

"Do inter-district spillovers affect pork-barrel spending? Theory and evidence"
Manuscript, October, 2003. Details

"Restricting Foreign Investment: Estimating the Costs of Canada's Foreign Property Rule," with Michael Smart,
Manuscript, January, 2000. Details

"Capital Gains Taxation: Recent Empirical Evidence," with Jack Mintz and Thomas A. Wilson,
September, 1999. Prepared for the Heward Stikeman Institute. Details

"Do Tax-Sheltered Savings Crowd Out Other Savings? Implications, Evidence, and Explanations," August, 1998.
Prepared for the Department of Finance. Details

"Savings and Tax Incentives: Semiparametric Estimation of the Household Savings Impact of RRSPs,"
July, 1998. Details

"Present Value Tax Expenditure Estimate of Tax Assistance for Retirement Saving," with Ian Pomroy,
June, 1998. Prepared for the Department of Finance. Details

Media Contributions

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"The RESP bill is bad tax policy and even worse education policy,"
The Globe and Mail, March 11, 2008, p. A15. Link.

"Counterpoint: Canada needs the budget office,"
National Post, July 18, 2009. Link.

"Will the HST deliver lower prices to consumers?"
Vancouver Sun, May 28, 2010. Link.

"Ninety-one Economists Rally Behind HST" with Jock Finlayson
Vancouver Sun, July 5, 2011. Link.

"Putting numbers on inequality" with Nicole Fortin, David Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell.
Vancouver Sun, December 14, 2011. Link.

"The top one per cent aren't all financiers" with Nicole Fortin, David Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell.
Vancouver Sun, December 15, 2011. Link.

"The forces that are driving inequality" with Nicole Fortin, David Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell.
Vancouver Sun, December 16, 2011. Link.

"Redressing inequality with taxes" with Nicole Fortin, David Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell.
Vancouver Sun, December 20, 2011. Link.

Economy Lab Contributor: Link.

Computer Code

[Back to top] Candian Tax and Credit Simulator (CTaCS) package here.
SHS Stata input files here.
NBER-ISS 5 Stata code here.
LFS Stata input files here.

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