Faculty of Business & Economics

Research

Publications and working papers

Journal Articles

  1. Brochu, Pierre, David A. Green, Thomas Lemieux and James Townsend (forthcoming). The Minimum Wage, Turnover, and the Shape of the Wage Distribution . Journal of Labor Economics DOI: 10.1086/740189
  2. Pandey, Manish and James Townsend (2017). Prior Host-Country Work Experience and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Canada . IZA Journal of Migration. 6, 3. DOI: 10.1186/s40176-016-0075-x
  3. Pandey, Manish and James Townsend (2013). Provincial Nominee Programs: An Evaluation of the Earnings and Settlement Rates of Nominees . Canadian Public Policy, 39(4), 603-618. DOI:10.3138/CPP.39.4.603
  4. Pandey, Manish and James Townsend (2013). Quantifying the Effects of the Provincial Nominee Programs . Canadian Public Policy, 37(4), 495-512. DOI:10.3138/cpp.37.4.495
  5. Grant, Hugh and James Townsend (2013). Mandatory Retirement and the Employment Rights of Elderly Canadian Immigrants . Canadian Public Policy, 37(1), 135-152. DOI: 10.3138/CPP.39.1.135
  6. Green, David A. and James Townsend (2010). Understanding the wage paterns of Canadian less-skilled workers: the role of implicit contracts . Canadian Journal of Economics, 43(1), 373-403. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01576.x
  7. James Townsend (2007). Do tariff reductions affect the wages of workers in protected industries? Evidence from the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement . Canadian Journal of Economics, 40(1), 69-92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00400.x

Book Chapters

  1. Green, David A. and James Townsend (2013). 3 Drivers of Increasing Market Income Inequality: Structural Change and Policy . In Keith Banting and John Myles (eds.), Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, pp. 65–92. DOI

Reports

  1. Patterson, Derek, Robert Petrunia, Karl Skogstad, and James Townsend (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy of Northern Ontario . Northern Policy Institute Research Paper. Thunder Bay, ON: Northern Policy Institute. NPI Website | Press Release| PDF
  2. Townsend, James and Wenbiao Cai (2021). Gambling Among Immigrants to Canada: A Quantitative Investigation Using the Canadian Community Health Survey . Manitoba Gambling Research Program Final Report. greo Archive | PDF | Summary Report
  3. Carter, Tom, Manish Pandey and James Townsend (2010). The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program Attraction, Integration and Retention of Immigrants . IRPP Study No.10. IRPP Site