“The breadth and depth of Charles’s research is remarkable,” remarked Robson.
October 26, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Charles Beach, Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University, as a Research Fellow.
“The breadth and depth of Charles’s research is remarkable,” remarked Robson. “His policy-relevant insights are hugely valuable to the Institute’s program.”
A longtime associate of the Institute, Beach’s most recent Institute report, co-authored with Alan G. Green and Christopher Worswick, is entitled “Toward Improving Canada’s Skilled Immigration Policy: An Evaluation Approach.” This groundbreaking report was awarded the 2012 Purvis Prize.
Dr. Beach’s main research interests are in income distribution and applied labour market analysis. He teaches in the areas of applied econometrics, income distribution, labour economics and industrial relations. He was a co-founder of the Canadian Econometric Study Group, co-initiator of the Canadian Household Panel Survey initiative, co-founding member of the Canadian Employment Research Forum, and Chair of the Data Liberation Initiative. He has served as adviser to numerous government departments and agencies. From 1995 to 2002, he was Editor of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques. He was Director of the John Deutsch Institute from 2001 to 2009 and is currently the President of the Canadian Economics Association.
He obtained his BA (Hons.) from McGill University and PhD from Princeton University.
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