Ross Hickey
@rosshickey.bsky.social
Economist, Faculty of Management at UBC Okanagan.
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“This results in the somewhat unintuitive combination of a technology that can be very useful and impressive, while simultaneously being fundamentally unsatisfying and disappointing - somewhat akin to how one's awe at an amazingly clever magic trick can dissipate”
December 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“This results in the somewhat unintuitive combination of a technology that can be very useful and impressive, while simultaneously being fundamentally unsatisfying and disappointing - somewhat akin to how one's awe at an amazingly clever magic trick can dissipate”
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As we head into the end of the holiday/year-end charitable giving season, I'm excited to share a thread* about some new research on how people give.
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*because I forgot the password to my blog :-(
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*because I forgot the password to my blog :-(
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As we head into the end of the holiday/year-end charitable giving season, I'm excited to share a thread* about some new research on how people give.
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*because I forgot the password to my blog :-(
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*because I forgot the password to my blog :-(
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The #IIPF2026 Call for Papers is out!
👉 www.iipf.org/papers/Call%...
Submit your public finance paper by Feb. 15, 2026.
Further information on the congress at www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/iipf/
Organizers at ISEG 👇 and Scientific Chairs Naomi Feldman and @dforemny.bsky.social
#EconConf #EconSky
👉 www.iipf.org/papers/Call%...
Submit your public finance paper by Feb. 15, 2026.
Further information on the congress at www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/iipf/
Organizers at ISEG 👇 and Scientific Chairs Naomi Feldman and @dforemny.bsky.social
#EconConf #EconSky
iipf.org/cng.htm
The 82nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (@iipf.bsky.social) will be held at ISEG Lisbon, Portugal, from August 24-26, 2026. Local organization: António Afonso, José Alves and João Pereira dos Santos (all ISEG Lisbon).
The 82nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (@iipf.bsky.social) will be held at ISEG Lisbon, Portugal, from August 24-26, 2026. Local organization: António Afonso, José Alves and João Pereira dos Santos (all ISEG Lisbon).
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The #IIPF2026 Call for Papers is out!
👉 www.iipf.org/papers/Call%...
Submit your public finance paper by Feb. 15, 2026.
Further information on the congress at www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/iipf/
Organizers at ISEG 👇 and Scientific Chairs Naomi Feldman and @dforemny.bsky.social
#EconConf #EconSky
👉 www.iipf.org/papers/Call%...
Submit your public finance paper by Feb. 15, 2026.
Further information on the congress at www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/iipf/
Organizers at ISEG 👇 and Scientific Chairs Naomi Feldman and @dforemny.bsky.social
#EconConf #EconSky
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Calling all 🇨🇦 tax data nerds:
Anyone know of a paper that actually tries to make use of medical expense claims from the LAD, or documents who claims it? (I am searching and failing, and I don't know why. I'm sure I've seen this done.)
Anyone know of a paper that actually tries to make use of medical expense claims from the LAD, or documents who claims it? (I am searching and failing, and I don't know why. I'm sure I've seen this done.)
a cartoon character from south park says " i m gonna need your help "
ALT: a cartoon character from south park says " i m gonna need your help "
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December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Calling all 🇨🇦 tax data nerds:
Anyone know of a paper that actually tries to make use of medical expense claims from the LAD, or documents who claims it? (I am searching and failing, and I don't know why. I'm sure I've seen this done.)
Anyone know of a paper that actually tries to make use of medical expense claims from the LAD, or documents who claims it? (I am searching and failing, and I don't know why. I'm sure I've seen this done.)
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Uninsured idiosyncratic risk and aggregate saving
by S. Rao Aiyagari (1993)
by S. Rao Aiyagari (1993)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:fip:fedmwp:502
ideas.repec.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Uninsured idiosyncratic risk and aggregate saving
by S. Rao Aiyagari (1993)
by S. Rao Aiyagari (1993)
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Kate was a brilliant IO economist and scholar whose impact on the profession will resonate for many years to come www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
In Memoriam: Kate Ho - The Econometric Society
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business...
www.econometricsociety.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Kate was a brilliant IO economist and scholar whose impact on the profession will resonate for many years to come www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
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My son:
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My son:
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
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Less than a week to econ PHD application deadlines at UBC! Come be part of a great program with amazing students!! 👇
The Vancouver School of Economics is still accepting applications to its MA and PhD programs. We would encourage anyone who is interested in the techniques used for addressing important economic questions.
Learn more at: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/
Learn more at: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Less than a week to econ PHD application deadlines at UBC! Come be part of a great program with amazing students!! 👇
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Deadline for MA and PhD applications for the 2026 intake at VSE is coming up on Monday the 15th!
Please let your promising undergraduate students know...
Please let your promising undergraduate students know...
The Vancouver School of Economics is still accepting applications to its MA and PhD programs. We would encourage anyone who is interested in the techniques used for addressing important economic questions.
Learn more at: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/
Learn more at: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Deadline for MA and PhD applications for the 2026 intake at VSE is coming up on Monday the 15th!
Please let your promising undergraduate students know...
Please let your promising undergraduate students know...
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Why not take a break from marking and submit a paper to the Fifth Annual SaNE Conference in Applied Microeconomics?
5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Why not take a break from marking and submit a paper to the Fifth Annual SaNE Conference in Applied Microeconomics?
5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
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To me the sign that Christmas is coming isn't the advertisements, songs on the wireless, or holiday cards...
It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;)
More here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/12/03/c...
It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;)
More here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/12/03/c...
Coca-Cola did not create Santa
Every Christmas the same story goes around social media; Coca-Cola invented Santa or at least gave him a whole new look in the 1930s.They are the reason his suit is red, after all it’s the Co…
fakehistoryhunter.net
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
To me the sign that Christmas is coming isn't the advertisements, songs on the wireless, or holiday cards...
It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;)
More here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/12/03/c...
It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;)
More here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/12/03/c...
This article includes some of my thoughts on our local unemployment numbers hitting the double digits:
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Kelowna's unemployment rate now higher than peak of the pandemic - Kelowna News
Kelowna’s unemployment rate rose again, making it the highest among cities tracked by Statistics Canada.
www.castanet.net
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This article includes some of my thoughts on our local unemployment numbers hitting the double digits:
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
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Highlighting the keynote by @nathanlane.bsky.social at the 1st Annual Industrial Policy Lab Conference. He'll examine Europe’s rearmament push, 🇩🇪’s record defence spending in 2026, & how strategic defense investment can drive innovation
@zew.de @vfsecon.bsky.social @delorsberlin.bsky.social
@zew.de @vfsecon.bsky.social @delorsberlin.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Highlighting the keynote by @nathanlane.bsky.social at the 1st Annual Industrial Policy Lab Conference. He'll examine Europe’s rearmament push, 🇩🇪’s record defence spending in 2026, & how strategic defense investment can drive innovation
@zew.de @vfsecon.bsky.social @delorsberlin.bsky.social
@zew.de @vfsecon.bsky.social @delorsberlin.bsky.social
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Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
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What. A. Line-up!!!
This is going to be such an amazing event, do make sure to submit your work! 🌈❤️
This is going to be such an amazing event, do make sure to submit your work! 🌈❤️
🏳️🌈<2 weeks until the call for papers for the 2026 LEAP Summit closes! Speakers include Prof Mark Hatzenbuehler (Harvard), Prof Donn Feir (Victoria Uni / NBER), A/Prof Maxine Lee (San Francisco State), Prof Ada Cheung (UniMelb) & Nicky Bath (LGBTIQ+ Health Australia)
#lgbtq #econsky
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#lgbtq #econsky
shorturl.at/zoJ81
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
What. A. Line-up!!!
This is going to be such an amazing event, do make sure to submit your work! 🌈❤️
This is going to be such an amazing event, do make sure to submit your work! 🌈❤️
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Unsurprising that an influx of Chinese immigrant workers to build the Cdn Pacific Ry triggered anti-Chinese sentiment & severe racial bias in criminal sentencing. The surprise is a reduction in racial bias when labor shortage threatened viability of the project. New paper from Blair Long & coauthors
Racial bias in criminal sentencing: Historical evidence from Chinese railway workers in British Columbia
Do discriminatory attitudes held in the public influence public institutions? We study this question within the context of the criminal justice system of historical British Columbia (BC). During the ...
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Unsurprising that an influx of Chinese immigrant workers to build the Cdn Pacific Ry triggered anti-Chinese sentiment & severe racial bias in criminal sentencing. The surprise is a reduction in racial bias when labor shortage threatened viability of the project. New paper from Blair Long & coauthors
This is a great paper. I used it this week teaching a course on negotiations and my students loved it.
Forthcoming in the AER: "Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Differences" by Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn, Sandra Sequeira, and Stefanie Stantcheva. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Differences
(Forthcoming Article) - We investigate the origins and implications of zero-sum thinking -- the belief that gains for one individual or group come at the cost of others. Using a new survey of 20,400 U...
www.aeaweb.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is a great paper. I used it this week teaching a course on negotiations and my students loved it.
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A @voxdev.bsky.social column on the impact of public education through the lens of economic history, by my (former) student Ben Milner @benjaminlm.bsky.social.
voxdev.org/topic/educat...
voxdev.org/topic/educat...
How public education transforms opportunity: Evidence from the 1870 Education Act
The 1870 Education Act demonstrates how targeted public investment in education can help narrow the gap in opportunity between rich and poor children.
voxdev.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A @voxdev.bsky.social column on the impact of public education through the lens of economic history, by my (former) student Ben Milner @benjaminlm.bsky.social.
voxdev.org/topic/educat...
voxdev.org/topic/educat...
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ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
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Honored to introduce Samuel Bowles Public Lecture The Origin and Future of Inequality, part of 3 days organized by
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
UChicago Stone Center | The Origin and Future of Economic Inequality by Samuel Bowles
YouTube video by Harris Public Policy
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Honored to introduce Samuel Bowles Public Lecture The Origin and Future of Inequality, part of 3 days organized by
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
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🇨🇦 I'm looking forward to moderating this webinar, hope to see you there!
The papers:
Tax-Reported Charitable Giving in Canada, 1987–2018
and
Tax Incentives and Older Workers: Evidence from Quebec’s Tax Credit for Career Extension
The papers:
Tax-Reported Charitable Giving in Canada, 1987–2018
and
Tax Incentives and Older Workers: Evidence from Quebec’s Tax Credit for Career Extension
📢 Join us on November 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. (ET) for the ninth CRDCN–Canadian Public Policy (CPP) collaborative webinar!
This session highlights policy-focused research using confidential microdata, featuring Ross Hickey and Guy Lacroix.
🔗Registration: crdcn.ca/events/crdcn...
This session highlights policy-focused research using confidential microdata, featuring Ross Hickey and Guy Lacroix.
🔗Registration: crdcn.ca/events/crdcn...
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🇨🇦 I'm looking forward to moderating this webinar, hope to see you there!
The papers:
Tax-Reported Charitable Giving in Canada, 1987–2018
and
Tax Incentives and Older Workers: Evidence from Quebec’s Tax Credit for Career Extension
The papers:
Tax-Reported Charitable Giving in Canada, 1987–2018
and
Tax Incentives and Older Workers: Evidence from Quebec’s Tax Credit for Career Extension
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🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨
Pauline Grosjean, Ieda Matavelli, Ralph De Haas and I are hiring a postdoc for our projects on masculinity in economics.
Position is 2 years, at UNSW In Sydney, Australia. Starting Sept 2026.
Please reach out with any questions.
Apply:
econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
Pauline Grosjean, Ieda Matavelli, Ralph De Haas and I are hiring a postdoc for our projects on masculinity in economics.
Position is 2 years, at UNSW In Sydney, Australia. Starting Sept 2026.
Please reach out with any questions.
Apply:
econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨
Pauline Grosjean, Ieda Matavelli, Ralph De Haas and I are hiring a postdoc for our projects on masculinity in economics.
Position is 2 years, at UNSW In Sydney, Australia. Starting Sept 2026.
Please reach out with any questions.
Apply:
econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
Pauline Grosjean, Ieda Matavelli, Ralph De Haas and I are hiring a postdoc for our projects on masculinity in economics.
Position is 2 years, at UNSW In Sydney, Australia. Starting Sept 2026.
Please reach out with any questions.
Apply:
econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
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Want to live and work in this beautiful mountain valley in Hawaiʻi? #econsky
The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) is hiring for 2 TT positions:
-> Public Finance/Tax: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
-> Macro/tourism/forecasting: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) is hiring for 2 TT positions:
-> Public Finance/Tax: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
-> Macro/tourism/forecasting: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
More below
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November 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Want to live and work in this beautiful mountain valley in Hawaiʻi? #econsky
The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) is hiring for 2 TT positions:
-> Public Finance/Tax: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
-> Macro/tourism/forecasting: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
More below
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The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) is hiring for 2 TT positions:
-> Public Finance/Tax: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
-> Macro/tourism/forecasting: aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
More below
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1/ I recently wrote a review for @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social on Arnaud Orain’s Le monde confisqué: Essai sur le capitalisme de la finitude. The book has stirred major debate in France. It’s rare (and great) to see a historian of economic thought in the spotlight.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
1/ I recently wrote a review for @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social on Arnaud Orain’s Le monde confisqué: Essai sur le capitalisme de la finitude. The book has stirred major debate in France. It’s rare (and great) to see a historian of economic thought in the spotlight.