FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Economics

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Areas of Research

The Department of Economics at McMaster University has faculty members with expertise in econometrics, experimental economics, growth and monetary economics, health economics, international economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, population economics, and public economics. Most of their research is applied to policy issues and utilizes advanced quantitative techniques.

 

In recognition of the quality and impact of their research, our faculty members have won numerous awards and honours.

Working Papers and Citations

Research Institutes & Centres

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Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA)

A world-renowned interdisciplinary health research centre that fosters excellence in policy-relevant research, education and service to inform fair and sustainable health and social systems.

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Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at McMaster (RDC)

The Research Data Centre at McMaster University is a member of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (RDC) that provides researchers with access to Statistics Canada’s microdata master files. 

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Productivity Partnership

The Productivity Partnership aims to engage researchers interested in studying Canada’s productivity challenge.

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Research Program on the Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population (SEDAP)

SEDAP is a multi-disciplinary research program funded primarily by SSHRC and centered at McMaster University. It involves 46 academics from fourteen universities in Canada and three abroad.

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Research Labs & Facilities

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McMaster Decision Science Laboratory (McDSL)

A multi-purpose research facility at McMaster University that specializes in empirical research into human decision making in a controlled environment.

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McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought

A collection of  significant texts in the history of economic thought.

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Secure Empirical Analysis Lab (SEAL)

SEAL is a high security lab within Spark: a centre for social research innovation and provides a safe place to store and access confidential data for the purposes of research. 

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