Thomas Lemieux

Thomas Lemieux is a Canadian economist. He is a professor at the University of British Columbia.

Biography

Lemieux was born in Quebec City, Quebec.[1] He received his B.A. in Economics from Université Laval in 1984 and his M.A. in Economics from Queen's University the following year. In 1989, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. After receiving his Ph.D, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1992. In 1992, he was named an assistant professor at the Université de Montréal. In 1999, Lemieux accepted a faculty position at the University of British Columbia. He has been an associate editor at several economics journals, such as the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Labour Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Review of Economics and Statistics, and American Economic Review.[2]

A good portion of his research centres around the topic of income inequality. Lemieux also studies econometric methods to analyze the income distribution. He is a fellow at the Royal Society of Canada and the Society of Labor Economists.[1] At the University of British Columbia, Lemieux directs the Team for Advanced Research on Globalization, Education, and Technology. Lemieux has published 40 journal articles and two books on labor economics.[3]

Bibliography

Books
  • Labour Market Economics, 7th Edition (with D. Benjamin, M. Gunderson, and W.C. Riddell), Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2012.
  • Labour Market Economics, 6th Edition (with D. Benjamin, M. Gunderson, and W.C. Riddell), Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2007.
  • Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages (co-editor with Richard Harris), University of Calgary Press for Industry Canada, 2005.
  • L'économie souterraine au Québec: mythes et réalités (with Bernard Fortin, Gaétan Garneau, Guy Lacroix, and Claude Montmarquette), Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1996

References

  1. 1 2 "Thomas Lemieux: Professor and School Director". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Lemieux" (PDF). Institute for the Study of Labor. October 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "External Research Fellow: Thomas Lemieux". Center for Research and Analysis of Migration. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
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