Giovanni Gallipoli

UBC experts available to comment on drop in Canada’s unemployment rate

A surge of 13,800 jobs added to Canada’s labour market in May helped drop the national unemployment rate to 6.9 per cent— its lowest level since July 2015, according to Statistics Canada’s labour force survey released today.

Jun 10, 2016

Prevention trumps punishment

Investing in high school graduation pays off

Dec 1, 2011 - by Basil Waugh

How can parents prevent teenagers from dropping out of high school?

New UBC research finds that the importance parents place on education at home can play a major factor on teens’ decision to continue high school or drop out.

Mar 2, 2011 - by by Vivian Tran and Basil Waugh

UBC doctoral candidate wins international economics award

UBC doctoral candidate Laura Turner was awarded a Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) Award at the 24th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA) in Barcelona. The award is […]

Oct 8, 2009